"I was playing with and against some of the best players in the world" - Simon Sutcliffe reflects on his three years with the Bears

“Sometimes, luck is nothing more than opportunity,” mused that most humane of men, John Arlott. He was referring to the day in 1935 when a late injury allowed Harold Gimblett to make his Somerset debut against Essex at Frome. Gimblett plundered 123 in one of county cricket’s most famous innings and went on to play 368 first-class games spanning twenty years.