, ▁he ▁took ▁five ▁w ick ets ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁inn ings ▁in ▁Sydney . ▁He ▁batt ed ▁consist ently ▁without ▁making ▁any ▁big ▁scores , ▁though ▁he ▁hit ▁two ▁hundreds ▁in ▁minor ▁matches . ▁ ▁That ▁War wick shire ' s ▁Championship ▁win ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁reflection ▁of ▁their ▁ability ▁but ▁of ▁the ▁ab normal ▁weather ▁was ▁doubt ed ▁by ▁nobody ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁– ▁a ▁summer ▁as ▁ab norm ally ▁wet ▁as ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁was ▁dry ▁– ▁saw ▁his ▁county ▁fall ▁back ▁to ▁mid - table ▁after ▁winning ▁their ▁first ▁four ▁games . ▁F ault s ▁in ▁his ▁batt ing ▁technique ▁were ▁clearly ▁revealed ▁on ▁slow ▁and ▁tre acher ous ▁pitch es : ▁his ▁average ▁fell ▁from ▁ 4 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 , ▁but ▁F oster ▁again ▁did ▁very ▁well ▁in ▁bow ling ▁– ▁taking ▁ 5 ▁for ▁ 1 6 ▁in ▁one ▁Test ▁against ▁South ▁Africa , ▁ 1 1 ▁for ▁ 8 7 ▁against ▁M idd les ex ▁and ▁ 1 2 ▁w ick ets ▁against ▁Le ic esters hire . ▁ ▁Yet ▁again , ▁there ▁was ▁talk ▁that ▁claims ▁of ▁business ▁would ▁prevent ▁F oster ▁playing ▁again ▁during ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁he ▁was , ▁for ▁the ▁only ▁time ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁a ▁disappoint ment , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁hit ▁a ▁brilliant ▁century ▁against ▁Ham pshire . ▁However , ▁in