Captain: BC Rose

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

Away Grounds visited:
The University Parks, Oxford; Valentine's Park, Ilford; Edgbaston, Birmingham; Kennington Oval, Kennington; County Ground, New Road, Worcester; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff; County Ground, Hove; Trent Bridge, Nottingham; Queen's Park, Chesterfield; County Ground, Northampton; Dean Park, Bournemouth; Phoenix County Ground, Bristol

Championship playing record:
P 21     W 3     D 13     L 5

First-Class playing record:
P 23     W 4     D 14     L 5

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

19 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1980:
IT Botham; D Breakwell; PW Denning; CH Dredge; T Gard; SM Gavaskar; HEI Gore; KF Jennings; JW Lloyds; VJ Marks; HR Moseley; M Olive; NFM Popplewell; IVA Richards; PM Roebuck; BC Rose; N Russom; PA Slocombe; DJS Taylor.

3 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1980:
SM Gavaskar; HEI Gore; N Russom.