List Of Somerset County Cricket Club Players With 100 Or More First-class Or List A Appearances
Brian Langford holds the record for the greatest number of first-class appearances for Somerset. Between 1953 and 1974 the right-arm off break bowler played 504 times for the club. Only three other players have made more than 400 appearances for Somerset, and no-one has reached the milestone since Langford. Jack White, one of the three, is the club's leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket, claiming 2,165 dismissals for the county between 1909 and 1937. Harold Gimblett's tally of 21,142 first-class runs is the most by a Somerset cricketer, over 1,000 more than the next, Marcus Trescothick.
Englishmen Peter Denning and Graham Rose, jointly hold the record for most List A appearances for Somerset, while Marcus Trescothick holds the record for the most runs in one-day cricket for Somerset, with 7,374 from his twenty-one years with the county. Barbadian Hallam Moseley ranks as the top wicket-taker, claiming 309 wickets in one-day cricket, nine more than England Test cricketer Ian Botham.
Key
- * denotes that player is still active for Somerset.
- Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made for Somerset.
- Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player for Somerset.
- Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player for Somerset.
- Players are initially listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.
- Players in bold have appeared in either Test or One Day International matches for their country.
Players
Name | Nationality | Somerset career |
Apps | Runs | Wkts | Apps | Runs | Wkts | References |
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First-class | List A | ||||||||
George Nichols | ![]() |
1891–1899 | 134 | 2,793 | 291 | – | – | – | |
Gerald Fowler | ![]() |
1891–1903 | 119 | 3,472 | 76 | – | – | – | |
Ted Tyler | ![]() |
1891–1907 | 177 | 2,875 | 864 | – | – | – | |
Lionel Palairet | ![]() |
1891–1909 | 222 | 13,851 | 87 | – | – | – | |
Sammy Woods | ![]() ![]() |
1891–1910 | 299 | 12,637 | 556 | – | – | – | |
Vernon Hill | ![]() |
1891–1912 | 121 | 3,842 | 24 | – | – | – | |
Arthur Newton | ![]() |
1891–1914 | 197 | 3,063 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Ernie Robson | ![]() |
1895–1923 | 424 | 12,427 | 1,122 | – | – | – | |
Beaumont Cranfield | ![]() |
1897–1908 | 125 | 1,250 | 563 | – | – | – | |
John Daniell | ![]() |
1898–1927 | 287 | 9,824 | 6 | – | – | – | |
Talbot Lewis | ![]() |
1899–1914 | 208 | 7,633 | 513 | – | – | – | |
Len Braund | ![]() |
1899–1920 | 281 | 12,218 | 684 | – | – | – | |
Peter Randall Johnson | ![]() |
1901–1927 | 229 | 10,202 | 3 | – | – | – | |
Massey Poyntz | ![]() |
1905–1919 | 102 | 2,990 | 8 | – | – | – | |
Bill Greswell | ![]() |
1908–1930 | 115 | 2,416 | 454 | – | – | – | |
Jack White | ![]() |
1909–1937 | 409 | 11,375 | 2,165 | – | – | – | |
Jimmy Bridges | ![]() |
1911–1929 | 214 | 2,414 | 685 | – | – | – | |
Jack MacBryan | ![]() |
1911–1931 | 156 | 8,372 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Tom Young | ![]() |
1911–1933 | 310 | 13,081 | 388 | – | – | – | |
Sydney Rippon | ![]() |
1914–1937 | 102 | 3,788 | 3 | – | – | – | |
Dar Lyon | ![]() |
1920–1938 | 123 | 6,227 | 8 | – | – | – | |
George Hunt | ![]() |
1921–1931 | 233 | 4,952 | 386 | – | – | – | |
Guy Earle | ![]() |
1922–1931 | 152 | 4,627 | 86 | – | – | – | |
Reggie Ingle | ![]() |
1923–1939 | 309 | 9,401 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Wally Luckes | ![]() |
1924–1949 | 365 | 5,710 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Box Case | ![]() |
1925–1935 | 255 | 8,515 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Jack Lee | ![]() |
1925–1936 | 241 | 7,852 | 49 | – | – | – | |
Bunty Longrigg | ![]() |
1925–1947 | 219 | 8,329 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Dickie Burrough | ![]() |
1927–1947 | 171 | 5,316 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Arthur Wellard | ![]() |
1927–1947 | 391 | 11,432 | 1,517 | – | – | – | |
Michael Bennett | ![]() |
1928–1939 | 109 | 2,330 | 14 | – | – | – | |
Frank Lee | ![]() |
1929–1947 | 328 | 15,243 | 23 | – | – | – | |
Horace Hazell | ![]() |
1929–1952 | 350 | 2,280 | 957 | – | – | – | |
Bertie Buse | ![]() |
1929–1953 | 304 | 10,623 | 657 | – | – | – | |
Bill Andrews | ![]() |
1930–1947 | 226 | 4,833 | 750 | – | – | – | |
Harold Gimblett | ![]() |
1935–1954 | 329 | 21,142 | 41 | – | – | – | |
Johnny Lawrence | ![]() |
1946–1955 | 281 | 9,094 | 791 | – | – | – | |
Les Angell | ![]() |
1947–1956 | 132 | 4,596 | 0 | – | – | – | |
Maurice Tremlett | ![]() |
1947–1960 | 353 | 15,195 | 326 | – | – | – | |
Stuart Rogers | ![]() |
1948–1953 | 118 | 3,607 | 2 | – | – | – | |
Harold Stephenson | ![]() |
1948–1964 | 427 | 12,473 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Peter Wight | ![]() |
1953–1965 | 321 | 16,965 | 62 | 6 | 56 | 0 | |
Brian Langford | ![]() |
1953–1974 | 504 | 7,513 | 1,390 | 66 | 441 | 65 | |
John McMahon | ![]() |
1954–1957 | 115 | 645 | 349 | – | – | – | |
Geoff Lomax | ![]() |
1954–1962 | 211 | 7,516 | 235 | – | – | – | |
Graham Atkinson | ![]() |
1954–1966 | 271 | 14,468 | 4 | 10 | 297 | 0 | |
Bryan Lobb | ![]() |
1955–1969 | 115 | 624 | 368 | – | – | – | |
Ken Palmer | ![]() |
1955–1969 | 302 | 7,567 | 837 | 24 | 137 | 34 | |
Colin McCool | ![]() |
1956–1960 | 138 | 7,913 | 219 | – | – | – | |
Brian Roe | ![]() |
1957–1966 | 131 | 4,859 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 0 | |
Chris Greetham | ![]() |
1957–1966 | 205 | 6,723 | 195 | 10 | 150 | 3 | |
Bill Alley | ![]() |
1957–1968 | 350 | 16,644 | 738 | 16 | 281 | 25 | |
Roy Virgin | ![]() |
1957–1972 | 321 | 15,458 | 4 | 84 | 1,938 | 1 | |
Colin Atkinson | ![]() |
1960–1967 | 163 | 3,772 | 190 | 12 | 153 | 7 | |
Mervyn Kitchen | ![]() |
1960–1979 | 352 | 15,213 | 2 | 172 | 3,388 | 5 | |
Fred Rumsey | ![]() |
1963–1968 | 153 | 766 | 520 | 15 | 9 | 30 | |
Peter Robinson | ![]() |
1965–1977 | 180 | 4,887 | 291 | 63 | 964 | 8 | |
Tony Clarkson | ![]() |
1966–1971 | 104 | 4,378 | 8 | 50 | 762 | 2 | |
Graham Burgess | ![]() |
1966–1980 | 252 | 7,129 | 474 | 207 | 3,130 | 247 | |
Peter Denning | ![]() |
1969–1984 | 269 | 11,559 | 1 | 280 | 6,792 | 0 | |
Brian Rose | ![]() |
1969–1987 | 251 | 12,342 | 8 | 251 | 5,708 | 7 | |
Allan Jones | ![]() |
1970–1975 | 118 | 442 | 291 | 113 | 101 | 164 | |
Tom Cartwright | ![]() |
1970–1976 | 101 | 2,422 | 408 | 94 | 972 | 10 | |
Derek Taylor | ![]() |
1970–1982 | 280 | 6,796 | 0 | 261 | 2,035 | 0 | |
Brian Close | ![]() |
1971–1977 | 142 | 7,567 | 74 | 126 | 2,658 | 41 | |
Hallam Moseley | ![]() |
1971–1982 | 205 | 1,502 | 547 | 210 | 519 | 309 | |
Dennis Breakwell | ![]() |
1973–1984 | 165 | 3,777 | 281 | 148 | 1,059 | 58 | |
Ian Botham | ![]() |
1973–1986 | 172 | 8,686 | 489 | 230 | 5,049 | 300 | |
Viv Richards | ![]() |
1974–1986 | 191 | 14,698 | 96 | 218 | 7,349 | 93 | |
Peter Roebuck | ![]() |
1974–1991 | 306 | 16,218 | 45 | 277 | 6,871 | 40 | |
Phil Slocombe | ![]() |
1975–1983 | 135 | 5,539 | 3 | 78 | 829 | 0 | |
Vic Marks | ![]() |
1975–1989 | 275 | 9,742 | 738 | 250 | 3,623 | 226 | |
Colin Dredge | ![]() |
1976–1988 | 194 | 2,182 | 443 | 209 | 464 | 253 | |
Trevor Gard | ![]() |
1976–1989 | 112 | 1,389 | 0 | 81 | 240 | 0 | |
Joel Garner | ![]() |
1977–1986 | 94 | 1,170 | 338 | 128 | 703 | 206 | |
Jeremy Lloyds | ![]() |
1979–1984 | 100 | 4,036 | 133 | 62 | 592 | 3 | |
Nigel Popplewell | ![]() |
1979–1985 | 118 | 4,594 | 78 | 116 | 2,022 | 43 | |
Nigel Felton | ![]() |
1982–1988 | 108 | 4,987 | 0 | 62 | 1,269 | 0 | |
Richard Harden | ![]() |
1985–1998 | 233 | 12,488 | 16 | 252 | 6,275 | 0 | |
Neil Burns | ![]() |
1987–1993 | 150 | 5,207 | 0 | 154 | 1,678 | 0 | |
Neil Mallender | ![]() |
1987–1994 | 118 | 1,461 | 329 | 136 | 500 | 148 | |
Graham Rose | ![]() |
1987–2002 | 244 | 8,644 | 588 | 280 | 4,937 | 29 | |
Chris Tavaré | ![]() |
1989–1993 | 102 | 6,365 | 0 | 109 | 3,465 | 0 | |
Andy Hayhurst | ![]() |
1990–1996 | 122 | 6,634 | 60 | 121 | 2,678 | 94 | |
Mark Lathwell | ![]() |
1990–2001 | 142 | 7,988 | 13 | 166 | 4,399 | 1 | |
Andrew Caddick | ![]() |
1990–2009 | 191 | 3,139 | 875 | 197 | 556 | 254 | |
Robert Turner | ![]() |
1991–2005 | 211 | 8,473 | 0 | 226 | 3,358 | 0 | |
Keith Parsons | ![]() |
1992–2007 | 130 | 5,324 | 106 | 247 | 5,225 | 146 | |
Marcus Trescothick | ![]() |
1993–2019 | 296 | 19,654 | 31 | 236 | 7,374 | 48 | |
Piran Holloway | ![]() |
1994–2003 | 114 | 5,419 | 0 | 97 | 2,402 | 0 | |
Peter Bowler | ![]() |
1995–2004 | 160 | 9,642 | 14 | 159 | 4,431 | 2 | |
Mike Burns | ![]() |
1997–2005 | 134 | 7,008 | 68 | 179 | 4,325 | 58 | |
Steffan Jones | ![]() |
1997–2008 | 84 | 1,443 | 224 | 138 | 478 | 197 | |
Jamie Cox | ![]() |
1999–2004 | 91 | 6,688 | 4 | 110 | 3,598 | 4 | |
Ian Blackwell | ![]() |
2000–2008 | 120 | 7,454 | 210 | 149 | 3,930 | 114 | |
Peter Trego | ![]() |
2000–2019 | 200 | 8,775 | 349 | 176 | 4,666 | 144 | |
Arul Suppiah | ![]() |
2002–2013 | 100 | 5,156 | 45 | 89 | 1,580 | 44 | |
James Hildreth | ![]() |
2003–2022 | 277 | 17,237 | 6 | 222 | 6,096 | 5 | |
Craig Kieswetter | ![]() |
2007–2015 | 105 | 5,062 | 2 | 79 | 2,815 | 1 | |
Lewis Gregory* | ![]() |
2010–present | 113 | 3,704 | 338 | 65 | 1,052 | 89 | |
Craig Overton* | ![]() |
2012–present | 113 | 3,158 | 398 | 46 | 560 | 72 | |
Tom Abell* | ![]() |
2014–present | 117 | 6,569 | 60 | 25 | 636 | 2 | |
Statistics correct as of end of 2023 season. |