debut class cricket english cricket season captained played class matches county opposition touring australian team won contests hampshire matches drawn losses somerset described season disastrous publication qualified statement mild optimism reason somerset poor performances inability consistently field best players better unable commit fixture list county played different people matches faint praise offered batting newton bowling considered sub standard particularly background formed played irregular county fixtures years time struggled remain financially formation club fixed home ground declared play ground county selected committee moved newly built athletic grounds widely accepted somerset debut class match came records include earlier matches gloucestershire class status squad class matches somerset fielded different players appeared matches fourteen players appeared match season club captain missed matches season london available summer holidays newton talented player limited appearances review season explained unavailable points good reasons account disastrous season following players appearance somerset class cricket age given start somerset match season june key denotes player appeared wicket keeper somerset denotes number appearances player somerset denotes reference player details county cricket summary half season away matches somerset debut class cricket lancashire june noted somerset able field strength team match missing lancashire team faced described paper second rate weather day play abandoned half rain lancashire having won toss batted heavy rain overnight ground second day play resumed following day rain continued threaten original wicket badly damaged described stumps moved enable play begin somerset took final lancashire wickets minutes bowling opened batting somerset eighteen runs dismissed quick succession recorded disaster waited visitors batsmen scored runs somerset runs second lowest class total time somerset followed second innings proceeded fashion pair scored runs rest team added somerset lost match innings runs defended somerset performance day slightly noting poor condition pitch favoured lancashire lancashire took wickets innings including ball fellow spin bowler collected second innings somerset second match faced nearest opposition gloucestershire weather poor spa ground gloucester hosting match specially looked heavy rain preceding match ensure good condition game described wicket fairly good order play started half hour late day somerset batting failed significant total batsman reach double figures totalling half team runs took wickets gloucestershire bowl somerset gloucestershire reply scored centuries help establish lead runs response somerset scored including partnership praised despite improved batting performance somerset lost match innings runs southampton match somerset won toss opted bat pitch soft heavy rainfall morning play started shortly midday somerset players reach double figures bowled cecil spin bowler hampshire collected wickets somerset managed restrict hampshire lead runs took wickets somerset successful batsmen second innings played light rain helping county reach runs left hampshire requiring runs win hosts achieved losing wickets beat somerset wickets spare somerset team travelled lord london early august face somerset batted winning toss lost batsmen ducks early innings somerset captain newton playing match season county batted rest innings score runs shared large partnership started innings introduction bowling attack brought batting quick conclusion took wickets conceding runs claimed hat trick bowling successive deliveries somerset run lead going second innings newton scored addition total unbeaten scored runs scoring shots including went ground described possibly hardest hitter english history county suggests earliest somerset batsman parade fundamental skills somerset totalled leave needing score runs win principally batting reached target wicket remaining having taken wickets second half season home matches days later somerset played home fixture athletic grounds hosting hampshire contrast previous game weather good winning toss hampshire decided bat batted visitors hampshire runs best somerset collecting wickets runs help restrict hampshire total scored somerset reply accumulating runs bowled number batsmen useful scores help somerset total somerset secretary batted innings season county coming man failed score run somerset struggled collect wickets hampshire batted tried different success fielding described loose sixth wicket taken runs scored rest followed reasonably quickly hampshire finished dismissed early somerset chase newton runs help victory dismissed newton continued bat putting runs dismissed somerset eventually reached required total wickets remaining achieve win season day defeating hampshire somerset faced brought strong team including professionals winning toss elected bat cautious start second wicket partnership runs according somerset bowling completely mastered somerset tried different try wicket partnership eventually broken run joined pair continued dominance adding runs run fielding newton brought innings end batsman scored runs wickets began fall frequently collected winter apiece eventually second morning response somerset lost early wickets newton partnership took score reached century coming minutes partnership ended dismissal somerset regularly lost wickets caught slips included somerset ended innings followed lost early wickets partnership scored runs innings help somerset secure draw somerset final county match season came opposition lancashire low attendance match criticised press particular described obvious body interest class cricket wickets evans helped somerset limit lancashire runs innings somerset failed newton scored runs respectively batsman reached double figures somerset dismissed runs asked follow lancashire batting somerset players improved performance reached runs scored lancashire required bat reached winning target runs loss wicket end august touring australian team visited attracting largest crowd season roughly people somerset considered chance match australia missing better players offered somerset faint praise suggesting great cause dissatisfied performances australians batted restricted somerset highest scorer tourists runs evans took wickets response somerset batsmen struggled bowling known demon took wickets conceding runs somerset forced follow batsman scored runs innings county second innings somerset performed slightly better newton scored runs batsmen reached double figures australian bowling proved somerset lost match innings runs praised accurate bowling match season record match log statistics
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1882