# Somerset County Cricket Club in 1979

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), but were ejected from the Benson & Hedges Cup when the TCCB ruled they had brought the game into disrepute after a declaration during a match against Worcestershire.

## Squad

The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in First-class or List A cricket in 1979. Age given is at the start of Somerset's first match of the season (29 April 1979).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| Peter Denning | England | (1949-12-16)16 December 1949 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Mervyn Kitchen | England | (1940-08-01)1 August 1940 (aged 38) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Martin Olive | England | (1958-04-18)18 April 1958 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | (1952-03-07)7 March 1952 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm slow | Overseas player |
| Peter Roebuck | England | (1956-03-06)6 March 1956 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Brian Rose | England | (1950-06-04)4 June 1950 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Left arm medium | Club captain |
| Phil Slocombe | England | (1954-09-06)6 September 1954 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| Ian Botham | England | (1955-11-24)24 November 1955 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Dennis Breakwell | England | (1948-07-02)2 July 1948 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Graham Burgess | England | (1943-05-05)5 May 1943 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Jeremy Lloyds | England | (1954-11-17)17 November 1954 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Vic Marks | England | (1955-06-25)25 June 1955 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Nigel Popplewell | England | (1957-08-08)8 August 1957 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Trevor Gard | England | (1957-06-02)2 June 1957 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | |
| Derek Taylor | England | (1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 36) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| Colin Dredge | England | (1954-08-04)4 August 1954 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | (1952-12-16)16 December 1952 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | Overseas player |
| David Gurr | England | (1956-03-27)27 March 1956 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Keith Jennings | England | (1953-10-05)5 October 1953 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Hallam Moseley | West Indies | (1948-05-28)28 May 1948 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Overseas player |

## County Championship
### Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bwl = Bowling points, Pts = Points.
County Championship :
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Bat | Bwl | Pts |
| Essex (C) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 69 | 281 |
| Worcestershire | 22 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 58 | 62 | 204 |
| Surrey | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 70 | 192 |
| Sussex | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 65 | 184 |
| Kent | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 60 | 181 |
| Leicestershire | 22 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 60 | 68 | 176 |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 63 | 175 |
| Somerset | 22 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 56 | 55 | 171 |
| Nottinghamshire | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 54 | 169 |
| Gloucestershire | 22 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 54 | 167 |
| Northamptonshire | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 59 | 58 | 153 |
| Hampshire | 22 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 66 | 141 |
| Lancashire | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 55 | 140 |
| Middlesex | 22 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 44 | 60 | 140 |
| Warwickshire | 22 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 51 | 133 |
| Derbyshire | 22 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 46 | 60 | 118 |
| Glamorgan | 22 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 58 | 93 |
| Source: CricketArchive |||||||||

### Match log

| 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 |
| 21 | 1–4 September | Derbyshire | County Ground, Taunton | Drawn |
| 22 | 5–7 September | Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Lost by 9 wickets |

### Batting averages

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
| Peter Roebuck | 20 | 32 | 1,125 | 45.00 | 89 | 0 | 10 |
| Peter Denning | 20 | 31 | 1,114 | 42.84 | 106 | 2 | 6 |
| Brian Rose | 20 | 31 | 1,270 | 42.33 | 133 | 2 | 8 |
| Viv Richards | 15 | 24 | 996 | 41.50 | 156 | 3 | 4 |
| Colin Dredge | 9 | 10 | 196 | 39.20 | 55 | 0 | 1 |
| Vic Marks | 21 | 27 | 762 | 38.10 | 93 | 0 | 7 |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 15 | 487 | 34.78 | 120 | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Taylor | 20 | 20 | 318 | 31.80 | 50* | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Slocombe | 20 | 32 | 804 | 27.72 | 103* | 1 | 6 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 21 | 26 | 441 | 24.50 | 54* | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Lloyds | 3 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Garner | 14 | 10 | 106 | 17.66 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Mervyn Kitchen | 5 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 6 | 4 | 25 | 8.33 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Popplewell | 6 | 8 | 50 | 7.14 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 16 | 9 | 16 | 4.00 | 11* | 0 | 0 |
| David Gurr | 3 | 1 | 11 | — | 11* | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Gard | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 7* | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Bowling averages

| Player | Matches | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5wi | 10wm |
| Joel Garner | 14 | 55 | 13.83 | 6/80 | 4 | 0 |
| Peter Roebuck | 20 | 1 | 22.00 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 6 | 17 | 22.64 | 5/18 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 21 | 50 | 27.54 | 6/33 | 4 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 21 | 40 | 30.00 | 6/41 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 9 | 21 | 31.38 | 4/40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 26 | 32.53 | 6/81 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 16 | 16 | 33.56 | 4/25 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Popplewell | 6 | 5 | 43.00 | 3/43 | 0 | 0 |
| Viv Richards | 15 | 3 | 69.33 | 2/47 | 0 | 0 |
| David Gurr | 3 | 2 | 92.50 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lloyds | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

## Other first-class matches
### Match log

| Match type | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| University match | 9–12 June | Oxford University | The University Parks, Oxford | Drawn |
| University match | 23–25 June | Cambridge University | Recreation Ground, Bath | Won by 6 wickets |
| Tourist match | 28–30 July | Indians | County Ground, Taunton | Drawn |

## Gillette Cup
### Match log

| No. | Stage | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| — | First round | No game (bye) | No game (bye) | No game (bye) | No game (bye) |
| 1 | Second round | 18 July | Derbyshire | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 8 wickets |
| 2 | Quarter-final | 8 August | Kent | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 130 runs |
| 3 | Semi-final | 22 August | Middlesex | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won by 7 wickets |
| 4 | Final | 8 September | Northamptonshire | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won by 45 runs |

### Batting averages

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
| Viv Richards | 4 | 4 | 266 | 66.50 | 117 | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Denning | 4 | 3 | 112 | 56.00 | 90* | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Rose | 4 | 4 | 163 | 54.33 | 88* | 0 | 1 |
| Graham Burgess | 3 | 2 | 51 | 51.00 | 50* | 0 | 1 |
| Joel Garner | 4 | 2 | 36 | 36.00 | 24* | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 4 | 3 | 62 | 31.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Roebuck | 4 | 4 | 60 | 20.00 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Slocombe | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Taylor | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Bowling averages

| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
| Joel Garner | 4 | 43.0 | 17 | 5.41 | 2.13 | 6/29 | 1 | 2 |
| Graham Burgess | 3 | 26.0 | 5 | 14.80 | 2.84 | 3/25 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 17.33 | 2.60 | 3/31 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 4 | 43.0 | 4 | 33.25 | 3.09 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 |
| Viv Richards | 4 | 15.0 | 1 | 72.00 | 4.80 | 1/44 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | — | 2.66 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | — | 3.55 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | — | 5.50 | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

## John Player League
### Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, NR = No result, A = Abandonments, Pts = Points, RR = Run rate.
John Player League :
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | A | Pts | RR |
| Somerset (C) | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 4.257 |
| Kent | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 4.185 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 5.032 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 4.385 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 4.322 |
| Essex | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 4.277 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 4.361 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 4.414 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 4.376 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4.368 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4.154 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.108 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.170 |
| Surrey | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.255 |
| Sussex | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.220 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 4.065 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4.694 |
| Source: CricketArchive |||||||||

### Match log

| No. | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| 1 | 29 April | Surrey | Kennington Oval, Kennington | Won by 6 runs |
| 2 | 13 May | Warwickshire | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 4 runs |
| 3 | 20 May | Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Match abandoned |
| 4 | 3 June | Hampshire | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 3 wickets |
| 5 | 10 June | Gloucestershire | Imperial Athletic Ground, Bristol | Won by 8 wickets |
| 6 | 17 June | Essex | Recreation Ground, Bath | Won by 9 wickets |
| 7 | 1 July | Yorkshire | North Marine Road, Scarborough | Won by 6 wickets |
| 8 | 8 July | Glamorgan | St Helen's, Swansea | Won on faster scoring rate |
| 9 | 15 July | Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | Lost by 4 runs |
| 10 | 22 July | Northamptonshire | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 7 wickets |
| 11 | 5 August | Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost by 8 wickets |
| 12 | 12 August | Sussex | Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare | Won by 75 runs |
| 13 | 19 August | Middlesex | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Won by 28 runs |
| 14 | 26 August | Kent | County Ground, Taunton | Lost by 64 runs |
| 15 | 2 September | Derbyshire | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 55 runs |
| 16 | 9 September | Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Won by 56 runs |

### Batting averages

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
| Brian Rose | 15 | 15 | 484 | 44.00 | 81* | 0 | 4 |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 8 | 174 | 29.00 | 55* | 0 | 1 |
| Viv Richards | 12 | 12 | 347 | 28.91 | 80 | 0 | 3 |
| Peter Denning | 15 | 15 | 354 | 23.60 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Taylor | 15 | 6 | 47 | 23.50 | 14* | 0 | 0 |
| Mervyn Kitchen | 4 | 3 | 43 | 21.50 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Roebuck | 11 | 11 | 167 | 20.87 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| Graham Burgess | 10 | 6 | 96 | 16.00 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 13 | 11 | 137 | 15.22 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Garner | 13 | 10 | 90 | 12.85 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Slocombe | 6 | 4 | 33 | 11.00 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 13 | 5 | 17 | 8.50 | 8* | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Popplewell | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 15 | 10 | 57 | 6.33 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6.00 | 3* | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Bowling averages

| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
| Vic Marks | 13 | 21.3 | 8 | 9.87 | 3.67 | 3/19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 61.4 | 15 | 15.40 | 3.74 | 4/10 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel Garner | 13 | 96.0 | 16 | 16.81 | 2.80 | 3/16 | 0 | 0 |
| Viv Richards | 12 | 39.1 | 8 | 17.00 | 3.47 | 2/13 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 8 | 56.3 | 12 | 18.50 | 3.92 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 21.66 | 3.09 | 1/18 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 15 | 83.0 | 13 | 25.00 | 3.91 | 3/20 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 13 | 88.0 | 13 | 26.92 | 3.97 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Burgess | 10 | 64.0 | 8 | 30.50 | 3.81 | 2/19 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Popplewell | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 41.00 | 1.95 | 1/7 | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

## Benson & Hedges Cup
### Season standings

Note: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, NR = No result, Pts = Points, BowSR = Bowling strike rate.
Benson & Hedges Cup: Group A :
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
| Somerset (DSQ) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33.321 |
| Worcestershire* | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 36.920 |
| Glamorgan* | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 36.040 |
| Gloucestershire† | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53.100 |
| Minor Counties South† | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 55.692 |
| Teams marked * progressed to the next stage of the competition. Team marked † were eliminated from the competition. Source: CricketArchive ||||||||

### Match log

| No. | Stage | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| 1 | Group A | 5, 7 May | Glamorgan | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 5 wickets |
| 2 | Group A | 12, 14 May | Gloucestershire | Phoenix County Ground, Bristol | Won by 7 wickets |
| 3 | Group A | 19 May | Minor Counties South | County Ground, Taunton | Won by 8 wickets |
| 4 | Group A | 23, 24 May | Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | Lost by 10 wickets |

### Batting averages

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
| Viv Richards | 3 | 2 | 48 | 48.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Denning | 4 | 4 | 92 | 46.00 | 40* | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Roebuck | 4 | 2 | 82 | 41.00 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Rose | 4 | 4 | 54 | 18.00 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Mervyn Kitchen | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 4 | 3 | 38 | — | 29* | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 4 | 1 | 36 | — | 36* | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Garner | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Taylor | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Bowling averages

| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
| Joel Garner | 3 | 28.2 | 6 | 7.00 | 1.48 | 3/23 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 3 | 20.1 | 5 | 7.80 | 1.93 | 4/11 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 4 | 21.0 | 4 | 10.00 | 1.90 | 2/18 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Breakwell | 4 | 18.0 | 3 | 12.66 | 2.11 | 2/16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 4 | 32.0 | 5 | 15.60 | 2.43 | 3/23 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Dredge | 4 | 26.0 | 4 | 16.00 | 2.46 | 2/22 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallam Moseley | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | — | 2.60 | — | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | List A | List A | List A | List A | List A | List A | List A | Refs |
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100s | 50s | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100s | 50s | Refs |
| Batsmen ||||||||||||||||
| PW Denning | 22 | 35 | 1,222 | 106 | 42.13 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 558 | 90* | 29.36 | 0 | 2 | |
| MJ Kitchen | 7 | 10 | 146 | 36 | 14.60 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 22 | 18.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Olive | 1 | 2 | 77 | 39 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| IVA Richards | 16 | 26 | 1,043 | 156 | 40.11 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 661 | 117 | 38.88 | 1 | 4 | |
| PM Roebuck | 23 | 37 | 1,273 | 89 | 47.14 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 309 | 50 | 23.76 | 0 | 1 | |
| BC Rose | 21 | 33 | 1,317 | 133 | 41.15 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 701 | 88* | 41.23 | 0 | 5 | |
| PA Slocombe | 23 | 38 | 956 | 103* | 27.31 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 38 | 14.60 | 0 | 0 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||||||||||
| IT Botham | 11 | 15 | 487 | 120 | 34.78 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 236 | 55* | 26.22 | 0 | 1 | |
| D Breakwell | 24 | 31 | 510 | 54* | 23.18 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 106 | 36* | 9.63 | 0 | 0 | |
| GI Burgess | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 147 | 50* | 21.00 | 0 | 1 | |
| JW Lloyds | 4 | 7 | 117 | 43 | 16.71 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| VJ Marks | 24 | 33 | 894 | 93 | 37.25 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 184 | 30 | 18.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFM Popplewell | 7 | 10 | 119 | 37 | 13.22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||||||||||
| T Gard | 4 | 5 | 71 | 51* | 71.00 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| DJS Taylor | 20 | 20 | 318 | 50* | 31.80 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 50 | 14* | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||||||||||
| CH Dredge | 11 | 11 | 215 | 55 | 35.83 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3* | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| J Garner | 14 | 10 | 106 | 53 | 17.66 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 126 | 32 | 15.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| DR Gurr | 4 | 2 | 31 | 20* | — | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| KF Jennings | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11* | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 8* | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| HR Moseley | 8 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |

### Bowling

| Player | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | First class | List A | List A | List A | List A | List A | List A | Refs |
| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5wi | 10wm | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4wi | Refs |
| IT Botham | 11 | 257.4 | 26 | 32.53 | 6/81 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 136.4 | 24 | 18.41 | 4/10 | 1 | |
| D Breakwell | 24 | 567.3 | 47 | 27.89 | 6/41 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 121.0 | 16 | 27.12 | 3/20 | 0 | |
| GI Burgess | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 90.0 | 13 | 24.46 | 3/25 | 0 | |
| CH Dredge | 11 | 251.0 | 25 | 30.36 | 4/40 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 94.3 | 16 | 19.87 | 3/21 | 0 | |
| J Garner | 14 | 393.1 | 55 | 13.83 | 6/80 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 167.2 | 39 | 10.33 | 6/29 | 3 | |
| DR Gurr | 4 | 71.0 | 2 | 94.50 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| KF Jennings | 19 | 245.3 | 20 | 31.00 | 4/25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 148.1 | 24 | 20.54 | 4/11 | 1 | |
| JW Lloyds | 4 | 6.0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| VJ Marks | 24 | 568.4 | 57 | 27.73 | 6/33 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 46.3 | 12 | 11.75 | 3/19 | 0 | |
| HR Moseley | 8 | 196.4 | 31 | 15.96 | 6/52 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 31.0 | 3 | 30.33 | 1/18 | 0 | |
| NFM Popplewell | 7 | 102.0 | 6 | 45.16 | 3/43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 41.00 | 1/7 | 0 | |
| IVA Richards | 16 | 77.3 | 5 | 54.00 | 2/47 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 54.1 | 9 | 23.11 | 2/13 | 0 | |
| PM Roebuck | 23 | 6.0 | 1 | 22.00 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| BC Rose | 21 | 5.0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |

### Fielding

| Player | First class | First class | List A | List A | Refs |
| Player | Matches | Catches | Matches | Catches | Refs |
| IT Botham | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 | |
| D Breakwell | 24 | 9 | 23 | 6 | |
| GI Burgess | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| PW Denning | 22 | 18 | 23 | 3 | |
| CH Dredge | 11 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |
| J Garner | 14 | 4 | 20 | 1 | |
| DR Gurr | 4 | 0 | | | |
| KF Jennings | 19 | 9 | 20 | 3 | |
| MJ Kitchen | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
| JW Lloyds | 4 | 2 | | | |
| VJ Marks | 24 | 8 | 19 | 4 | |
| HR Moseley | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| NFM Popplewell | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| M Olive | 1 | 0 | | | |
| IVA Richards | 16 | 13 | 19 | 7 | |
| PM Roebuck | 23 | 22 | 19 | 2 | |
| BC Rose | 21 | 11 | 23 | 6 | |
| PA Slocombe | 23 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | First class | First class | First class | List A | List A | List A | Refs |
| Player | Matches | Catches | Stumpings | Matches | Catches | Stumpings | Refs |
| T Gard | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| DJS Taylor | 20 | 30 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 8 | |