Somerset County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Taunton, Somerset. The club was founded in 1875 after a match between "Gentlemen of Somerset" and "Gentlemen of Devon" in Sidmouth, Devon.Foot (1986), pp15–16. Somerset played their first undisputed first-class cricket match in 1882 against Lancashire. After missing the first season of the official County Championship, Somerset was admitted for the second in 1891, and have participated in the competition ever since. The club have played one-day cricket since its introduction to the English game in 1963, winning their first trophy in the 1979 Gillette Cup.Foot (1986), p198. All players who have played in 100 first-class or List A cricket matches are listed below. Only four players have made over 100 appearances in Twenty20 cricket for Somerset, James Hildreth currently holds the record for the most matches in the format for the club, having made 205 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 NameNationalitySomersetcareer Apps Runs WktsAppsRunsWktsReferencesFirst-classList A 1891–1899 134 2,793 291 1891–1903 119 3,472 76 1891–1907 177 2,875 864 1891–1909 222 13,851 87 / 1891–1910 299 12,637 556 1891–1912 121 3,842 24 1891–1914 197 3,063 0 1895–1923 424 12,427 1,122 1897–1908 125 1,250 563 1898–1927 287 9,824 6 1899–1914 208 7,633 513 1899–1920 281 12,218 684 1901–1927 229 10,202 3 1905–1919 102 2,990 8 1908–1930 115 2,416 454 1909–1937 409 11,375 2,165 1911–1929 214 2,414 685 1911–1931 156 8,372 0 1911–1933 310 13,081 388 1914–1937 102 3,788 3 1920–1938 123 6,227 8 1921–1931 233 4,952 386 1922–1931 152 4,627 86 1923–1939 309 9,401 0 1924–1949 365 5,710 0 1925–1935 255 8,515 0 1925–1936 241 7,852 49 1925–1947 219 8,329 0 1927–1947 171 5,316 0 1927–1947 391 11,432 1,517 1928–1939 109 2,330 14 1929–1947 328 15,243 23 1929–1952 350 2,280 957 1929–1953 304 10,623 657 1930–1947 226 4,833 750 1935–1954 329 21,142 41 1946–1955 281 9,094 791 1947–1956 132 4,596 0 1947–1960 353 15,195 326 1948–1953 118 3,607 2 1948–1964 427 12,473 0 1953–1965 321 16,965 62 1953–1974 504 7,513 1,390 1954–1957 115 645 349 1954–1962 211 7,516 235 1954–1966 271 14,468 4 1955–1969 115 624 368 1955–1969 302 7,567 837 1956–1960 138 7,913 219 1957–1966 131 4,859 2 1957–1966 205 6,723 195 1957–1968 350 16,644 738 1957–1972 321 15,458 4 1960–1967 163 3,772 190 1960–1979 352 15,213 2 1963–1968 153 766 520 1965–1977 180 4,887 291 1966–1971 104 4,378 8 1966–1980 252 7,129 474 1969–1984 269 11,559 1 1969–1987 251 12,342 8 1970–1975 118 442 291 1970–1976 101 2,422 408 1970–1982 280 6,796 0 1971–1977 142 7,567 74 1971–1982 205 1,502 547 1973–1984 165 3,777 281 1973–1986 172 8,686 489 1974–1986 191 14,698 96 1974–1991 306 16,218 45 1975–1983 135 5,539 3 1975–1989 275 9,742 738 1976–1988 194 2,182 443 1976–1989 112 1,389 0 1977–1986 94 1,170 338 1979–1984 100 4,036 133 1979–1985 118 4,594 78 1982–1988 108 4,987 0 1985–1998 233 12,488 16 1987–1993 150 5,207 0 1987–1994 118 1,461 329 1987–2002 244 8,644 588 1989–1993 102 6,365 0 1990–1996 122 6,634 60 1990–2001 142 7,988 13 1990–2009 191 3,139 875 1991–2005 211 8,473 0 1992–2007 130 5,324 106 1993–2019 296 19,654 31 1994–2003 114 5,419 0 1995–2004 160 9,642 14 1997–2005 134 7,008 68 1997–2008 84 1,443 224 1999–2004 91 6,688 4 2000–2008 120 7,454 210 2000–2019 200 8,775 349 2002–2013 100 5,156 45 2003–2022 277 17,237 6 2007–2015 105 5,062 2 * 2010–present 146 4,852 434 * 2012–present 148 4,560 516 * 2012–present 128 1,706 407 * 2014–present 150 9,536 60 Statistics correct as of end of 2026 season.

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