HAMPSHIRE captain James Vince is still targeting the best finish possible in County Championship after Surrey ended their title hopes.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored a well-made 84 for Somerset but Hampshire's patience was rewarded with their sixth County Championship victory of the season.

Kohler-Cadmore and James Rew's 107-run stand threatened to frustrate the odds on favourites Hampshire, who had taken two early wickets.

But Liam Dawson plugged away with 4-85 before the second new ball opened the visitors up as Hampshire won by 185 runs before tea.

Hampshire, whose title ambitions were ended by Surrey's victory the previous day, took 21 points to Somerset's three - with both sides only battling for prize money in the final month of the season.

Hampshire needed eight wickets, and Somerset a less likely 400 runs on the final day at the Ageas Bowl.

Somerset had been rolled over for 137 in the first innings and when Sean Dickson - who had completed a half-century the previous evening - was castled by Mohammad Abbas, it felt like a landslide victory was coming for the hosts.

Speaking after the match on Wednesday, Vince said: "I think the wicket lost a bit of pace in the second innings and became a hard toil for the bowlers.

“Once we got ahead we didn't let them back in the game. There was some hard graft today. A couple of key wickets for Mo set us up, then a dry spell and then in that afternoon session we closed the game up nicely.

"We expected it to be reasonably tough, we knew we wouldn't bowl them out as quickly as the first innings. Daws bowled really well but it was a shared effort across the bowlers, who all contributed with ball in hand.”

The Skipper added: “We stuck to what we set out to do with the ball and got our rewards. Daws put the ball in the right areas and there was enough in the pitch to occasionally create doubt with the batters and stuck to his task really well.

"We want to win the two remaining games and finish as high as possible. We've been there or there about in the last few seasons and I don't think we've been in a situation where we've been out of touch. So it is a good opportunity to look at a couple of young guys and finish as high as possible."

Kohler-Cadmore's resistance ended on 84 with a brilliant off-spinning delivery from Tom Prest five overs before the second new ball.

It caught the edge of the rough wide of off stump to turn back and bowl the slog-sweeping batter and was the former England under-19 captain's maiden first-class wicket.

The second new ball pulled the rug out from under Somerset's resolve. Lewis Gregory edged Kyle Abbott behind to the fourth ball with the new cherry.

Neil Wagner was castled by the South African quick in his following over before Dawson bowled Jack Brooks and had Shoaib Bashir lbw to complete the victory.