On 8th August 1979 the number one record in the charts was the controversial ‘I don’t like Mondays’ by the Boomtown Rats. In the cinema there was The Amityville Horror, Moonraker and Rocky 2 and on TV that day was The Wombles, The Omega Factor and Why Don’t you…? Also on TV was live coverage of the Gillette Cup Quarter-final clash between Somerset v Kent introduced by Peter … [Read more...] about #Games: Budgie and the Big Bird crush Kent – Kent (1979)
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#Games: Nod downs Derby – Derbyshire (1995)
Somerset travelled to Derby for this 4-day match in June 1995 in buoyant form and looking for a third consecutive win having beaten Yorkshire at Taunton and Surrey at The Oval in previous games. Derbyshire had a fearsome looking side on paper but headed into this encounter having lost three games in four with the Derby pitch heavily criticised after the previous game, a four … [Read more...] about #Games: Nod downs Derby – Derbyshire (1995)
#Games: Somerset Trounce The Tykes (again) – Yorkshire (1901)
Somerset head to Leeds to face Yorkshire on Monday in a must win game for two sides actively involved in the race to win the County Championship. Yorkshire have won the title for the past two seasons but for Somerset a win would go a long way to securing a first and much coveted Championship win. There have been many titanic games between the counties over the seasons – and … [Read more...] about #Games: Somerset Trounce The Tykes (again) – Yorkshire (1901)
#Games: Defeat from the jaws of victory – Gloucestershire (1976)
There is an old adage about team’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is normally reserved for occasions when the result of a game looks a foregone conclusion but an inexplicable end to the game sees an unlikely result. This was certainly the case when Somerset entertained Gloucestershire at Taunton in a 3-day game that started in May 1976. Somerset went into the … [Read more...] about #Games: Defeat from the jaws of victory – Gloucestershire (1976)
#Games: The 10-minute match – Worcestershire (1979)
It is the morning of 24th May 1979 and Somerset are due to play Worcestershire at New Road in a Benson & Hedges Group A game. It is the last of the qualifying matches with Somerset sitting top of the table and their hosts one place and three points behind with the top two teams making their way into the quarter-finals. If any two teams finished level on points then the … [Read more...] about #Games: The 10-minute match – Worcestershire (1979)
