List of final appearances by Somerset County Cricket Club

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 nineteen finals, of which they won eight and lost eleven. 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.

The Rose Bowl, under floodlights, for the final of the 2010 Friends Provident t20, which Somerset lost.

After winning four of their first six finals, Somerset have only won four of their thirteen since. The club finished as runners-up in both domestic finals in each of 2010 and 2011, losing the Friends Provident t20 in 2010 courtesy of having lost more wickets after the match was tied.

Finals

No.SeasonCompetitionDateOpponentsVenueResultRef
11967Gillette Cup2 September 1967KentLord's, LondonLost by 32 runs[1]
21978Gillette Cup2 September 1978SussexLord's, LondonLost by 5 wickets[2]
31979Gillette Cup8 September 1979NorthamptonshireLord's, LondonWon by 45 runs[3]
41981Benson & Hedges Cup25 July 1981SurreyLord's, LondonWon by 7 wickets[4]
51982Benson & Hedges Cup24 July 1982NottinghamshireLord's, LondonWon by 9 wickets[5]
61983NatWest Trophy3 September 1983KentLord's, LondonWon by 24 runs[6]
71999NatWest Trophy29 August 1999GloucestershireLord's, LondonLost by 50 runs[7]
82001Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy1 September 2001LeicestershireLord's, LondonWon by 41 runs[8]
92002Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy31 August 2002YorkshireLord's, LondonLost by 6 wickets[9]
102005Twenty20 Cup30 July 2005LancashireThe Oval, LondonWon by 7 wickets[10]
112009Twenty20 Cup15 August 2009SussexEdgbaston, BirminghamLost by 63 runs[11]
122010Friends Provident t2014 August 2010HampshireThe Rose Bowl, SouthamptonLost by losing more wickets[12]
132010Clydesdale Bank 4018 September 2010WarwickshireLord's, LondonLost by 3 wickets[13]
142011Friends Life t2027 August 2011LeicestershireEdgbaston, BirminghamLost by 18 runs[14]
152011Clydesdale Bank 4018 September 2011SurreyLord's, LondonLost by 5 wickets[15]
162019Royal London One-Day Cup25 May 2019HampshireLord's, LondonWon by 6 wickets[16]
172020Bob Willis Trophy23–27 September 2020EssexLord's, LondonMatch drawn
(Essex won on 1st innings)
[17]
182021Vitality T20 Blast18 September 2021KentEdgbaston, BirminghamLost by 25 runs[18]
192023T20 Blast15 July 2023EssexEdgbaston, BirminghamWon by 14 runs[19]

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