HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Somerset County Cricket Club is 143 years old today
IT'S a historic day for Somerset County Cricket Club.
The Cooper Associates County Ground side is celebrating its 143rd birthday.
The club was formed on August 17, 1875.
Ironically it came into existence at a meeting across the border in Sidmouth, Devon.
The first captain appointed after that meeting was the Rev Stirling Cookesely Voules.
#OnThisDay - 1875: Somerset County Cricket Club was formed! We are 143 years old today! 🎉🎉 #WeAreSOMERSET pic.twitter.com/keVYA2Tcei
— Somerset Cricket 🏏 (@SomersetCCC) August 17, 2018
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