Glamorgan County Cricket Club
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| One-day name | Glamorgan | |||
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| Personnel | ||||
| Captain |  Michael Hogan | |||
| One-day captain |  Colin Ingram | |||
| Coach | Vacant | |||
| Overseas player(s) | 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 | |||
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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).
Contents
1 Honours
1.1 First XI honours
1.2 Second XI honours
2 Earliest cricket
3 Origin of club
4 Club history
5 Players
5.1 Current squad
6 Records
7 Lists of players and club captains
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Honours
First XI honours
County Championship (3): 1948, 1969, 1997- Sunday/National League (3): 1993, 2002, 2004
- Minor Counties Championship (0)
- Shared (1): 1900
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.
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 | ||||||
| 5 | Kiran Carlson |  Wales | (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 7 | Jack Murphy | Wales | (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 9 | Nick Selman | Australia | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | UK Passport |
| 28 | Connor Brown | Wales | (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 41 | Colin Ingram  | South Africa | (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Kolpak registration; (List A & T20 only); (List A & T20 captain) |
| 43 | Shaun Marsh | Australia | (1983-07-09) 9 July 1983 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| — | Billy Root |  England | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 6 | Jeremy Lawlor | Wales | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 8 | Graham Wagg* | England | (1983-04-28) 28 April 1983 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| 20 | Ruaidhri Smith |  Scotland | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 21 | Andrew Salter | Wales | (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 29 | Owen Morgan | Wales | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 44 | Craig Meschede |  Germany | (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 73 | David Lloyd | Wales | (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 46 | Chris Cooke* | South Africa | (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 | Right-handed | — | UK passport |
| 54 | Tom Cullen | Australia | (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 | Right-handed | — | UK passport |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 11 | Kieran Bull | Wales | (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 17 | Lukas Carey | Wales | (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 31 | Michael Hogan* | Australia | (1981-05-31) 31 May 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK passport; club captain |
| 64 | Timm van der Gugten* |  Netherlands | (1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 90 | Marchant de Lange | South Africa | (1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Kolpak registration |
Records
Most first-class runs for Glamorgan
| Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
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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
| 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
- List of Glamorgan CCC players
- List of Glamorgan cricket captains
References
^ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Most runs for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ "Most wickets for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ "Highest partnership for each wicket for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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 links
- Official website
