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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 (Welsh: Morgannwg). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Its limited overs team is called the Glamorgan Dragons. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Leaving the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county... Cardiff Arms Park is a stadium complex situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... David Hemp (born November 8, 1970 in Hamilton) is a Bermudan cricketer. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article is about the country. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Welsh: ) is one of thirteen historic counties and former administrative counties of Wales. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

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. Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... An venue within Cardiff, home to the Glamorgan County Cricket Club and proposed future home of the Cardiff Devils. ... The River Taff is a large river in South Wales. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Colwyn Bay at sunset Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town and seaside resort on the coast of the Irish Sea in North Wales. ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ...

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

• 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. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The club competed in the Minor Counties Championship for many years and then applied for first-class status after the First World War. The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is competed for by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

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. Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Crowd leaves the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county... Cardiff Arms Park is a stadium complex situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

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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. Wilfred Wooller (20 November 1912 - 10 March 1997) was a Welsh cricketer, rugby player, cricket administrator and journalist. ...

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. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The William Clarke stand at Nottinghamshires home ground, Trent Bridge. ... Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), better known as Garry Sobers, was a West Indies cricket player. ... Malcolm Nash, (born May 9, 1945) was a cricketer, a left arm medium pace bowler who played for Glamorgan. ...

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. This article is about the former Welsh cricketer. ... Matthew Peter Maynard (born March 21, 1966, Oldham, Lancashire) was a skilled batsman and, later in his career, wicketkeeper famed for his aggressive and dashing strokeplay. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... Off spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner and refers to a right-handed spin bowler who uses his fingers to spin the ball from a right-handed batsmans off side towards the leg side (that is... Robert Croft (born 25 May 1970) is an English cricketer. ... In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman (not a substitute, unlike in baseball) promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. ... List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. ...

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: [1]. An venue within Cardiff, home to the Glamorgan County Cricket Club and proposed future home of the Cardiff Devils. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A Test match in progress. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England(the mighty mighty england, barmy army barmy army) and Australia - it is international crickets oldest and most celebrated rivalry dating back to 1882. ...

Current squad

The Glamorgan squad for the 2007 season consists of (players with international caps are listed in bold): The 2007 English cricket season began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex CCC at Lords. ...

Name	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Dan Cherry		LHB	RM
Matthew Elliott		LHB	LM	Overseas player Will only play for first month of season.[1]
David Hemp		LHB	RM
Mike O'Shea		RHB	RMF
Nicky Peng		RHB
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
Simon Jones		LHB	RFM
Huw Waters		RHB	RM
Alex Wharf		RHB	RMF

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Notable players

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.

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References

1. ^ Elliott joins Glamorgan for a month, from Cricinfo, retrieved April 12, 2007

• A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
• From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
• Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
• Playfair Cricket Annual : various issues
• The Cricketer magazine (Cktr)
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues

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External links

• Glamorgan County Cricket Club Homepage