Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset. Its limited overs team is called the Somerset Sabres. The club has its headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. First-class games are also played at Bath. Former grounds include Yeovil, Weston-super-Mare, Frome, Glastonbury, Wells and the Imperial Tobacco ground in south Bristol.Origin of club
The formation of Somerset CCC was on 18 August 1875 by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devon immediately after a match against a local side. 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.
Somerset CCC played its initial first-class match versus Lancashire CCC at Old Trafford on 8, 9 and 10 June 1882 and joined the (then unofficial) County Championship, but for only four seasons initially.
In 1886, Somerset did not play any other first-class counties and dropped out of the Championship until 1891. Somerset was then able to arrange 12 matches against first-class counties and so force its way back into the Championship, which was now an official competition. Somerset CCC is therefore recognised as a first-class team from 1882 until 1885 and from 1891 to the present day.
There are alternative versions of Somerset's first-class matchlist in the 19th century. For more information, see Variations in First-Class Cricket Statistics.
Squad
Batsmen
- Justin Langer(c)
- Marcus Trescothick
- Neil Edwards
- Wes Durston
- James Hildreth
- Robin Lett
- Richard Timms
All-rounders
- Peter Trego
- Omari Banks
- Arul Suppiah
- Alfonso Thomas
- Zander de Bruyn
- Ben Phillips
Wicket-keepers
- Craig Kieswetter
- Carl Gazzard
Bowlers
- Andrew Caddick
- Steffan Jones
- Michael Munday
- Charl Willoughby
- Mark Turner
- Max Waller
- David Stiff
