Captain: E Sainsbury

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Taunton

Away Grounds visited:
Batsford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh; Kennington Oval, Kennington; County Ground, Southampton

First-Class playing record:
P 6     W 1     D 0     L 5

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or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages

26 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1885:
EW Bastard; JB Challen; AE Clapp; T Crump; EH Hall; HGH Hall; HT Hewett; CH Hulls; GG Lillington; EC Marsh; GT Mirehouse; EG Murdock; EW Page; JJA Parfitt; GEF Peake; OG Radcliffe; HF Reed; CJ Robinson; WN Roe; E Sainsbury; FAL Smith; EP Spurway; FW Terry; JE Trask; FT Welman; CE Winter.

10 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1885:
AE Clapp; T Crump; CH Hulls; EC Marsh; EG Murdock; EW Page; GEF Peake; OG Radcliffe; CJ Robinson; EP Spurway.