Football team

Somerset

Club · United Kingdom · County Championship Division One

«The Cidermen»

186 Matches

117 wins

69 losses

43854–41382 Runs

+2472 Difference

235.8 Average per match

Form L L W W W W

Jos Buttler grew up in Taunton and came through the Somerset academy before England ever called on him.

Somerset were formally recognised as a first-class county in 1895, after buying the freehold of their Taunton ground the following year for £2,000. What they have never done, across all that time, is win the County Championship itself — the closest they have come is six runners-up finishes. The white-ball game has been kinder: four One-Day Cup titles stretching from 1979 to 2019, three T20 Blast wins including the most recent in 2025, and a pair of Benson & Hedges Cups in the early 1980s.

The County Ground itself was rebuilt through 2008 to 2011, with a new stand named for Trescothick added among the work on the pavilions.

Latest results

All matches

8 Sep	County Championship Division One	Leicestershire A	679:302	W
2 Sep	County Championship Division One	Glamorgan H	441:377	W
27 Aug	County Championship Division One	Sussex A	552:312	W
20 Aug	County Championship Division One	Essex H	572:570	W
11 Aug	One-Day Cup	Lancashire H	269:443	L
9 Aug	One-Day Cup	Northamptonshire A	185:189	L

Standing

County Championship Division One

#	Team	M	W	L	Pts
1	Somerset	8	6	2	189
2	Nottinghamshire	6	5	1	185
3	Warwickshire	6	5	1	184
4	Sussex	8	5	3	154
5	Yorkshire	8	4	4	142

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 186

186 Matches

117 wins

69 losses

43854–41382 Runs

+2472 Difference

235.8 Average per match

Season results matches counted: 186

117 69

wins losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	186	94	92
Scored	43854	22952	20902
Conceded	41382	21160	20222
Average per match	235.8	244.2	227.2
Conceded per game	222.5	225.1	219.8
Difference	+2472	+1792	+680

Fixtures of Somerset

15 Sep · 10:30 Yorkshire A County Championship Division One
24 Sep · 10:30 Surrey H County Championship Division One

8 Sep Leicestershire A 679:302 W
2 Sep Glamorgan H 441:377 W
27 Aug Sussex A 552:312 W
20 Aug Essex H 572:570 W
11 Aug Lancashire H 269:443 L
9 Aug Northamptonshire A 185:189 L
7 Aug Surrey H 368:180 W
2 Aug Leicestershire A 125:289 L

Honours of Somerset

One-Day Cup 1979, 1983, 2001, 2019 4
T20 Blast 2005, 2023, 2025 3
Benson & Hedges Cup 1981, 1982 2
Sunday League 1979 1

Team news

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