Glamorgan County Cricket Club ( cy, Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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( cy, Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early

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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. Glamorgan is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. They have won the English County Championship competition in 1948,

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. 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

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respectively).

Honours

First XI honours

* County Championship (3) –

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* Sunday/National League/One Day Cup (4) – 1993, 2002, 2004, 2021 * 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

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

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, 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

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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

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, off spinner Robert Croft, proved effective on England tours, and was a useful

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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

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was held there.

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.

Records

Most first-class runs for Glamorgan
Qualification – 16,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
Qualification – 800 wickets 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 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 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 ...

* List of Glamorgan cricket captains

References

External links

* {{Authority control Cricket clubs established in 1888 Cricket in Glamorgan Sport in Cardiff Welsh first-class cricket teams Organisations based in Cardiff 1888 establishments in Wales