Joe Clarke hit 92 but Nottinghamshire were frustrated by James Rew and Tom Kohler-Cadmore on a slow-moving day three of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Somerset in Taunton.

Clarke’s knock went with Jack Haynes’ 55 as the top two scores in Notts’ first innings total of 338, which gave Somerset a slender advantage of nine runs.

However, an unbroken second-wicket stand of 207 between Rew - who made a century - and Kohler-Cadmore, who finished on 94, led the hosts to 214-1 at stumps.

It was a testing start to the day for Notts, who lost Jack Haynes early on when he edged Craig Overton behind to wicketkeeper Rew from the fifth ball of the day.

Clarke and Kyle Verreynne, however, steadied the ship, with the latter proving particularly enterprising as he unfurled two eye-catching on-drives for four off Jake Ball.

Unbeaten overnight on 70, Clarke progressed impressively into the nineties at the other end amidst a rain stoppage, but he would fall agonisingly short of three figures.

Alfie Ogborne produced a burst that required Notts to fight back as he saw Verreynne pinned lbw and then bowled Clarke, before Lyndon James became his third victim.

That put the visitors at 284-7, only for Rob Lord to show some lower-order resistance in making 22 to guide the total beyond 300.

A second batting point banked, Notts looked to push on, but Ball put a halt to that when he saw Lord, and then Dillon Pennington, both held by Kohler-Cadmore at slip to end the innings.

Pennington did give the visitors some early joy with his sixth scalp of the game in the fourth over of Somerset’s second innings, pinning Josh Thomas lbw for six.

That was to be the last success of Notts’ day, though, as Rew and Kohler-Cadmore proceeded through the remaining 50.4 overs without further loss.

As the pitch became flatter and the ball softer, the pair profited in spite of the visitors still seeing multiple plays-and-misses, with no lack of effort in the field.

However, try as they might, Notts could not uproot either, and Rew went to his ton late on, with Kohler-Cadmore closing six short of his.