Captain: SMJ Woods

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Taunton; Recreation Ground, Bath

Away Grounds visited:
The University Parks, Oxford; Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood; County Ground, Hove; Kennington Oval, Kennington; United Services Ground, Portsmouth; The Rectory Field, Blackheath; Old Trafford, Manchester; Headingley, Leeds; Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton

Championship playing record:
P 16     W 3     D 4     L 9

First-Class playing record:
P 18     W 3     D 5     L 10

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

23 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1897:
B Cranfield; CE Dunlop; G Fowler; GC Gill; WC Hedley; VT Hill; AJ Hook; AE Newton; GB Nichols; LCH Palairet; RCN Palairet; FA Phillips; RB Porch; FJ Portman; E Robson; WN Roe; DJ Smith; HT Stanley; MAS Sturt; MH Toller; EJ Tyler; AP Wickham; SMJ Woods.

6 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1897:
B Cranfield; GC Gill; AJ Hook; FA Phillips; FJ Portman; MH Toller.