Somerset County Cricket Club in 1979
No Date Opponents Venue Result
1 2-4 May Worcestershire County Ground , New Road , Worcester Drawn
2 9-11 May Northamptonshire County Ground , Taunton Won by 10 wickets
3 16-18 May Surrey County Ground , Taunton Drawn
4 26-29 May Gloucestershire Phoenix County Ground , Bristol Match abandoned
5 30 May-1 June Warwickshire Edgbaston , Birmingham Drawn
6 2-5 June Hampshire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
7 13-15 June Kent Hesketh Park , Dartford Drawn
8 16-19 June Essex Recreation Ground , Bath Drawn
9 20-22 June Glamorgan Recreation Ground , Bath Drawn
10 27-29 June Worcestershire County Ground , Taunton Won by 208 runs
11 30 June-2 July Yorkshire St George 's Road , Harrogate Drawn
12 7-10 July Glamorgan St Helen 's , Swansea Won by an innings and 8 runs
13 11-13 July Warwickshire County Ground , Taunton Won by 153 runs
14 14-17 July Leicestershire Grace Road , Leicester Drawn
15 1-3 August Hampshire County Ground , Southampton Drawn
16 4-7 August Lancashire Old Trafford , Manchester Drawn
17 11-14 August Sussex Clarence Park , Weston-super-Mare Won by 6 wickets
18 15-17 August Nottinghamshire Clarence Park , Weston-super-Mare Drawn
19 18-21 August Middlesex Lord 's Cricket Ground , St John 's Wood Drawn
20 25-28 August Gloucestershire County Ground , Taunton Drawn
County Championship -- Match log
Somerset County Cricket Club competed in four competitions in the 1979 season: the first-class County Championship; and three limited overs competitions - the Gillette Cup, the John Player League and the Benson & Hedges Cup. The county fared well in the limited-overs competitions, winning both the Gillette Cup and the John Player League (the first two trophies ever won by the club), although they were disqualified from the Benson & Hedges Cup when the TCCB deemed that they had brought the game into disrepute during a match against Worcestershire.