Somerset County Cricket Club

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Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen

minor county until official first-class status was acquired in 1895. Somerset has competed in the County Championship since 1891 and has subsequently played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.[2]
The club's limited overs team was formerly named the Somerset Sabres, but is now known only as Somerset.

Somerset's early history is complicated by arguments about its status. It is generally regarded as a

List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963;[6] and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.[7]

Somerset have never won the County Championship, their highest finish being second, which they achieved in 2001, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019. The club won their first silverware in the late 1970s, winning both the

Royal London One-Day Cup, their first since emerging victorious in the 2001 edition.[8]

The club has its headquarters at the

Recreation Ground, Bath
(until 2011).

Honours

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI honours

Second XI honours

History

Earliest cricket in Somerset

In the seventeenth century, the related sport of "Stow-Ball", or "Stob-Ball" was being played in north Somerset, as in neighbouring Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, as well as parts of Dorset. This sport most likely used either the base of a tree or its remaining stump as its wicket, as both 'stow' and 'stob' are dialect words for 'stump'. However, 'stow' could also refer to a frame used to support crawling tunnels in mines such as those lead mines in north Somerset, providing another possibility for the wicket. The ball was made of a leather case, stuffed with boiled quills, and was four inches in diameter, roughly the same size as a modern softball, while the bats, known as 'staves' were shaped similarly to a field hockey stick and typically made of withy or willow.[10]

One of the earliest cricket matches played in Somerset was in memory of Frederick, Prince of Wales[11]

The earliest confirmed reference to cricket in Somerset is a match on 13 July 1751 that was played in memory of the late Frederick, Prince of Wales who was a noted patron of the sport. The first officially organised club to be recognised in Somerset was Lansdown Cricket Club, formed in 1825, although a Bath cricket club seems to have preceded it with a similar collection of enthusiasts from around 1817–1824.[11] With a limited number of other organised clubs to play, fixtures were few and far apart in the founding years, with matches being played against Clifton, Sidmouth and Teignmouth.[12] Lansdown placed Somerset in the cricketing world, and played a number of matches against 'England XI' in various forms.[13]

In 1865, the first attempt at a county side was made with the formation of Yeovil and County Cricket Club.[13] They performed poorly in their opening matches against local club sides, and on one occasion, even lost three players to their opposition the day before the match was scheduled to begin.[14] In spite of these problems, they did play a 'county' fixture, against the Gentlemen of Devon; the match was abandoned due to rain.[15] The first recorded occasion of a Gentlemen of Somerset side playing comes five years previously however, when a Somerset side travelled down to Culm Vale to take on the Gentlemen of Devon, this match also resulting in a draw.[16]

Origin of club

The formation of Somerset County Cricket Club was decided in 1875 after the playing of one such match between the Gentlemen of Somerset and the Gentlemen of Devon at Sidmouth in Devon.[17] Having played a two-day match, which the Somerset team won by eight wickets,[18] the Gentlemen of Somerset and their friends held a meeting and resolved the Somerset should have its own county cricket club.[19] Somerset is the only one of the present first-class counties in English cricket whose county cricket club was founded outside the boundaries of the traditional county.[20] After their resolution, the gentlemen continued playing games under the name Gentlemen of Somerset, but their fixtures became more regular; rather than occasional games against the Gentlemen of Devon, they played host to teams from Dorset and Devon in 1876,[21] and in 1877 visited Dorset, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Wiltshire in addition to their trip to Devon.[22]

The following 1878 season, two matches were played by a Somerset team; a two-day match against Hertfordshire played at St Albans finished in a draw,[23] while Worcestershire were beaten by an innings and 47 runs later in the month at Bath.[24] In 1879, Somerset played nine matches, albeit one of them against a Wells team.[25] During these early seasons, Somerset were never far from insolvency. An initial letter sent out after the formation of the club had only managed to raise £70 17s, while gate receipts in the first season raised the club £1 15s 8d. Despite this, fixtures continued to be arranged, and the amateurs kept on playing; bringing their own kit and paying for their own tickets for travel to away matches.[26]

There are alternative versions of when Somerset's first first-class match took place, and matches in 1879 and 1881 are central to the statistics of

Old Trafford on 8, 9 and 10 June 1882 and joined the (then unofficial) County Championship.[27][28]
This first-class status lasted for only four seasons: after the 1885 season, Somerset failed to arrange sufficient fixtures with the other first-class teams to be accorded first-class status.

In 1890, following a successful recruitment policy at universities by the club's first full-time secretary,

Middlesex, winning 12 of them and tying the other against Middlesex, furthering their ambition to be a first-class county.[29]

At the third annual meeting of

The County Cricket Council on 9 December 1889 the counties decided to create a sub-committee to consider whether an official classification of the counties should exist and how counties might rise from one class to another. Somerset was one of the 6 counties represented on the committee.[30] The committee met on 11 August 1890 and proposed three classes of counties. The existing 8 first-class counties would remain with Somerset one of 8 second-class counties proposed. A system of promotion and relegation was suggested. These proposals was debated at the fourth annual meeting of The County Cricket Council on 8 December 1890. They were not well received. Eventually a vote was taken on whether The County Cricket Council itself should be suspended sine die. The motion was passed on the casting vote of the Chairman and The County Cricket Council effectively ceased to exist. "This utterly unexpected result fairly took those present by surprise, and they dispersed hurriedly – a most undignified ending to what we are compelled to describe as a most unbusinesslike meeting." Mr. H.T. Hewett and Mr. T. Spencer were present for Somerset.[31] On the following day, 9 December 1890, the county secretaries met to decide the fixtures for 1891, which they did on the usual basis of arranging "home and home" matches against whichever counties they wished. "The most noticeable feature ... is the encouragement given to Somersetshire by the chief county clubs. Middlesex played the western shire last summer, but Kent, Surrey, Yorkshire, Gloucestershire and Lancashire will next summer test the merits of the eleven, which showed such good all round cricket, under Mr. H.T. Hewett's command, last year." By arranging these 12 matches against first-class counties Somerset became a de facto first-class county without any proposal or vote to that effect. Hewett, Spencer and Mr. W.N. Roe were present for Somerset.[32]

Pre-First World War

Somerset CCC 1892

In Somerset's second season, 1892, they finished third, but it was to be 66 years before they finished as high again. Until the Great Depression, the team regularly comprised a number of more or less talented amateurs and just a handful of professionals. They enjoyed over many decades a reputation for cheerful inconsistency, highlighted by three wins over an all-conquering Yorkshire side in 1901 and 1902, when they did not lose to any other county.

Famous names from the pre-First World War period included the England players

John Daniell to become captain with the team struggling financially, and Daniell stayed, mostly playing as captain and often acting as secretary too, for almost 20 years.[33] However, in the immediate period before World War I, with the loss of the key amateurs who promoted the club to first-class status and financial difficulties forcing the club to dis-engage most of its few professionals, Somerset finished last four times in six years and lost fifteen and drew three of eighteen games in 1910
.

Between the wars

In the first season of the County Championship after the First World War, 1919, Somerset finished fifth in the table, the highest since 1892.[34] But that was the highest position in the inter-war years, and mostly the side finished at or below halfway down the table, though there were no more bottom places in this period.

The team continued to be a mix of a few highly talented amateurs and a few good professionals, with the side often made up with amateur players who appeared in only a few games. Among the amateurs, the west Somerset farmer

the South Africans in 1924, in which he neither batted nor bowled. Of the professionals, fleeting international careers were enjoyed by the hard-hitting batsman Harold Gimblett, whose entry into first-class cricket was the stuff of legends,[33] and by Arthur Wellard
, fast bowler and a mighty smiter of sixes.

Post-Second World War

In postwar cricket, the happy-go-lucky Somerset attitude was no longer sustainable, and the side finished bottom of the Championship for four consecutive seasons from 1952.

Millfield School.[34]

There was a further dip in fortunes towards the end of the 1960s, but, though County Championship success continued to elude the county, Somerset finally found in the 1970s the makings of a successful one-day team under the combative, inspirational captaincy of Yorkshireman

Viv Richards, Joel 'Big Bird' Garner and the England all-rounder Ian Botham
made the team for the first time in its long history a formidable trophy winning proposition.

The real success came after Close had retired. Under the captaincy of left-handed opener

NatWest final at Lord's, Somerset beat Kent to win the trophy for the first time in their history.[37]

Controversy returned to Somerset in the mid-1980s. With the successful side ageing, new captain Peter Roebuck led the move to make changes and the overseas stars Viv Richards and Joel Garner were sacked, replaced by the New Zealander Martin Crowe. Ian Botham resigned from Somerset in protest and moved to Worcestershire.

Recent years

Gloucestershire CCC
, 27 June 2007

Success has been elusive in recent years, although New Zealand born

C & G Trophy final in 2001 and 2002, winning in 2001 over Leicestershire
. In 2001, the team finished second in the first division of the County Championship, its highest-ever placing. But true to its contrary traditions, the county was relegated to the second division at the end of the following season.

Under the guidance of the Director of Cricket

Twenty20 Cup, beating Lancashire in the final at The Oval
.

The 2006 season was up and down in results, but in June 2006 Rose announced the signing for six weeks of the

Australian cricket team opening batsman Justin Langer, while countryman Dan Cullen was on duty with Australia A.[38]
Langer responded by hitting the highest score in the county's first-class history, but without him, the team struggled in both short and long versions of the game, failed to repeat their Twenty20 success and languished at or near the bottom of both County Championship and Pro40 second division tables.

In 2007 Langer, having returned to the team, was named captain. Cameron White was the other overseas player. Somerset's season began brightly, including a county-record 850/7 declared against Middlesex in their first Championship match, but a few weeks later Somerset were on the wrong end of a huge total when they conceded 801/8 declared to Derbyshire. However, they recovered well from this setback and achieved promotion, returning to Division One of the Championship for the first time since 2002, after beating Essex at Chelmsford with five sessions to spare.[39] They were also promoted to Division One of the Pro40 league.

While 2008 was an improved season, 2009 brought marginally less success. Langer announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2009 season, making the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 in India his last competitive competition for the club.

2010–15

On the departure of Justin Langer,

Friends Provident t20 final, after failing to effect a run-out from the last ball that would have secured them the title. In the County Championship, they finished second to Nottinghamshire. While level on points at the close of play on the last day of the Championship season, Nottinghamshire lifted the title by virtue of more wins during the year. They were then beaten by Warwickshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 final
.

In the 2011 season, Somerset again performed well in all three domestic competitions finishing 4th in the County Championship, and runners up again in the Twenty20 competition to Leicestershire and also in the CB40 final to Surrey. Taunton-born keeper-batsman Jos Buttler secured a call up for England for 20/20 cricket. By virtue of finishing runners up in the domestic Twenty20 competition, Somerset qualified for the T20 Champions League competition in India featuring many of the world's best 20/20 teams. Roelof van der Merwe returned as their overseas player for this competition. Somerset performed exceptionally well, progressing from the preliminary round to the semi-final where they lost to the Mumbai Indians, in the process picking up considerable prize money.

During the 2012 season, Somerset were ravaged by injuries to the extent that on two occasions the county were reduced to their last 11 available players, with members of the coaching and support staff having to fill in as 12th men. Despite this it was another successful season with Somerset again finishing runners-up in the

t20, Somerset topped their group and won the home quarter-final against Essex
to send them on another trip to finals day, only to fall short to Hampshire in the semi-final.

In 2013, Somerset took a backward step in the

t20 as Somerset were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Surrey. Before the season Brian Rose's tenure as Director of Cricket ended and he was replaced by David Nosworthy
.

Somerset had an indifferent 2014, as they failed to make much headway in the Championship and, for the first time since 2007, weren't able make the knockout stages of either one-day competition. Somerset again placed 6th in the Championship, although they were in no danger of relegation unlike the previous season. The beginning of the season had seen the departure of crowd favourite Buttler to Lancashire, and towards the end was marred by what turned out to be a career-ending eye injury to Kieswetter.

2015

Before the start of the 2015 season, plenty of changes took place at the club.

One-Day Cup and despite winning their last three matches, Somerset missed out on a quarter-final spot. In the Championship Somerset looked to be in relegation trouble for much of the season, but led by a late run of form from Trescothick and thanks to a maximum points victory in their final game, Somerset avoided the drop by a margin of 22 points and finished 6th in Division One for the third consecutive year. James Hildreth
was the leading Championship run-scorer in Division One.

2016

The 2016 season saw dramatic improvements in two of the three competitions.

t20 Blast
campaign was disastrous, the club finished bottom of the South Group and lost their last seven games in a row.

2017

Before the 2017 season, Somerset announced that at the age of 22,

t20 Blast, where a 98-run victory against Hampshire saw them through to the quarter-finals by 0.07 on Net run rate for the first time since 2013. Somerset faced a difficult trip to Trent Bridge, and lost to Nottinghamshire by 5 wickets. At the end of the year it was announced that both one-day captain Jim Allenby and Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard would not be returning for 2018.[40][41]

2018

Under new director of cricket

t20 cricket under new t20 captain Gregory, as they reached finals day for the first time in 6 years. Despite losing two of their first three games, Somerset ended up finishing top of the South Group, winning 10 of their 14 matches to earn a home quarter-final and a chance to exact revenge for the previous year on Nottinghamshire. They were able do so, winning by 19 runs on a reserve day due to the weather, sending them to finals day. There Somerset lost out to Sussex in the semi-final by 35 runs as Sussex were able to put a sizeable score of 202 on the board. The improved performance in the competition was in no small part due to the impact of overseas signings Corey Anderson, who was the team's leading run-scorer with 514 runs at a strike-rate of 169.1, and Jerome Taylor who claimed 22 wickets in his 11 matches. Jamie Overton
was Somerset's leading wicket-taker with 24 in his 16 games.

2019

2019 was to prove to be the year Somerset finally broke their 14-year trophy drought, as they claimed victory in the

2019 Royal London One-Day Cup, to end a run of 10 runners-up finishes across all formats over a 10-year span. The campaign began in brilliant style as Somerset secured their largest-ever List A margin of victory by beating Kent by 264 runs in their opening match. Victories in their next three games including a win against Essex in the first-ever game played under the new permanent floodlights at the County Ground, meant at the halfway stage in the competition, qualification to the knockout stages seemed assured. However, defeats in their next three including a resounding loss to Hampshire, who chased a target of 216 in the 32nd over, left Somerset needing a win in their final game just to make it into an away play-off game. They were able to defeat Surrey by 5 wickets, setting up a play-off game against Worcestershire at New Road. A century from Tom Banton, and a five-wicket haul from overseas player Azhar Ali saw Somerset to a comfortable win by 147 runs. In the semi-final, Somerset once again faced Nottinghamshire in a knockout game, at Trent Bridge. Somerset posted exactly the same score of 337 as they had in the play-off match, and the total once again proved to be more than enough, as Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 222, meaning Somerset reached the Lord's final where they would face defending champions Hampshire. Hampshire won the toss and chose to bat but Somerset, thanks mainly to the opening spell of Josh Davey and eventual man-of-the-match Jamie Overton in the middle overs, were able to take wickets at regular intervals, and despite a ninth-wicket stand of 64, Hampshire's total of 244/8 looked to be short of what would be required. This proved to be even more the case when Banton and Azhar Ali put on an opening partnership of 112, and despite losing both in quick succession, Somerset always looked in control. Fittingly the winning runs were scored by James Hildreth
, who had also hit the winning runs as a 20-year-old in Somerset's last trophy win in 2005.

Ground history

For a complete list of grounds used by Somerset, see List of Somerset County Cricket Club grounds.

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
1 Andrew Umeed ‡  Scotland (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
15 Tom Lammonby  England (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Left-arm medium
23 Will Smeed  England (2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break White ball contract
28 Tom Abell*  England (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium
32 Tom Kohler-Cadmore  England (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break
58 Sean Dickson  South Africa (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium UK passport
77 Matt Renshaw* ‡  Australia (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player
All-rounders
7 Craig Overton* ‡  England (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Vice-captain
8 Josh Thomas  England (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
24 Lewis Gregory* ‡  England (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Club captain
44 Lewis Goldsworthy  England (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
52 Roelof van der Merwe* ‡  Netherlands[a] (1984-12-31) 31 December 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox White ball contract
54 Ben Green  England (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium On loan at Leicestershire
64 George Thomas  England (2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
18 Tom Banton ‡  England (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 25) Right-handed —
55 James Rew  England (2004-01-11) 11 January 2004 (age 20) Left-handed —
Bowlers
3 Alfie Ogborne  England (2003-07-15) 15 July 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
5 Kasey Aldridge  England (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
13 Shoaib Bashir ‡  England (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break
14 Jake Ball ‡  England (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
16 Sonny Baker  England (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
17 Jack Leach* ‡  England (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox England central contract
19 Ned Leonard  England (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
27 Migael Pretorius  South Africa (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
38 Josh Davey* ‡  Scotland (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
  1. ^ Van der Merwe has also played international cricket for South Africa.

Former players

For a complete list of players, see List of Somerset County Cricket Club players.
For a list of notable players, see
List of Somerset CCC players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances
.

Captains

For a complete list of captains, see List of Somerset cricket captains.

Club officials

Committee

  • President: Peter Wanless
  • Chairman: Michael Barber
  • Honorary Treasurer: Nick Farrant
  • Chief Executive: Jamie Cox
  • Directors: Vic Marks, Rowena Sellens, Rachel Baillache, Nathan Goddard
  • Members Directors: Richard Brice, Geoff Vian, Christine Brewer
  • Somerset Cricket Foundation Representative: Dr Habib Naqvi

Coaching staff

Administration and coaching history

Presidents

Those who have held the office of Somerset President are:[43]

Dates Name
1891–1915 Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
1916–1922 H.E. Murray Anderdon
1923 Arthur Newton
1924 The Marquis of Bath
1925 Lt-Col. Sir Dennis F. Boles
1926 Col. H.M. Ridley
1927 Rev. Archie Wickham
1928 Col. H.M. Ridley
1929 Lionel Palairet
1930 Vernon Hill
1931–1932 Major A.G. Barrett
1933 Lt-Col. W.O. Gibbs
1934–1935 Lt-Col. Sir Dennis F. Boles
1936 The Duke of Somerset
1937–1946 Richard Palairet
1946–1949
John Daniell
1950–1953 Major G.E. Longrigg
1954–1960 The Bishop of Bath & Wells
1961 Jack White
1962–1965 Bill Greswell
1966–1967 Lord Hylton
1968–1971 Bunty Longrigg
1971–1976 R.V. Showering
1976–1991 Colin Atkinson
1991–1996 J. Luff
1996–2003 Michael Hill
2004–2015 Roy Kerslake
2016–2018 Richard Parsons
2019–2022 Brian Rose
2022–present Peter Wanless

See also

Notes

  1. Royal London One-Day Cup
    (2014 onwards)
  2. ^ Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969–1998). Ran until the end of the 2009 season.
  3. ^ Ran between 1972 and 2002.
  4. Vitality Blast
    (2018 onwards).

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  13. ^ a b Foot (1986), p14.
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  20. ^ "The County Championship". Talk Cricket. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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Bibliography

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