Playing record at St Helen's, Swansea by Dr.A.K.Hignell - Hon Statistician and Historian to Glamorgan CCC

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Ground:

St Helen's, Swansea

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GROUND RECORDS IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET: 1921 - 2001

                          P      W      L      D     A
County Championship     327     76    108    140     2
         Friendlies      67      8     21     38     -
 
First match : 28th, 30th 31st May 1921 v Leicestershire (CC)

 

HIGHEST INNINGS TOTALS
Glamorgan              547-6d  v  Northamptohshire, 1933
Opponents              544-4d  by West Indians, 1976

 

LOWEST INNINGS TOTALS
Glamorgan               36     v  Hampshire, 1922
Opponents               40     by Somerset, 1968

 

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS
Glamorgan            233   M.J.L.Turnbull     v    Worcestershire, 1937
Opponents            257   A.H.Bakewell       for  Northamptonshire, 1923

 

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS
Glamorgan           9-43   J.S.Pressdee       v   Yorkshire, 1965
Opponents           9-60   H.Verity           for Yorkshire, 1930

 

BEST BOWLING IN A MATCH
Glamorgan         17-212   J.C.Clay           v   Worcestershire, 1937
Opponents         15- 52   V.W.C.Jupp         for Northamptonshire, 1925

 

HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS- Glamorgan
 
1    330   R.C.Fredericks and A.Jones       v Northamptonshire, 1972
2    206   D.E.Davies and T.L.Brierley      v Nottinghamshire, 1939
3    186   R.C.Fredericks and Majid Khan    v Essex, 1972
4    194   A.H.Dyson and D.Davies           v Gloucestershire, 1929
5    199*  Javed Miandad and G.C.Holmes     v Leicestershire, 1984
6    195   F.B.Pinch and G.C.Cording        v Worcestershire, 1921
7    211   P.A.Cottey and O.D.Gibson        v Leicestershire, 1996
8    166   G.Richards and M.A.Nash          v Gloucestershire, 1973
9    203*  J.J.Hills and J.C.Clay           v Worcestershire, 1929
10   143   T.Davies and S.A.B.Daniels       v Gloucestershire, 1982
 
HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS - Opponents
 
1    233   B.C.Carris and P.A.Gibb            for Cambridge University, 1938
2    301   P.J.Sharpe and D.E.V.Padgett       for Yorkshire, 1971
3    242   S.J.Cook and C.J.Tavare            for Somerset, 1991
4    287   C.H.Lloyd and L.G.Rowe             for West Indians, 1976
5    335   B.F.Butcher and C.H.Lloyd          for West Indians, 1969
6    276   M.J.Leyland and E.Robinson         for Yorkshire, 1926
7    138*  D.J.Humphries and R.K.Illingworth  for Worcestershire, 1984
8    147   C.J.Richards and S.T.Clarke        for Surrey, 1981
9    130   J.E.Walsh and P.Corrall            for Leicestershire, 1949
10   122   S.Turner and D.L.Acfield           for Essex, 1974

 

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GROUND RECORDS IN LIMITED OVERS GAMES: 1966 - 2001

                                    P    W    L    A    T
Nat West Trophy/Gillette Cup       16    7    9    -    -
Benson and Hedges Cup              24   11   13    -    -
Sunday League (40 overs)           78   37   37    4    -
AXA League (50 overs)               2    2    -    -    -
National League (45 overs)          3    1    1    -    1
Friendlies                          3    -    2    1    -
               TOTAL              126   58   62    5    1
 
First Match : 21st May 1966 v Warwickshire (GC)

 

Highest Innings Total
Glamorgan        344-5    v  Lincolnshire, 1994 (NWT)
Opponents        294-5    by Hampshire, 1983 (NWT)

 

Lowest Innings Total
Glamorgan         42      v  Derbyshire, 1979 (SL)
Opponents         76      by Minor Counties, 1985 (B&H)

 

Highest Individual Innings
Glamorgan      162*   I.V.A.Richards     v   Oxfordshire, 1993 (NWT)
Opponents      132    J.J.Whitaker       for Leicestershire, 1984 (SL)

 

Best Bowling
Glamorgan      7-16    S.D.Thomas       v   Surrey, 1998 (SL)
Opponents      6-26    A.J.Murphy       for Surrey, 1994 (NWT)

 

Highest Wicket Partnerships - Glamorgan
 
1    176   A.Jones and J.A.Hopkins          v Minor Counties, 1980 (B&H)
2    204   S.P.James and A.Dale             v Lincolnshire, 1994 (NWT)
3    176   H.Morris and I.V.A.Richards      v Dorset, 1990 (NWT)
4    121   A.R.Lewis and M.J.Llewellyn      v Hampshire , 1973 (B&H)
5    129   A.R.Lewis and E.W.Jones          v Hertfordshire, 1969 (GC)
6    105   S.P.James and A.D.Shaw           v Gloucestershire, 1997 (SL)
7    102   E.W.Jones and M.A.Nash           v Hampshire, 1976 (B&H)
8     88   B.A.Davis and M.A.Nash           v Kent, 1970 (SL)
9     87   M.A.Nash and A.E.Cordle          v Lincolnshire, 1974 (GC)
10    41   J.W.Solanky and D.L.Williams     v Kent, 1973 (SL)
 
Highest Wicket Partnerships - Opponents
 
1    157   D.L.Haynes and S.F.A.Bacchus         for West Indians, 1980 (F)
2    152   M.A.Roseberry and M.Prabhakar        for Durham, 1995 (SL)
3    157   D.R.Turner and T.E.Jesty             for Hampshire, 1977 (B&H)
4    137   A.J.Stewart and D.M.Ward             for Surrey, 1992 (NWT)
5    105   A.J.Moles and D.P.Ostler             for Warwickshire, 1991 (SL)
6     70   M.P.Speight and P.Moores             for Sussex, 1991 (SL)
7     71   S.A.Marsh and M.A.Ealham             for Kent, 1992 (SL)
8     63*  R.Illingworth and P.Booth            for Leicestershire,1977 (GC)
9     30   S.J.O'Shaughnessy and P.J.W.Allott   for Lancashire, 1986 (SL)
10    31   R.K.Illingworth and C.M.Tolley       for Worcestershire,1993 (NWT)

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GROUND RECORDS IN MINOR COUNTIES CRICKET

 

In 1949 the ground staged the match between Glamorgan 2nd XI and Lancashire 2nd XI. More recently, Wales MC have also used the St.Helen`s ground for the following games in the Minor Counties Championship:

1989 v Devon
1991 v Berkshire
1993 v Wiltshire
1994 v Devon
1997 v Oxfordshire
1998 v Cornwall
1999 v Wiltshire
2001 v Oxfordshire
2001 v Leicestershire (Nat West Trophy)
 

The one-day game between Wales MC and South Africa A on July 14th, 1996 was also staged at Swansea

 

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Dr.A.K.Hignell)