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.
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. | Season | Competition | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Ref |
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1 | 1967 | Gillette Cup | 2 September 1967 | Kent | Lord's, London | Lost by 32 runs | [1] |
2 | 1978 | Gillette Cup | 2 September 1978 | Sussex | Lord's, London | Lost by 5 wickets | [2] |
3 | 1979 | Gillette Cup | 8 September 1979 | Northamptonshire | Lord's, London | Won by 45 runs | [3] |
4 | 1981 | Benson & Hedges Cup | 25 July 1981 | Surrey | Lord's, London | Won by 7 wickets | [4] |
5 | 1982 | Benson & Hedges Cup | 24 July 1982 | Nottinghamshire | Lord's, London | Won by 9 wickets | [5] |
6 | 1983 | NatWest Trophy | 3 September 1983 | Kent | Lord's, London | Won by 24 runs | [6] |
7 | 1999 | NatWest Trophy | 29 August 1999 | Gloucestershire | Lord's, London | Lost by 50 runs | [7] |
8 | 2001 | Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy | 1 September 2001 | Leicestershire | Lord's, London | Won by 41 runs | [8] |
9 | 2002 | Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy | 31 August 2002 | Yorkshire | Lord's, London | Lost by 6 wickets | [9] |
10 | 2005 | Twenty20 Cup | 30 July 2005 | Lancashire | The Oval, London | Won by 7 wickets | [10] |
11 | 2009 | Twenty20 Cup | 15 August 2009 | Sussex | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost by 63 runs | [11] |
12 | 2010 | Friends Provident t20 | 14 August 2010 | Hampshire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | Lost by losing more wickets | [12] |
13 | 2010 | Clydesdale Bank 40 | 18 September 2010 | Warwickshire | Lord's, London | Lost by 3 wickets | [13] |
14 | 2011 | Friends Life t20 | 27 August 2011 | Leicestershire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost by 18 runs | [14] |
15 | 2011 | Clydesdale Bank 40 | 18 September 2011 | Surrey | Lord's, London | Lost by 5 wickets | [15] |
16 | 2019 | Royal London One-Day Cup | 25 May 2019 | Hampshire | Lord's, London | Won by 6 wickets | [16] |
17 | 2020 | Bob Willis Trophy | 23–27 September 2020 | Essex | Lord's, London | Match drawn (Essex won on 1st innings) | [17] |
18 | 2021 | Vitality T20 Blast | 18 September 2021 | Kent | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Lost by 25 runs | [18] |
19 | 2023 | T20 Blast | 15 July 2023 | Essex | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Won by 14 runs | [19] |