Glamorgan County Cricket Club () 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 (). 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 the
Glamorgan Dragons. Kit colours are dark blue and red. Shirt sponsorship is by Paramount Office Interiors of St Mellons, 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 Conwy and Pembrokeshire respectively).
Honours
County Championship (3) - 1948, 1969, 1997; shared (0) -
Gillette/NatWest/C&G; Trophy (0) -
Sunday/National League (3) - 1993, 2002, 2004
:
Division Two (1) - 2001
Twenty20 Cup (0) -
* Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (1) - 1900
Second XI honours
Second XI Championship (2) - 1965, 1980; shared (0) -
Second XI Trophy (0) -
Records
Most first-class runs for Glamorgan
Qualification - 16000 runs
Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
Qualification - 800 wickets
Team totals
*Highest Total For 718-3d v Sussex at Colwyn Bay, 2000
*Highest Total Against 712 by Northamptonshire at Northampton. 1998
*Lowest Total For 22 v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1924
*Lowest Total Against 33 by Leicestershire at Ebbw Vale, 1965
Batting
*Highest Score 309* S.P.James at Colwyn Bay, 2000
Best Partnership for each wicket
*1st 374 M.T.G.Elliott and S.P.James v Sussex at Colwyn Bay, 2000
*2nd 252 M.P.Maynard and D.L.Hemp v Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens, 2002
*3rd 313 D.E.Davies and W.E.Jones v Essex at Brentwood, 1948
*4th 425* A.Dale and I.V.A.Richards v Middlesex at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1993
*5th 264 M.Robinson and S.W.Montgomery v Hampshire at Bournemouth, 1949
*6th 230 W.E.Jones and B.L.Muncer v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1953
*7th 211 P.A.Cottey and O.D.Gibson v Leicestershire at Swansea, 1996
*8th 202 D.Davies and J.J.Hills v Sussex at Eastbourne, 1928
*9th 203 J.J.Hills and J.C.Clay v Worcestershire at Swansea, 1929
*10th 143 T.Davies and S.A.B.Daniels v Gloucestershire at Swansea, 1982
Bowling
*Best Bowling 10-51 J.Mercer v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1936
*Best Match Bowling 17-212 J.C.Clay v Worcestershire at Swansea, 1937
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, 19 & 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 famously won the county championship in 1948 under the captaincy of
Wilf Wooller, whose advocacy of high fielding standards was the key to beating much 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 destructive batsmen in first class cricket over the past 20 years. The 2005 captain, off spinner Robert Croft proved effective on England tours, and is a useful pinch hitter in List A one day games.
The club has current plans (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. See
the Hit It For Six website.
On 20 April 2006, it was announced that, subject to the development being completed, one of the Tests against Australia in the 2009 Ashes series would be held at Sophia Gardens: .
Current squad
The Glamorgan squad for the
2011 season consists of (players with international caps are listed in
bold):
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Squad no.
! Name
! National Team
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Notes
|-
! colspan="7" | Batsmen
|-
| || Alviro Petersen || || RHB || RM || Overseas player, Captain
|-
| 4 || Mark Cosgrove || || LHB || RM || Overseas player (T20)
|-
| 33 || Tom Maynard || || RHB || OS ||
|-
| 14 || Mike Powell || † || RHB || OS ||
|-
| 28 || Gareth Rees || † || LHB || LM ||
|-
| 29 || Ben Wright || || RHB || RMF ||
|-
! colspan="6" | All-rounders
|-
| 6 || Jim Allenby || || RHB || RM ||
|-
| 12 || David Brown || || RHB || RM ||
|-
| 11 || Nick James || || LHB || SLA ||
|-
! colspan="6" | Wicket-keeper
|-
| 22 || Will Bragg || || LHB || ||
|-
| 18 || Mark Wallace || † || LHB || || Vice Captain
|-
! colspan="6" | Bowlers
|-
| 32 || Chris Ashling || || RHB || RMF ||
|-
| 23 || Dean Cosker || || RHB || SLA ||
|-
| 10 || Robert Croft || † || RHB || OS ||
|-
| 9 || James Harris || † || RHB || RFM ||
|-
| 20 || David Harrison || † || RHB || RFM ||
|-
| 34 || Will Owen || || RHB || RMF ||
|-
| 5 || Adam Shantry || || LHB || LFM ||
|-
| 17 || Huw Waters || † || RHB || RM ||
|}
Club captains
The following cricketers have captained Glamorgan County Cricket Club in
first-class cricket since 1921.
* Norman Riches 1921
T A L Whittington 1922-1923
Johnnie Clay 1924-1927
T Arnott 1928
Norman Riches, Johnnie Clay 1929
Maurice Turnbull 1930-1939
Johnnie Clay 1946
Wilf Wooller 1947-1960
Ossie Wheatley 1961-1966
Tony Lewis 1967-1972
Majid Khan 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Alan Jones 1974, 1976, 1977-1978
Robin Hobbs 1979
Malcolm Nash 1980-1981
Javed Miandad 1982
Barry Lloyd 1982
Mike Selvey 1983-1984
Rodney Ontong 1984-1986
Hugh Morris 1986, 1987-1988, 1989, 1993-1995
Alan Butcher 1989-1992
Matthew Maynard 1992, 1996-2000
Steve James 2001-2003
Robert Croft 2003-2006
David Hemp 2006-2008
Jamie Dalrymple 2009-2010
Alviro Petersen 2011
Notable players
* Johnnie Clay
Ravi Shastri
Robert Croft
Emrys Davies
Roy Fredericks
Javed Miandad
Waqar Younis
Alan Jones
Eifion Jones
Jeff Jones
Simon Jones
Tony Lewis
Majid Khan
Rodney Ontong
Matthew Maynard
Jack Mercer
Gilbert Parkhouse
Viv Richards
Don Shepherd
Maurice Turnbull
Peter Walker
Steve Watkin
Ossie Wheatley
Wilf Wooller
Sourav Ganguly
Brendon McCullum
Jacques Kallis
Herschelle Gibbs
Cyril Harrison
Glamorgan Facts and Feats
Jack Mercer took all ten Worcestershire wickets for 51 at New Road in 1936. He was a member of the magic circle and went on to coach and then score for Northants.
References
Further reading
H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
Wisden Cricketers Almanack – various editions
External sources
Glamorgan County Cricket Club Homepage
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