Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Welsh: Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan (Welsh: Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship 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, 1969 and 1997. 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. Some First XI matches are also played at The Gnoll in Neath. Matches have also occasionally been played at Swansea, Rhos on Sea and Cresselly (despite the latter towns being in Conwy and Pembrokeshire respectively).
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Honours
First XI honours
County Championship (3) – 1948, 1969, 1997
Sunday/National League/One Day Cup (5) – 1993, 2002, 2004, 2021, 2024
County Championship Division Two Promoted - 2000, 2004, 2025
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 1771 newspaper report about noise levels at matches in Swansea.
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 Minor Counties Championship 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 Wilf Wooller, 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 Malcolm Nash 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 captain, off spinner Robert Croft, proved effective on England tours, and was a useful pinch hitter in List A one-day games.
On 20 April 2006, the ECB announced that Glamorgan Cricket had been granted the right to host an Ashes Test against Australia in 2009.
The following month, Cardiff Council’s Planning Committee approved Glamorgan’s plans for the stadium redevelopment, and during the summer, demolition work began at Sophia Gardens.
In mid-September, the old pavilion was used for the final time during Glamorgan’s Championship match against Gloucestershire. By January 2007, construction had begun on the new pavilion complex, the new grandstand on the site of the former pavilion, and the Media Centre complex at the Cathedral Road end.
Building work continued throughout the summer of 2007, during which Glamorgan staged a number of home matches away from Cardiff.
The contractors, Carillion, handed the new stadium over to Glamorgan Cricket on 17 March 2008, and on 9 May, the Welsh county played their inaugural match in the completed stadium — a day‑night fixture against Gloucestershire.
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
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
List of Glamorgan cricket captains