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Somerset Cricket — The Western County Finds Its Feet, 1860s
Somerset and neighbouring county sides
1864-07-01
Somerset cricket in the 1860s was developing the club and ground infrastructure that would eventually support the county's formal first-class status. The Wells Cricket Club and the Taunton sides were the county's strongest in this era, and matches against visiting sides — the AEE had visited several Somerset towns — demonstrated that the county had genuine talent. Somerset CCC was formally founded in 1875; the 1860s were its formative period.
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