returning to the british cape colony to maintain his health, lohmann played no more first-class cricket until february, yet on the matting wickets in three "tests" (the england eleven was no more than england "a" of today), lohmann was so unplayable that he took 35 wickets for the remarkable average of just 5.80 runs each. during this series lohmann twice broke the record for best analysis in test cricket: he took 15 for 45 in the first test, including a hat trick (the fourth test cricket hat-trick) at the end of the second innings to win the match; and after not being put on initially in the second test, he became the first bowler to take nine wickets in a test innings (a feat subsequently emulated only 14 times and surpassed only twice).