 Despite Burns' run-tally, and in stark contrast to the previous year, Somerset's season was described in "Wisden" as "a sorry story".No other Somerset batsman passed 1,000 runs in the year, and the county were relegated in both the County Championship and the Norwich Union League, though they did reach the final of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the second consecutive year.In the semi-final of that competition, Burns scored 72 runs, and "admirably set the foundations" for Somerset's victory.