[1] Webb made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Essex at Leyton in the 1895 County Championship, with him appearing twice more in 1895.
[2] Webb scored his maiden first-class century the following season, making 111 against Sussex, which accounted for over half of Hampshire's runs in their first innings of 218 all out.
[3] His sixteen first-class appearances in 1897 yielded 584 runs at an average of 20.85; it was in 1897 that his native county, Kent, made an unsuccessful attempt to sign Webb.
His improved returns culminated in 1901, when he passed a thousand runs in a season for the only time, having scored 1,020 at an average of exactly 34 from nineteen matches.
[8] Besides playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, Webb made one appearance in 1904 for the Players of the South against the Gentlemen of England at Bournemouth.