Somerset County Cricket Club
| Somerset County Cricket Club | |
|---|---|
| One-day name | Somerset |
| founded | 1875 |
| Home stadium | County Ground |
| capacity | 8,500 |
| other stages | Taunton Vale , Taunton |
| Championship wins | 0 |
| One Day Cup victories | FP Trophy : 3 National League : 1 B&H Cup : 2 ECB 40 : 1 RL Cup : 1 |
| T20 Cup victories | 1 |
| website | http://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk |
| As of September 17, 2016 | |
The Somerset County Cricket Club represents traditional Somerset in the national championships of English cricket .
history
The beginnings
Games by teams operating under the Somerset name are documented up to 1845. The County Cricket Club was founded in August 1875. A team called the Gentlemen of Somerset , who played games since 1860, played a two-day game against the Gentlemen of Devon in Sidmouth . This could be won with eight wickets. and so it was decided to found a county club after the game. Originally it was not planned to look for a permanent home stadium, but to play its home games over various playing areas in the county. This only changed in 1881 when the Taunton Athletic Club built a playing field near the River Tone . This has been used for games since 1882. Originally Somerset did not have first-class status , but after the team won the 'Second-Class Championship' in 1890, they were promoted to the 1891 season . In their second season in 1892 they reached a third place, but they were mostly in the lower half of the table until the First World War. Four times ( 1908 , 1910 , 1911 and 1913 ) the season even ended at the bottom of the table. Players like national players Lionel Palairet , Sammy Woods and Jack White were important pillars of the team before the First World War.
After the First World War
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After the First World War , a fifth place was achieved in the first season , which should remain the best place between the wars. Most of the time, the team placed in the midfield. Players like Arthur Wellard and Harold Gimblett were part of the national team during this period. The club had got over the Second World War well and so they achieved fourth place after the start of the game in 1946 . However, this should not continue and in the 1950s they placed four seasons in a row ( 1952 , 1953 , 1954 , 1955 ) at the bottom of the table. This phase was followed by a constant placement in the midfield and a total of three times ( 1958 , 1963 , 1966 ) the team was able to place itself in third place until the 1960s . The subsequent weak phase with a last place in 1969 then led after a rebuilding under Brian Close to the first titles in the one-day competitions at the end of the 1970s. In 1979 he won the Gillette Cup and the John Player League within two days . Players like Ian Botham and the West Indians Viv Richards and Joel Garner were the most important players in the high phase that has now begun. In 1981 and 1982 the Benson & Hedges Cup was won and in 1983 the NatWest Trophy was won again. Somerset was also able to place higher again in the County Championship and another third place followed in 1981 .
From the crisis to today
However, the team could not maintain the level. Soon they slipped back into the lower table regions and after the last place was achieved in 1985 and the penultimate place in 1986 , the team leadership decided to act. Under the chairman Michael Hill it was decided not to sign Richards and Garner any further and to replace them by the New Zealander Martin Crowe . Peter Roebuck , the team's captain supported this decision, but Botham, who was good friends with the two players, decided to leave the club for Worcestershire in protest . This was followed by two eleventh places in 1987 and 1988 but also one last place in the table in 1991 . In the 1990s there was then a rise to higher table regions, which was crowned with the 2001 season. So they achieved under captain Jamie Cox a second place behind Yorkshire in the County Championship and won the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy . However, in the following season, he was relegated to the second division. The last title to date was achieved in 2005 by winning the Twenty20 Cup . 2007 was again promoted to the first division of the County Championship. Since then, Somerset has finished second in the County Championship four times ( 2010 , 2012 , 2016 , 2018 ). In 2019 he won the Royal London One-Day Cup .
Stadion
The club's home stadium is the County Ground in Taunton . Another stadium that is used more often is Taunton Vale , also in Taunton.
successes
County cricket
Winning the County Championship (0): -
One-day cricket
Gilette / NatWest / C & G Trophy / FP Trophy (1963-2009) (3): 1979 , 1983 , 2001
Sunday / National / Pro40 League (1969-2009) (1): 1979
Benson & Hedges Cup (1972-2002) (2): 1981 , 1982
ECB 40 / Clydesdale Bank / Yorkshire Bank 40 (2010-2013) (0): -
Royal London One-Day Cup (2014-present) (1): 2019
Twenty20
Twenty20 Cup / Friends Life t20 / NatWest t20 Blast (1): 2005
statistics
Runs
Most of the first-class cricket runs were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Gimblett | 1935-1954 | 21,124 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 1993 – today | 18,103 |
| Peter Wright | 1953-1965 | 16,695 |
| Bill Alley | 1957-1968 | 16,644 |
| Peter Roebuck | 1974-1991 | 16,218 |
Wickets
Most of the wickets in first-class cricket were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Jack White | 1909-1937 | 2.165 |
| Arthur Wellard | 1927-1950 | 1,517 |
| Brian Langford | 1953-1974 | 1,390 |
| Ernie Robson | 1985-1923 | 1,122 |
| Horace Hazell | 1929-1952 | 957 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Other Matches Played by Somerset (England) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Other Matches Played by Gentleman of Somerset ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ Gentlemen of Devon v Gentlemen of Somerset in 1875 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e A brief history of Somerset ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Somerset's internal battles laid bare after a quarter-of-a-century ( English ) Bristol Post. November 17, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Roebuck ( English ) Cricinfo. November 3, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Most runs for Somerset ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Most wickets for Somerset ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
