Captain: BA Langford

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Taunton; Recreation Ground, Bath; Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury; Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare

Away Grounds visited:
Grace Road, Leicester; County Ground, Derby; County Ground, Northampton; Ashley Down Ground, Bristol; Kennington Oval, Kennington; Mote Park, Maidstone; Old Trafford, Manchester; County Ground, Leyton; The Saffrons, Eastbourne; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff; Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood; County Ground, Southampton

Championship playing record:
P 24     W 7     D 13     L 4

First-Class playing record:
P 25     W 7     D 14     L 4

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

14 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1971:
GI Burgess; TW Cartwright; A Clarkson; DB Close; PW Denning; M Hill; AA Jones; MJ Kitchen; BA Langford; HR Moseley; KJ O'Keeffe; PJ Robinson; DJS Taylor; RT Virgin.

3 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1971:
DB Close; HR Moseley; KJ O'Keeffe.