by july 1895 his health had recovered sufficiently for him to return to england and play for surrey again. fortuitously, lohmann's return coincided with a return to extremely treacherous wickets after a long spell of dry weather and much better pitches than lohmann had ever bowled on before. though completely overshadowed by tom richardson, the mere fact of missing the good wickets in may and june caused lohmann to actually beat richardson in the averages, though his batting (seen as an important part of his county cricket up to 1892) was completely insignificant.