Towards the end of the 1910 season, he progressed to the county team making his debut in July against Sussex in a match where he scored a duck and did not bowl.
He played for the full season in 1911 without any spectacular performances, but in 1912 started to find batting form.
After the break caused by World War I he played a full season in 1919 with 158 against Leicestershire.
In 1922 Lee dropped out of the game for the middle part of the season, but scored 100 not out against Surrey.
[1] He started playing first-class cricket for the club in the 1925 season and also became far more active as a bowler.
Lee was a right-hand batsman and played 624 innings in 373 first-class matches with a top score of 200 not out and an average of 25.75.
He was a leg-break and googly bowler and took 397 first-class wickets at an average of 28.04 and a best performance of 7 for 67.