Complex sentence: The next year, Palairet made a big score against his former university: facing a team captained by Fry, and including his brother, he accumulated 181 runs in Somerset's second innings; the highest first-class score of his career to that point.
Split into simpler sentences: The next year, Palairet made a big score against his former university. Facing a team that included his brother and was captained by Fry, he made 181 runs in Somerset's second innings, the highest first-class score of his career to that point.