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List Of Glamorgan CCC Players
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club in top-class matches since 1921 when the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to official first-class status. Glamorgan has been classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and as a first-class Twenty20 team since the inauguration of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003. The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Glamorgan player and then his name is given as it usually appears on match scorecards. Note that many players represented other top-class teams besides Glamorgan and that some played for the club in minor counties cricket before 1921. Current players are shown as active to the latest season in which they played for the club. The list excludes Second XI and other players who did not play for the club's first team; and players whose first team appearances were in minor matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Balbirnie
Andrew Balbirnie (born 28 December 1990) is an Irish cricketer, the current captain of the Ireland cricket team in all formats. Balbirnie is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He was born in Dublin and was educated at St. Andrew's College. He was one of the 11 cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match, against Pakistan, in May 2018. In December 2018, he was one of 19 players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In November 2019, Balbirnie was named as the captain of Ireland's Test and ODI team, after William Porterfield stepped down. Later the same month, he was also named as the captain of Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) team, replacing Gary Wilson. In January 2020, he was one of 19 players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis. Early and domestic career Balbirnie has represented Ireland at U-19 level, playing n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Brain
John Henry Patrick 'Pat' Brain (17 March 1896 – 11 December 1945) was a Welsh cricketer. Brain was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Caerau, Glamorgan. Brain made his debut for Glamorgan in the 1920 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He represented the county in 3 further Minor Counties fixtures in 1920. Following Glamorgan's elevation to first-class status, he represented the club in 6 matches between 1921 and 1928, making his debut against Derbyshire and playing his final first-class match for the county in 1928 against Oxford University. In his 7 first-class matches he scored 86 runs at a batting average of 8.60 and a high score of 19 *. Behind the stumps he took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings. Brain also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against Glamorgan in 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park. Outside of playing cricket, Pat Brain worked for the family brewery, Brains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Bragg
William David Bragg (born 24 October 1986) is a former Welsh cricketer. Born in Newport, he first came to prominence scoring an unbeaten 115 in Glamorgan's pre season tour of South Africa in 2007. He is a top order batsman for Glamorgan often batting at number 3, although Mark Cosgrove dislodged him from this spot for a little time. Despite his 45 first class matches, he has only managed two centuries against Leicestershire in 2011 and 2015. He is also a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Rougemont School Rougemont School (Welsh: ''Ysgol Rougemont'') is an independent co-educational day school located in the manor house Llantarnam Hall in south Wales. The school offers education for three to eighteen year-olds. The current headmaster is Robert ....He announced his retirement on 5 December 2017 References External links * 1986 births Living people Welsh cricketers Wales National County cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Wicket-keepers {{Wales-cricket-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvyn Bowen
Elvyn Bowen (10 July 1907 – 24 August 1965) was a Welsh cricketer. Bowen was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Llannon, Carmarthenshire. Bowen made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1928 against Lancashire. He played a further first-class match for the county, against Essex and played his third and final match for the county against Northamptonshire. In his 3 first-class matches he scored 40 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 22. Bowen died at Gorseinon, Glamorgan on 24 August 1965. References External linksElvyn Bowenat Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a d ...Elvyn Bowenat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, Elvyn 1907 births 1965 deaths Cricketers from Carmarthenshire Wels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Boon
Ronald Winston Boon (11 June 1909 – 3 August 1998) was an international rugby union wing for Wales who played club rugby for Cardiff. Boon possessed a tremendous self-confidence in his own ability and this was reflected in his nickname ''Cocky''.Thomas (1979), pg 80. Boon was a quick runner, representing Wales at the 220-yard sprint, and was an excellent drop kicker. He is best known in Welsh rugby as the man who scored all seven points in 1933 against England to end the 'Twickenham bogey', and along with Jack Morley is seen as one of the greatest Welsh wings since the country's first Golden Era of rugby. Rugby career Boon began his career at Barry Parade Club, before playing at schoolboy level with Barry Grammar and then representing Wales for Welsh Secondary Schools. Boon played for several club teams, including London Welsh which he would become club secretary during most of the 1960s, but spent the majority of his time at Cardiff. He joined the blues during the 1928/29 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blackmore
David Blackmore (December 19, 1909 – June 15, 1988) was a Welsh cricketer.https://cricketarchive.com/subscribe He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan. He was born and died in Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in .... Blackmore, who played on a regular basis for Swansea Cricket Club, made just one first-class appearance, in 1934 against Somerset, and while he made 34 runs with the bat, this was to prove to be his only innings in Glamorgan colours. Ten years later, Blackmore would appear for a West of England XI in a friendly match against Glamorgan. References External linksDavid Blackmoreat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackmore, David 1909 births 1988 deaths Cricketers from Swansea Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Bishop (cricketer)
Jamie Bishop (14 January 1971 – 1 May 2015) was a Welsh cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Pontarddulais. Bishop, who played Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ... cricket with Wales Minor Counties, and played with the Glamorgan Second XI between 1989 and 1994, made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1992 season, against Oxford University. From the upper-middle order, he scored 51 runs in the only innings in which he batted. References External linksJamie Bishopat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Jamie 1971 births 2015 deaths Cricketers from Swansea Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Wales National County cricketers Wicket-keepers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bell (cricketer, Born 1895)
John Thomson Bell (16 June 1895 – 8 August 1974) was an English cricketer. Bell was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Batley Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ..., Yorkshire. Between 1921, and 1940, John played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire and the Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan county cricket club, and the Wales cricket team, Welsh national cricket team. Over the course of 184 matches, he scored 8,390, with a batting average of 29.23. John died on the 8th of August, 1974, aged 79 References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, John 1895 births 1974 deaths Cricketers from Batley English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Wales cricketers English cricket umpires H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
