 Somerset 's final county match of the season came against the same opposition as their first , Lancashire . The low attendance at the match was criticised in the press , and the Western Daily Press in particular described that " it was painfully obvious that Tauntonians , as a body , take no interest in first @-@ class cricket . " Six wickets from Evans helped Somerset to limit Lancashire to 178 runs in their first innings , but Somerset failed to capitalise ; Fowler and Newton scored 24 and 23 runs respectively , but no other batsman reached double figures . Somerset were dismissed for 74 runs , more than 100 behind , and were asked to follow on by Lancashire . Batting again , the Somerset players put in an improved performance , and reached 157 runs , of which Roe scored 45 . Lancashire were required to bat again , but reached the winning target of 53 runs for the loss of only one wicket . 
