Somerset Cricket Museum

17/10/2026

Country House Cricket within Somerset

Perhaps an understated facet of the development of local / club cricket within the County of Somerset was the influence of the families of the large Country Houses within the County.

In an interesting research project Mr Adrian Mercer has started to document the development of local cricket via these houses for example Hestercombe, Butleigh Court etc.

The first set of Adrian’s findings are now published on the Somerset Cricket Museum website here….

https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/cricket-at-country-houses-a-z/

Do enjoy a bit more of our cricketing history.

Articles on Cricket at Country Houses (contributed by Mr. Adrian Mercer)

16/10/2026

Visitors to the Museum 16th October 2026

We were delighted to welcome James Hildreth and Marcus Trescothick to the Somerset Cricket Museum this morning, along with the Somerset County Cricket Club ‘s Media Team who were creating a video on the history of Somerset shirts.

30/09/2026

An end of season poem and a reminder that now the Somerset Cricket Museum is only open by arrangement - do contact us if you would like to visit us.

The cricket season is over, the Museum is closed today,
The ancient Old Priory Barn shuts out the autumn grey.
No footsteps tread the stone-paved floor where Somerset legends rest,
No eager eyes look through the glass at Harold Gimblett’s best.

The Somerset County Ground falls into a silent sleep,
As winter shadows round the stands begin to softly creep.
The ghosts of Tom Abell’s drives echo across the square,
But only misty October rain is left to linger there.

Behind the locked and barred oak doors, the treasured scorecards fade,
The blazers, caps, and historic bats wait quietly in the shade.
The c***r county's summer cheers have vanished with the sun,
The banners down, the gates secured, the long campaign is done.

Yet wrapped within these five hundred years of history and stone,
The spirit of the beautiful game is never left alone.
The heart of Somerset cricket will sleep beneath the frost,
Until the April sun returns, and not a dream is lost.

Thank you AI !

16/06/2026

Once again the is supporting the Sporting Heritage month.

This year we have set up two slide sets showing the evolution in design of cricket boots, pads and gloves from those items held in the Museum

https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/somerset-cricket-museum-cricket-equipment-exhibition/

17/05/2026

We were delighted by the last minute decision by Somerset County Cricket Club and the Devon Cricket Foundation to move the Devon Community Awards into the Somerset Cricket Museum, during the afternoon rain break (17/5/2026)

As a result the Museum was full with visitors from various Devon cricketing organisations watching the awards being presented by Somerset Head Coach, Jason Kerr.

17/05/2026

Oak doors dedicated to the memory of Harold Gimblett.

A special cricketing occasion took place at St George’s Church, Bicknoller on Thursday 14th May when former Somerset and England batter Marcus Trescothick officially opened a new pair of oak doors dedicated to the memory of Harold Gimblett, Somerset’s highest first class run scorer who was born and grew up in the village.

The full story can be read here

A special cricketing occasion took place at St George’s Church, Bicknoller on Thursday afternoon when former Somerset and England batter Marcus Trescothick officially opened a new pair of…

27/04/2026

Somerset Cricket Museum - new partnerships

We are pleased to say that we have set up two new partnerships to support our IT systems.

- BlueLoop from Yeovil are providing support our website and office applications

- En-Dash from Taunton have created coloured images of the ground floor and upper floor of the Museum to which interactive markers have been added. A Museum tour quiz has also been developed, both enhancing our visitor experience. Further content will be added in due course.

You can also download the accompanying colour coded tour guide and link to the pages via the QR codes.

We are always looking for new volunteers so if you have IT skills and feel you can help with the above and other social media feeds please contact us.

Welcome to the Somerset Cricket Museum, please use the interactive Display Plans below to guide yourself around the Museum. The Museum is part of the Somerset County Cricket Club family, …

30/03/2026

SCCC Press and Partners Day (30/3)

We were delighted to welcome the Trade Nation Media team to the Somerset Cricket Museum today as they prepared for interviews with Lewis Gregory at 09:30 and Sophie Luff at 14:30.

Over the last few years Trade Nation have given great support to the Museum for which we are very grateful and we were pleased to be able to return that kindness.

20/03/2026

Bargain Hunt visited SCCC / The Museum on 16/3

The BBC television cameras were at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton all day on Monday filming some scenes for a future edition of the hugely popular Bargain Hunt programme that will focus on women’s cricket.

Auctioneer, Christina Trevanion will present this special episode of Bargain Hunt.

The full story is our website (link below)

https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/bargain-hunt-comes-to-the-somerset-cricket-museum/

15/03/2026

Somerset / The West Women

The Somerset Cricket Museum is most grateful to Kath Wilkins for this collection of Somerset Women cricket clothing from the late 1990s.

Full story here…

https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/somerset-women-the-west-kit/