 The next day after defeating Hampshire , Somerset faced the MCC at Taunton . The MCC had brought a strong team , including eight professionals , and on winning the toss they elected to bat . After a cautious start , the second @-@ wicket partnership of Billy Gunn and William Hearn put on 173 runs together , and according to the Western Daily Press , " the Somerset bowling was completely mastered . " Somerset tried eight different bowlers to try to get a wicket , but the partnership was eventually broken when Hearn was run out for 91 . Frank Hearne then joined Gunn at the crease , and the pair continued the MCC 's dominance , adding a further 130 runs . Another run out , again due to the fielding of Newton , brought Gunn 's innings to an end , after the MCC batsman had scored 188 runs . Wickets then began to fall more frequently ; Roe collected three , while Fothergill and Winter had two apiece , and the MCC were eventually all out for 506 on the second morning . In their response , Somerset lost the early wickets of Sainsbury and Newton , but then a partnership between Fowler and Roe took the score up to 181 , during which Fowler reached his century , coming in just 55 minutes . Once that partnership was ended with the dismissal of Roe , Somerset regularly lost wickets . Fowler was caught in the slips for 139 , which had included three sixes , and Somerset ended their innings on 286 . They followed on , and lost five early wickets before a partnership between Francis Terry , who scored 77 runs , and Fothergill steadied the innings and help Somerset secure a draw . 
