didn’t and Sammy, aggressive batsman, a fast bowler in his youth and a bold, inspiring skipper, steered his team home with an unbeaten 88. Just for good measure Somerset completed the double that year with a seven-wicket win at Taunton after only two hours’ play had been possible on August Bank Holiday Monday. The defeats were avenged by Middlesex in 1903 with victory by 112 runs at Lord’s (Attewell’s benefit) and registering 316 for eight to gain a two-wicket success at Taunton in August. In 1908, the final year of the holiday series, Somerset’s Randall Johnson, another great amateur stylist, both at the wicket and in his dress code, delighted the Taunton holiday crowds with two centuries in the match. Lord’s and the West Country 46