Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 16 20 8 82 26* 7.45 - 10 Other matches 4 5 2 51 41 17.00 - 1 Season 20 25 10 133 41 8.86 - 11 Career 46 50 18 256 41 8.00 - 20 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 288 59 816 25 32.64 4/35 - - Other matches 74.5 16 159 6 26.50 4/66 - - Season 362.5 75 975 31 31.45 4/35 - - Career 849.1 186 2237 80 27.96 5/74 1 - 1952 The county were not disgraced, finishing seventh in the County Championship. Club Chairman Col. John Bevan told members “An outstanding success was Don Shepherd who took 115 wickets with his fast medium bowling. He is big, strong, very willing and a real asset to the attack.” After taking 11 wickets against Lancashire in June he was awarded his county cap. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 47. Glamorgan v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 10, 12, 13 (Glamorgan won by 131 runs) b A.E.Moss 0 266 18 4 38 3 S.M.Brown b 123 W.J.Edrich b D.C.S.Compton b b J.A.Young 0 194 10.2 3 29 3 J.D.B.Robertson b 206 1 J.M.Sims c H.G.Davies A.E.Moss b 48. Glamorgan v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) not out 0 226 22 2 70 4 R.E.Hitchcock b 273 A.V.G.Wolton b A.Townsend b C.W.C.Grove b did not bat - 105-2 8 3 14 0 176-3d 1 49. Glamorgan v Kent, Gravesend, May 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) not out 0 244 25 3 104 2 P.Hearn c B.L.Muncer 408 R.R.Dovey c B.L.Muncer did not bat - 148-3 5 1 19 3 A.H.Phebey b 129-5d T.G.Evans b W.Murray-Wood b 50. Glamorgan v Combined Services, Arms Park, Cardiff, May 21, 22, 23 (Combined Services won by 80 runs) b R.G.Thompson 0 185 21 3 73 3 A.C.Shirreff lbw 243 J.M.Parks c H.G.Davies J.D.Sayer b b R.G.Wilson 0 143 8 2 19 0 165 2 51. Glamorgan v Somerset, Swansea, May 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b J.Lawrence 20 361 22 4 47 5 H.Gimblett c H.G.Davies 199 D.L.Kitson b J.Lawrence lbw M.F.Tremlett b S.S.Rogers lbw did not bat - 235-6d 8 0 31 1 H.Gimblett c W.E.Jones 260-4 52. Glamorgan v Kent, Pontypridd, May 28, 29, 30 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 64 runs) b L.Hellmuth 0 375 17 4 29 0 209 20.4 5 48 3 A.C.Shirreff b 102 R.Mayes b B.R.Edrich c H.G.Davies 8