 In 1919 Jewell finally played first-class cricket again, when he opened the batting for Worcestershire against HK Foster's XI at Hereford, making 3 and 46;
two days later he scored 19 and 0 "for" Foster's side in a friendly game against the Australian Imperial Forces.Against Somerset five days later still, he kept wicket for the first time, in place of Ernest Bale.In August of that year Jewell made the first (and highest) of his three centuries, hitting 128 for Worcestershire in another match against Foster's team.