# Somerset County Cricket Club in 1884

In 1884, Somerset County Cricket Club played their third season of first-class cricket. They were captained by Stephen Newton, and played in six matches, winning only one of them.

## Squad

The following players made at least one appearance for Somerset in first-class cricket in 1884. Age given is at the start of Somerset's first match of the season (8 May 1884).

### Key

* † denotes that the player appeared as a wicket-keeper for Somerset in 1884
* Apps denotes the number of appearances made by the player for Somerset in 1884
* Ref denotes the reference for the player details
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Apps |
| Edward Bastard | (1862-02-28)28 February 1862 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 5 |
| John Challen | (1863-03-26)26 March 1863 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 4 |
| Alfred Evans | (1858-06-14)14 June 1858 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 1 |
| Arnold Fothergill | (1854-08-26)26 August 1854 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 1 |
| Bill Fowler | (1856-05-28)28 May 1856 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2 |
| Herbert Fox | (1858-08-01)1 August 1858 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Left-arm (unknown style) | 2 |
| Egerton Hall | (1861-04-25)25 April 1861 (aged 23) | Unknown | Unknown | 1 |
| Herbie Hewett | (1864-05-25)25 May 1864 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Unknown-arm medium | 2 |
| William Jewell | (1855-01-01)1 January 1855 (aged 29) | Unknown | Unknown | 1 |
| Frederick Marks | (1867-02-05)5 February 1867 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 1 |
| George Mirehouse | (1863-05-11)11 May 1863 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 3 |
| Stephen Newton (captain) | (1853-04-21)21 April 1853 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Unknown | 5 |
| Farrant Reed | (1865-09-10)10 September 1865 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Unknown | 2 |
| Francis Reed | (1850-10-24)24 October 1850 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 |
| Theo Robinson | (1866-02-16)16 February 1866 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2 |
| Bill Roe | (1861-03-21)21 March 1861 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break / medium | 3 |
| Edward Sainsbury | (1851-07-05)5 July 1851 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Underarm unknown-hand slow | 5 |
| Frederick Smith | (1854-05-10)10 May 1854 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 1 |
| Edward Stanley | (1852-06-29)29 June 1852 (aged 31) | Unknown | – | 1 |
| Francis Terry † | (1860-10-26)26 October 1860 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 5 |
| John Trask | (1861-10-27)27 October 1861 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 1 |
| Fred Welman † | (1849-02-19)19 February 1849 (aged 35) | Right-handed | – | 3 |
| Edward Western | (1845-05-12)12 May 1845 (aged 38) | Right-handed | – | 1 |
| Charles Winter | (1866-10-09)9 October 1866 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 5 |
| H E Winter | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 |
| John Winter | (1851-07-28)28 July 1851 (aged 32) | Unknown | – | 1 |

## County cricket
### Season record

| Played | Won | Lost | Win% |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.67 |

### Match log

| No. | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result |
| 1 | 8–9 May | Kent | County Ground, Taunton | Lost by an innings and 27 runs |
| 2 | 7–9 August | Hampshire | Antelope Ground, Southampton | Lost by an innings and 169 runs |
| 3 | 11–12 August | Lancashire | County Ground, Taunton | Lost by 8 wickets |
| 4 | 18–19 August | Hampshire | Lansdown Cricket Club Ground, Bath | Won by an innings and 63 runs |
| 5 | 25–27 August | Kent | Higher Common Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells | Lost by 159 runs |
| 6 | 28–29 August | Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Lost by 10 wickets |

### Batting averages

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
| Bill Roe | 3 | 5 | 164 | 32.80 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
| John Challen | 4 | 7 | 176 | 25.14 | 93 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen Newton | 5 | 9 | 218 | 24.22 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
| Francis Terry | 5 | 9 | 209 | 23.22 | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| Francis Reed | 4 | 8 | 133 | 19.00 | 57* | 0 | 1 |
| William Trask | 5 | 9 | 118 | 13.11 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Qualification: 100 runs. Source: CricketArchive. ||||||||

### Bowling averages

| Player | Matches | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5wi | 10wm |
| Edward Bastard | 5 | 881 | 24 | 14.33 | 6/33 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Winter | 5 | 640 | 12 | 25.08 | 3/37 | 0 | 0 |
| Qualification: 10 wickets. Source: CricketArchive. ||||||||