Talk:Herbie Hewett/GA1

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Reviewer: Brad78 (talk) 14:16, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Educated at Harrow School, he won a Blue at Oxford in 1886 and was then the captain who was instrumental in gaining first-class status and admission to the County Championship for Somerset in 1891." I'd reword this sentence. At first I thought he meant he gained first-class status for Oxford, then I wondered if it was Somerset. To be honest, I'm still not sure which one it is. Probably best to split Oxford University and Somerset into two sentences to remove any chance of having a run-on sentence.
- Have tweaked this, how is it now? Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's smashing. Much clearer. Brad78 (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

""first won some little renown in Public School and 'Varsity cricket, but it was not until he joined Somersetshire that he forced himself to a prominent place in County Cricket."" Extremely minor point! Is that quote mark before Varsity supposed to be there? I can't find an end quote for it.
- It's an abbreviation mark, I assume Grace was using 'Varsity as an abbreviation for university. Not sure, but it's what he uses. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - That was my only plausible explanation. Brad78 (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"An injury to his hand prevented him from playing all but one match for the university in 1887," Do you know what the injury was and how he came about it?
- No idea, the sources don't mention how he did it. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"His appearances for Somerset in 1889 were more successful: a twofold change brought the county increased benefit. Having previously played as part of the middle-order, Hewett switched to opening the innings at the start of the season, and also took on the captaincy. The season brought him three half-centuries: two against Warwickshire, and one against Staffordshire, as well as a number of not out scores." Do you have references for these bits?
- Yes, they're covered in the reference at the end of that paragraph. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Hewett's emotions were still raw from this loss when Surrey travelled to Taunton more than two months later, expecting an easy win to secure a consecutive championship." Who was expecting to win? Surrey or Somerset?
- Surrey: the article states they were expecting to win to secure consecutive paragraphs, having already mentioned Surrey were county champions. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"He died in Hove, Sussex on 4 March 1921." Do you have a reference for this? Do you know why he died?
- Added. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any mention or knowledge of any family, etc?
- No, none at all in any published and reliable sources. Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I think we can safely assume he was single: the benificiary in his will was his younger sister Florence Ethel Hewett. See here.--Maarten1963 (talk) 22:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Overal a very good read, well-presented, with images and on the whole fully-referenced. Once the points above are addressed, I reckon this will be a pass. Brad78 (talk) 14:39, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your comments, I have responded to them! Harrias ^talk 17:03, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Everything is great now. Would be nice to add some more details, like to the injury, his cause of death and family. However, with older players like this, sources are much more limited. A good read, and a delight to have players of a more distant era worked on. Brilliant stuff. Brad78 (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]