The ground continued to be used by the county side for an annual cricket week until the end of the 2005 season.
His career then faded rather fast, and he dropped out of the county side after 1928.
There were glimpses of what the county side might have been missing.
He is one of only three players to have scored centuries against 18 different English county sides.
He did not appear for an English county side again.
They played 26 first class matches, mostly against county sides.
Australia was still to win a match against a county side during the tour.
His brother Edward played for the county side from 1861 to 1870.
It was Australia's first loss to a county side since 1912.
The county side has been in the final four times, winning the title on two occasions.