GLAMORGAN COUNTY CRICKET CLUB

'Glamorgan County Cricket Club' is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan ''aka'' Glamorganshire (). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Its limited overs team is called the 'Glamorgan Dragons'.
The club is based in Cardiff and plays most of its home games at Sophia Gardens, which is located by the River Taff. Matches are also played at Swansea and Colwyn Bay (despite the latter town being in historic Denbighshire). It has been announced that due to construction work to Sophia Gardens, Glamorgan will play a one day game in Cresselly in 2007.

Contents

Honours

Second XI honours

Records

Earliest cricket

Origin of club

Club history

Current squad

Notable players

Glamorgan Facts and Feats

Notes

References

External links

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 [1] Player Runs Alan Jones 34056 Emrys Davies 26102 Matthew Maynard 22764 Gilbert Parkhouse 22619 Hugh Morris 18520 Arnold Dyson 17921 Bernard Hedges 17733 Allan Watkins 17419 Peter Walker 16510

'Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan' Qualification - 800 wickets [2] Player Wickets Don Shepherd 2174 Jack Mercer 1460 Johnnie Clay 1292 Malcolm Nash 991 Frank Ryan 913 Wilfred Wooller 887 Emrys Davies 885 Robert Croft 870 Steve Watkin 861

'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 5 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 under the captaincy of Wilf Wooller in 1948, 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 2 September 1968 when, during Glamorgan v Notts at Swansea, the great 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 it, one of the Tests against Australia in the 2009 Ashes series would be held at Sophia Gardens: [3].

Current squad

The Glamorgan squad for the 2007 season consists of (players with international caps are listed in 'bold'):

Name	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Dan Cherry		LHB	RM
'David Hemp'		LHB	RM
Mike O'Shea		RHB	RMF
Mike Powell		RHB	OS
Gareth Rees		LHB	LM
Ben Wright		RHB	RMF
'Jimmy Maher'		LHB	RM	Overseas player
All-rounders
Richard Grant		RHB	RM
Kyle Tudge		RHB	SLA
Ryan Watkins		LHB	RM
Wicket-keepers
Mark Wallace		LHB
Bowlers
Dean Cosker		RHB	SLA
'Robert Croft'		RHB	OS
Andrew Davies		LHB	RM
Adam Harrison		RHB	RM
David Harrison		RHB	RFM
James Harris		RHB	RFM
'Simon Jones'		LHB	RFM
Huw Waters		RHB	RM
'Alex Wharf'		RHB	RMF

Notable players

★ Johnnie Clay

★ Ravi Shastri

★ Robert Croft

★ Emrys Davies

★ Roy Fredericks

★ Javed Miandad

★ Alan Jones

★ Eifion Jones

★ Jeff Jones

★ Simon Jones

★ Tony Lewis

★ Majid Khan

★ Matthew Maynard

★ Jack Mercer

★ Gilbert Parkhouse

★ Viv Richards

★ Don Shepherd

★ Maurice Turnbull

★ Peter Walker

★ Steve Watkin

★ Ossie Wheatley

★ Wilfred Wooller

★ Sourav Ganguly

★ Brendon McCullum

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.

Notes

References

★ ''Cricket: History of its Growth and Development'' by Rowland Bowen

★ ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' by Peter Wynne-Thomas

★ ''Playfair Cricket Annual''

★ ''Scores & Biographies'' by Arthur Haygarth

★ ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)

External links

★ Glamorgan County Cricket Club Homepage