Claim: In 1912, Elliot Tillard was in England for the cricket season and played nine times for Somerset, playing as a batsman, and his highest score in first-class cricket came in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton, the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, when he made 39 in the first innings.
Evidence: Elliot Dowell Tillard (22 July 1880 – 19 February 1967) was a British officer who played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team in India and for Somerset. In 1912, he was in England for the cricket season and played nine times for Somerset, playing as a batsman. His highest score in these matches (and his highest in first-class cricket) came in the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton, when he made 39 in the first innings and followed with 29 in the second. It is the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, who have played there since 1882.