 Trescothick was at his dominant best against Devon |
The England opener hit 19 sixes and 25 fours at Taunton to help his side pile up 502-4 off 50 overs.
"It was phenomenal batting. We dropped him on 70 and then he went absolutely beserk," said Devon's Robert Dawson.
Trescothick pulled out of the winter Ashes tour to Australia because of a recurrence of a stress-related illness.
The 31-year-old underwent double hernia surgery following his return home but is now back to full fitness and keen to help Somerset make a good start to the county season.
His chances of an England recall may depend on him convincing the selectors he is in the right frame of mind for international cricket.
Dawson hopes, however, that it will happen sooner rather than later.
"Along with [Kevin] Pietersen, he's by far and away our best player. Ed Joyce wouldn't have got 250 against us today. You can't express how much England have missed him.
"We mixed the attack, I think we used seven or eight different bowlers, and everyone went miles," Dawson told BBC Sport.
"There were very short boundaries on three sides but it was an incredible effort. Quite a few of the sixes went 100 yards although a few were lobbed over the short side.
"It was an incredible display of hitting, it really was. It's just a shame he was playing against us and not against Australia."
To Devon's relief, Trescothick was eventually run out backing up at the non-striker's end
"That was the probably the only way we'd have got him out. There was a chance he might have got 400 - I think there were about 20 overs left in the innings."
James Hildreth also made a hundred for Somerset, who eventually won the game by over 200 runs.
"There was no Justin Langer or Cameron White or it could have been worse," Dawson added.
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