Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club
One-day name Glamorgan
Personnel
Captain Australia Michael Hogan
One-day captain South Africa Colin Ingram
Coach Wales Robert Croft
Overseas player(s) Australia Shaun Marsh
Team information
Founded 1888
Home ground Sophia Gardens
Capacity 16,000
History
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

First-class

One-day

T20

Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Welsh: Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan (Welsh: Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship before the First World War. In 1921, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status, subsequently playing in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England and Wales.[1]

Glamorgan is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. They have won the English County Championship competition in 1948, 1969 and 1997. Glamorgan have also beaten international teams from all of the Test playing nations, including Australia whom they defeated in successive tours in 1964 and 1968. The club's limited overs team is called simply Glamorgan. Kit colours are blue and yellow for limited overs matches.

The club is based in Cardiff and plays most of its home games at 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

  • Second XI Championship (2): 1965, 1980

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. Captained by N.V.H. Riches, Glamorgan won this first match by 23 runs. 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. Lewis is the only Glamorgan player to captain England in Tests, when he became the first Glamorgan cricketer to lead an England tour abroad to play series against India and Pakistan in 1972-73. 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.

Sophia Gardens became a Test cricket venue in 2009 when the First Test in the Ashes series against Australia was held there. It is currently known as The SSE SWALEC due to the club's commercial partnership with electricity supply and distribution company SWALEC.

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
  •  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
5Kiran Carlson Wales16 May 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
7Jack Murphy Wales15 July 1995Left-handedLeft-arm medium
9Nick Selman Australia18 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm mediumUK Passport
28Connor Brown Wales28 April 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break
41Colin Ingram double-dagger South Africa3 July 1985Left-handedRight-arm leg breakKolpak registration;
(List A & T20 only);
(List A & T20 captain)
43Shaun Marsh double-dagger Australia9 July 1983Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxOverseas player
—Billy Root England5 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
6Jeremy Lawlor Wales4 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
8Graham Wagg* England28 April 1983Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
20Ruaidhri Smith double-dagger Scotland5 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
21Andrew Salter Wales1 June 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
29Owen Morgan Wales11 April 1994Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
44Craig Meschede Germany21 November 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
73David Lloyd Wales15 June 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
46Chris Cooke* South Africa30 May 1986Right-handed—UK passport
54Tom Cullen Australia4 January 1992Right-handed—UK passport
Bowlers
11Kieran Bull Wales5 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
17Lukas Carey Wales17 July 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
31Michael Hogan* Australia31 May 1981Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumUK passport;
club captain
64Timm van der Gugten* double-dagger Netherlands25 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
90Marchant de Lange double-dagger South Africa13 October 1990Right-handedRight-arm fastKolpak registration
—Prem Sisodiya Wales21 September 1998Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox

Records

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

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:[4]

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

Lists of players and club captains

References

  1. ↑ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. ↑ "Most runs for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Most wickets for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Highest partnership for each wicket for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

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