Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club
One-day name: Glamorgan
Captain: South Africa Jacques Rudolph
Coach: Wales Toby Radford
Overseas player(s): South Africa Jacques Rudolph
Founded: 1888
Home ground: SWALEC Stadium
Capacity: 16,000
First-class debut: Sussex
in 1921
at Cardiff Arms Park
County Championship wins: 3
Pro 40/CB40 wins: 3
FP Trophy wins: 0
Twenty20 Cup/FPt20 wins: 0
Official website: www.glamorgancricket.com

Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Welsh: Criced Morgannwg) is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County Championship competition in 1948, 1969 and 1997. Glamorgan have also beaten all of the major Test playing nations, including Australia who they defeated in successive tours in 1964 and 1968. Its limited overs team is called simply Glamorgan. Kit colours are blue and yellow for limited overs matches. Shirt sponsorship is by Capital Law of Cardiff and Cuddy Group of Neath who are involved in civil engineering and demolition.

The club is based in Cardiff and plays most of its home games at the SWALEC Stadium in Sophia Gardens, which is located on the bank of the River Taff. Matches have also occasionally been played at Swansea, Colwyn Bay and Cresselly (despite the latter towns being in Denbighshire and Pembrokeshire respectively).

Honours

First XI honours

Second XI honours

Records

Most first-class runs for Glamorgan
Qualification – 16,000 runs[1]

Player Runs
Alan Jones 34,056
Emrys Davies 26,102
Matthew Maynard 22,764
Gilbert Parkhouse 22,619
Hugh Morris 18,520
Arnold Dyson 17,921
Bernard Hedges 17,733
Allan Watkins 17,419
Peter Walker 16,510

Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
Qualification – 800 wickets[2]

Player Wickets
Don Shepherd 2,174
Jack Mercer 1,460
Johnnie Clay 1,292
Robert Croft 1,001
Malcolm Nash 991
Frank Ryan 913
Wilf Wooller 887
Emrys Davies 885
Steve Watkin 861

Team totals

Batting

Best partnership for each wicket

Wkt Score Batsmen Against Location Year
1st 374 Matthew Elliott and Steve James Sussex Colwyn Bay 2000
2nd 252 Matthew Maynard and David Hemp Northamptonshire Sophia Gardens 2002
3rd 313 Emrys Davies and Willie Jones Essex Brentwood 1948
4th 425* Adrian Dale and Viv Richards Middlesex Sophia Gardens 1993
5th 264 Maurice Robinson and Stan Montgomery Hampshire Bournemouth 1949
6th 240 Jim Allenby and Mark Wallace Surrey The Brit Oval 2009
7th 211 Tony Cottey and Ottis Gibson Leicestershire Swansea 1996
8th 202 Dai Davies and Joe Hills Sussex Eastbourne 1928
9th 203* Joe Hills and Johnnie Clay Worcestershire Swansea 1929
10th 143 Terry Davies and Simon Daniels Gloucestershire Swansea 1982
Source:[3]

Bowling

Earliest cricket

Cricket probably reached Wales and Glamorgan by the end of the 17th century. The earliest known reference to cricket in Glamorgan is a match at Swansea in 1780.

Origin of club

The formation of Glamorgan CCC took place on 6 July 1888 at a meeting in the Angel Hotel, Cardiff.

The club competed in the Minor Counties Championship for many years and then applied for first-class status after the First World War.

Glamorgan CCC played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Cardiff Arms Park on 18–20 May 1921 and thus increased the County Championship to 17 teams. Glamorgan won this first match, by 23 runs, under Captain N.V.H. Riches. Only one more victory was achieved that summer, Glamorgan lost 14 games and finished with the wooden spoon.

Club history

Glamorgan won the county championship in 1948 under the captaincy of Wilf Wooller, whose advocacy of high fielding standards was the key to beating stronger batting and bowling teams.

Glamorgan was the unintentional venue for a piece of cricket history on 31 August 1968 when, during Glamorgan v Notts at Swansea, Gary Sobers hit all six balls in an over from Malcolm Nash for six.

Glamorgan won the championship again under Tony Lewis in 1969 and Matthew Maynard in 1997. Maynard, who retired at the end of the 2005 season, was one of the most successful batsmen in first class cricket over the previous 20 years. The 2005 captain, off spinner Robert Croft, proved effective on England tours, and was a useful pinch hitter in List A one-day games.

The club had plans in April 2006 to extend its grounds in the Grade 2 Listed Heritage Park that is Sophia Gardens, with a 17,500 seat super-stadium. This is opposed by local residents' groups and earlier plans were objected to by Cadw and local MPs, Councillors and Assembly Members.

Sophia Gardens became a Test cricket venue in 2009 when the First Test in the Ashes series against Australia was held there.

Players

Current squad

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
3 James Kettleborough  England 22 October 1992 Right-handed —
4 Jacques Rudolph double-dagger  South Africa 4 May 1981 Left-handed Right arm leg break Overseas player; club captain
6 Jeremy Lawlor  Wales 4 November 1995 Right-handed Right arm off break
12 Aneurin Donald  Wales 20 December 1996 Right-handed Right arm off break
29 Ben Wright*  England 5 December 1987 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
41 Colin Ingram  South Africa 3 July 1985 Right-handed Right arm leg break Kolpak registration
All-rounders
7 Jack Murphy  Wales 15 July 1995 Left-handed Left arm fast-medium
8 Graham Wagg  England 28 April 1983 Right-handed Left arm medium
14 David Lloyd  Wales 15 June 1992 Right-handed Right-arm off break
20 Ruaidhri Smith  Scotland 5 August 1994 Right-handed Right arm medium
44 Craig Meschede  England 21 November 1991 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast on loan from Somerset
Wicket-keepers
18 Mark Wallace*  Wales 19 November 1981 Left-handed —
22 Will Bragg  Wales 24 October 1986 Left-handed —
24 Chris Cooke  South Africa 30 May 1986 Right-handed —
Bowlers
11 Kieran Bull  Wales 5 April 1995 Right-handed Right arm off break
21 Andrew Salter  Wales 1 June 1993 Right-handed Right arm off break
23 Dean Cosker*  England 7 January 1978 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
30 Dewi Penrhyn Jones  Wales 9 September 1994 Right-handed Right-arm fast
31 Michael Hogan*  Australia 31 May 1981 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium UK passport
34 Will Owen  Wales 2 September 1988 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
37 Andy Carter  England 27 August 1988 Right-handed Right arm medium on loan from Nottinghamshire

† Played international cricket for the England team, which represents both England and Wales.

Lists of players and club captains

References

  1. ↑ "Most runs for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Most wickets for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Highest partnership for each wicket for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

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