[4] He also made two first-class appearances for Essex in the 1897 County Championship against Surrey and Hampshire,[2] though without success.
Thirty years later, de Zoete played for Hertfordshire in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship, making a single appearance against Cambridgeshire.
[5] Outside of cricket, de Zoete represented Cambridge University at golf in 1896, 1897 and 1898, getting his blue each year.
[6] He first played in the Amateur Championship in 1903, reaching the semi-final where he lost to Robert Maxwell at the 19th hole.
During World War I, de Zoete served in the Essex Yeomanry[9] and rose to the rank of Captain.