Graeme Hick put Somerset to the sword (David Davies/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Worcestershire’s Graeme Hick set a 20th-century County Championship record by scoring 405 runs in a single innings on May 6, 1988. Here, the PA news agency looks back at that achievement against Somerset at Taunton. Stealing the headlines Peter Roebuck had fallen out with his former team-mate (PA) The match was a high-profile encounter as a result of a public feud between home captain Peter Roebuck and Worcestershire’s Ian Botham. The England all-rounder had quit a largely successful spell with Somerset in protest at the club’s decision to release West Indies greats Viv Richards and Joel Garner following a disappointing season two years earlier.