he bowled at around medium pace and on english pitches of his time could gain spin, so that when rain affected the pitch he was unplayable. against the best batsmen, too, lohmann possessed skill and guile, and he could vary his pace, flight and break deceptively, so as to worry batsmen on better pitches. he was the finest slip fielder of his time and in county cricket a hard-hitting batsman who scored two centuries for surrey and averaged 25 in 1887.