Somerset County Cricket Club have played first-class cricket continuously since 1891, and limited overs cricket since its introduction in 1963. English domestic cricket only ever staged finals in limited overs competitions prior to the abridged 2020 season: the first being the 1963 Gillette Cup Final. Somerset reached their first final in 1967, losing to Kent in the same competition. In total, Somerset have appeared in 22 finals, of which they won nine and lost 13. Their first victory came in the 1979 Gillette Cup Final, which was followed by three more victories in the following four years. After winning the 1983 NatWest Trophy Final, Somerset did not appear in another final until 1999, when they lost to Yorkshire in the same competition.
After winning four of their first six finals, Somerset have only won five of their 16 since. The club finished as runners-up in both domestic finals in each of 2010, 2011 and 2024, losing the Friends Provident t20 in 2010 courtesy of having lost more wickets after the match was tied.
Finals No.SeasonCompetitionDateOpponentsVenueResult Ref 1 1967 Gillette Cup Kent Lord's, London Lost by 32 runs 2 1978 Gillette Cup Sussex Lord's, London Lost by 5 wickets 3 1979 Gillette Cup Northamptonshire Lord's, London Won by 45 runs 4 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Surrey Lord's, London Won by 7 wickets 5 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup Nottinghamshire Lord's, London Won by 9 wickets 6 1983 NatWest Trophy Kent Lord's, London Won by 24 runs 7 1999 NatWest Trophy Gloucestershire Lord's, London Lost by 50 runs 8 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Leicestershire Lord's, London Won by 41 runs 9 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Yorkshire Lord's, London Lost by 6 wickets 10 2005 Twenty20 Cup Lancashire The Oval, London Won by 7 wickets 11 2009 Twenty20 Cup Sussex Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 63 runs 12 2010 Friends Provident t20 Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton Lost by losing more wickets 13 Clydesdale Bank 40 Warwickshire Lord's, London Lost by 3 wickets 14 2011 Friends Life t20 Leicestershire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 18 runs 15 Clydesdale Bank 40 Surrey Lord's, London Lost by 5 wickets 16 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup Hampshire Lord's, London Won by 6 wickets 17 2020 Bob Willis Trophy Essex Lord's, London Match drawn(Essex won on 1st innings) 18 2021 Vitality T20 Blast Kent Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 25 runs 19 2023 T20 Blast Essex Edgbaston, Birmingham Won by 14 runs 20 2024 T20 Blast Gloucestershire Edgbaston, Birmingham Lost by 8 wickets 21 One-Day Cup 22–23 September 2024 Glamorgan Trent Bridge, Nottingham Lost by 15 runs 22 2025 T20 Blast Hampshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Won by 6 wickets
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