Captain: SMJ Woods

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Taunton

Away Grounds visited:
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol; The University Parks, Oxford; Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood; County Ground, Hove; Kennington Oval, Kennington; FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge; County Ground, Southampton; The Rectory Field, Blackheath; Dewsbury and Savile Ground, Dewsbury; Old Trafford, Manchester

Championship playing record:
P 16     W 3     D 6     L 7

First-Class playing record:
P 19     W 3     D 7     L 9

Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages or Championship batting averages or Championship bowling averages

28 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1896:
AG Barrett; CA Bernard; JB Challen; G Fowler; HT Gamlin; WC Hedley; VT Hill; HLS MacDonald; DH McLean; AE Newton; GB Nichols; LCH Palairet; RCN Palairet; RB Porch; FJ Poynton; CJ Robinson; E Robson; WN Roe; WH Sloman; DJ Smith; WRR Smith; HT Stanley; MAS Sturt; W Trask; EJ Tyler; FT Welman; AP Wickham; SMJ Woods.

6 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1896:
AG Barrett; CA Bernard; HLS MacDonald; DH McLean; DJ Smith; MAS Sturt.