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Article: Clarke: We could have won top flight
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- September 21, 2007
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Somerset chairman Giles Clarke believes Justin Langer's side would
have been strong contenders for the overall County Championship
title this season, had they been in the first division.
Captain Langer will be handed the LV Championship Division Two
trophy this evening, at the close of play of the third day of the
game against Nottinghamshire.
With that title wrapped up Somerset will be interested bystanders
as the Division One crown is finalised - with Lancashire, Sussex and
Durham all in contention this week.
Next year they will get their chance for a first outright
Championship title.
But Clarke says his men would have more than held their own this
summer in one of the most open title ...