Glamorgan County Cricket Club
| Glamorgan County Cricket Club | |
|---|---|
| One-day name | Glam organ |
| founded | 1888 |
| Home stadium | Sophia Gardens |
| capacity | 16,000 |
| other stages | St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground , Swansea Penrhyn Avenue , Colwyn Bay |
| Championship wins | 3 |
| One Day Cup victories | FP Trophy : 0 National League : 3 B&H Cup : 0 ECB 40 : 0 RL Cup : 0 |
| T20 Cup victories | 0 |
| website | http://www.glamorgancricket.com |
| As of September 18, 2016 | |
The Glamorgan County Cricket Club represents the only Welsh team the traditional county Glamorgan in the national championships in English cricket .
history
Beginning and Minor Championships
The County Cricket Club was founded on July 6, 1888 at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff . At first, the team had little success, which should change with the arrival of Jack Brain as captain and secretary of the club. He was the owner of the Old Brewery in Cardiff and brought so economic expertise. In 1895, Billy Bancroft was the first full-time professional to be committed and from 1897 the county took part in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship . In 1900 they were able to win the championship there for the first time, but they had to share it with Durham and Northamptonshire . Players like Norman Riches and Tom Whittington led the team to three runner-up championships and so the discussions began as to whether Glamorgen should receive first-class status . With the onset of World War I, several of the club's players lost their lives, including Archer Windsor-Clive , the son of the Earl of Plymouth and president of the club. From 1920 they played again in the Minor County Championship and in the following year they were awarded first-class status.
Promotion to the first class team
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Glamorgan played their first first-class game on May 18, 1921 against Sussex and won it with 23 runs . However, the team struggled in the first decade. Three times, in 1921 , 1925 and 1929 , they placed last in the table. Poor results meant they had less income and couldn't pay good professional players, which in turn meant they got poor results. This led to further financial problems and in 1931 the remaining professional players had to be fired for financial reasons. It was under discussion whether the first-class status should be retained, but it was agreed to try to keep it. Spin - Bowler Johnnie Clay and batsman Maurice Turnbull were the ones who saved the club with, and with their business contacts off the field. One way of doing this was to emphasize the Welsh identity and play individual games across South Wales. Games were held in Neath , Cowbridge , Llanelli and Newport . In 1934 they merged with Monmouthshire and was able to create a promotion opportunity for younger players by placing a second team in the Minors Championship. In 1937 they placed seventh in the table and economically the club was able to act again. During the Second World War Turnbull lost his life, but with the new captain Wilf Wooller the ascent was able to continue. This resulted in the County Championship being won in 1948 . After that, the team was in a state of upheaval, new players were integrated and older ones resigned. Mostly they placed themselves in the middle of the field, but still had a clear downward trend during the 1950s. Players like Alan Jones and Don Shepherd were among the new ones and so things went up again from the low point in 1955 with the penultimate place. In 1963 they achieved a second place and two years later a third. After another third place in 1968 , the second win of the championship followed under captain Tony Lewis in 1969 . Another upheaval in the team followed in the 1970s, but this time Glamorgen fell into the lower half of the table. In 1976 they were bottom of the table and so Alan Jones was promoted to captain. In 1977 they reached their first one-day final when they only had to admit defeat Middlesex in the Gilette Cup . In the 1980s they tried to achieve new successes with good overseas players, such as the Indian all-rounder Ravi Shastri , the West Indian bowlers Ezra Moseley and Winston Davis and the Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad , but this did not succeed. They stayed in the lower third of the table in the County Championship and there were no further successes in the three one-day competitions.
New successes
That didn't change until 1993, when the native talent established in the 1980s began to pay off. West Indian Viv Richards , who joined the team, led the team under Hugh Morris with his hitting skills to win the AXA Equity & Law League in 1993 . There should also be successes in the County Championship. In 1993 they achieved a third place, only to have crashed a year later as bottom of the table. This did not let the team give up and in 1997 they won the championship for the third time. Under Captain Matthew Maynard , the Pakistani Waqar Younis played an important role in this success. In the same year they only narrowly failed in the semifinals in the NatWest Trophy against Essex . 2000 they stood again in a final, but lost in the Benson & Hedges Cup against Gloucestershire . In the same year they rose to the first division of the now two-part County Championship. In 2001 they immediately relegated again, but in 2002 the team under Steve James hollowed the Norwich Union League . In 2004 he was promoted again to the County Championship and the totesport League was won in the same year. In 2005 there was another descent. In the years that followed, the Sophia Gardens stadium was expanded into a test stadium and the first test was held there in 2009 . Under captain Mark Wallace the final of Yorkshire Bank 40 was reached in 2013 , but lost there with 87 runs against Nottinghamshire . The club is currently in a state of upheaval again.
Stadion
The club's home stadium is Sophia Gardens in Cardiff . In addition, today the St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea and Penrhyn Avenue in Colwyn Bay used.
successes
County cricket
Winning the County Championship (3): 1948 , 1969 , 1997
One-day cricket
Gilette / NatWest / C & G Trophy / FP Trophy (1963-2009) (0): -
Sunday / National / Pro40 League (1969-2009) (3): 1993 , 2002 , 2004
Benson & Hedges Cup (1972-2002) (0): -
ECB 40 / Clydesdale Bank / Yorkshire Bank 40 (2010-2013) (0): -
Royal London One-Day Cup (2014-present) (0): -
Twenty20
Twenty20 Cup / Friends Life t20 / NatWest t20 Blast (0): -
statistics
Runs
Most of the first-class cricket runs were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Jones | 1957-1983 | 34,056 |
| Emrys Davies | 1924-1954 | 26,102 |
| Matthew Maynard | 1985-2005 | 22,764 |
| Gilbert Parkhouse | 1948-1964 | 22,619 |
| Hugh Morries | 1981-1997 | 18,520 |
Wickets
Most of the wickets in first-class cricket were scored by the following players:
| player | Playing times | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Don Shepherd | 1950-1972 | 2.174 |
| Jack Mercer | 1922-1939 | 1,460 |
| Johnnie Clay | 1921-1949 | 1,292 |
| Robert Croft | 1989-2012 | 1,055 |
| Malcolm Nash | 1967-1983 | 991 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f A brief history of Glamorgan ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h History of Glamorgan Cricket ( English ) Glamorgan CCC. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Glamorgan v Sussex in 1921 ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ Most runs for Glamorgan ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Most wickets for Glamorgan ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved August 28, 2016.