Glamorgan County Cricket Club

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Glamorgan women's cricket team.

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

One Day name	Glamorgan
Personnel
Captain	Sam Northeast
One Day captain	Kiran Carlson
Coach	Richard Dawson
Overseas player(s)	Asitha Fernando Colin Ingram
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
One-Day Cup  wins	5
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

See also: List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales

First XI honours

• County Championship (3) – 1948, 1969, 1997
• Sunday/National League/One Day Cup (5) – 1993, 2002, 2004, 2021, 2024
• Minor Counties Championship (0)
  • Shared (1): 1900

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (2) – 1965, 1980
• Second XI Twenty20 (2) – 2019, 2022

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.

In 2021 Glamorgan won their first trophy for seventeen years, defeating Durham by 58 runs in the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup. ^[2] They followed this up with a victory in the same competition in 2024, with a 15 run win in a shortened 20-overs-a-side game against Somerset. ^[3]

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
Batters
5	Kiran Carlson*	Wales	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain (List A & T20)
7	Billy Root*	England	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
13	Tom Bevan	Wales	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
16	Sam Northeast*	England	(1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club Captain
41	Colin Ingram* ‡	South Africa	(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
55	Asa Tribe  ‡	Jersey	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
97	Eddie Byrom	Zimbabwe	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Irish passport
—	Callum Nicholls	Wales	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
8	Ben Kellaway	Wales	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
9	James Harris*	Wales	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
27	Zain-ul-Hassan	England	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
88	Dan Douthwaite	England	(1997-02-08) 8 February 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
6	Henry Hurle	Wales	(2004-11-11) 11 November 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	—
28	Will Smale	Wales	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 24)	Right-handed	—
37	Alex Horton	Wales	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	—
46	Chris Cooke*	South Africa	(1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	—	UK passport
Bowlers
3	Mason Crane  ‡	England	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
11	Andy Gorvin	England	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
18	Ben Morris	Wales	(2003-11-04) 4 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
22	Ned Leonard	England	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
35	Jamie McIlroy	England	(1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
64	Timm van der Gugten* ‡	Netherlands	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
—	Asitha Fernando  ‡	Sri Lanka	(1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player

Records

Most first-class runs for Glamorgan Qualification – 16,000 runs [4] 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 [5] 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

• Highest total for: 795/5d v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 2022
• Highest total against: 750 by Northamptonshire, Cardiff, 2019
• Lowest total for: 22 v. Lancashire, Liverpool, 1924
• Lowest total against: 33 by Leicestershire, Ebbw Vale, 1965

Batting

• Highest score: 410* Sam Northeast, Leicester, 2022

Best partnership for each wicket

Wkt	Score	Batsmen	Against	Location	Year
1st	374	Matthew Elliott and Steve James	Sussex	Colwyn Bay	2000
2nd	328	Eddie Byrom and Colin Ingram	Sussex	Cardiff	2022
3rd	313	Emrys Davies and Willie Jones	Essex	Brentwood	1948
4th	425*	Adrian Dale and Viv Richards	Middlesex	Sophia Gardens	1993
5th	307	Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke	Northamptonshire	Sophia Gardens	2021
6th	461*	Sam Northeast and Chris Cooke	Leicestershire	Grace Road	2022
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: [6]

Bowling

• Best bowling: 10/51 J. Mercer v. Worcestershire, Worcester, 1936
• Best match bowling: 17/212 J. C. Clay v. Worcestershire, Swansea, 1937

Lists of players and club captains

• List of Glamorgan CCC players
• List of Glamorgan cricket captains

References

1. ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.
2. "Glamorgan clinch the Royal London Cup". Glamorgan Cricket. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. "One-Day Cup final: Glamorgan beat Somerset by 15 runs". BBC Sport. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
4. "Most runs for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
5. "Most wickets for Glamorgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
6. "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