Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

did not bat - 19-0 7 2 12 2 J.G.Langridge lbw 183 1 D.S.Sheppard lbw 137. Glamorgan v Sussex, Eastbourne, August 18, 19, 20 (Sussex won by an innings and 97 runs) c R.T.Webb b A.S.M.Oakman 0 142 19 3 75 0 371 c N.I.Thomson b A.S.M.Oakman 9 132 138. Glamorgan v Hampshire, Arms Park, Cardiff, August (21), 23, 24 (Match drawn) did not bat - 150-7d 1 0 1 0 132 1 139. Glamorgan v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 25, 26, 27 (Warwickshire won by 56 runs) c A.Townsend b J.D.Bannister 0 133 15 3 33 1 R.T.Spooner c W.Wooller 163 b W.E.Hollies 16 123 23 3 60 5 N.F.Horner c W.Wooller 149 A.V.G.Wolton lbw R.T.Spooner b A.Townsend lbw I.M.King b 140. Glamorgan v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, August 28, 29, 30 (Glamorgan won by ten wickets) c D.B.Carr b E.Smith 0 196 25 4 48 2 J.M.Kelly c J.S.Pressdee 156 D.B.Carr b did not bat - 21-0 9 2 24 1 J.M.Kelly b 58 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 28 31 7 192 33 8.00 - 18 Other matches 2 2 2 19 19* 19.00 - - Season 30 33 9 211 33 8.79 - 18 Career 140 162 57 912 41 8.68 - 63 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 639.1 142 1749 77 22.71 9/47 5 1 Other matches 50 17 134 2 67.00 1/41 - - Season 689.1 159 1883 79 23.83 9/47 5 1 Career 3286.4 704 9137 353 25.88 9/47 13 4 1955 This was a dismal year for Glamorgan and they slumped to second from bottom. Shepherd was way down the county averages - eighth, with 59 wickets at 30.57. He was switching between seam bowling and his still experimental off-spin and secured his first major success in that style with 12 wickets against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare at the end of what had otherwise been a poor season. The Glamorgan committee report recorded that he ‘had little success as a seam bowler, but continued to develop the fast cutter, on Appleyard lines.’ He had more chances to bowl it, with McConnon breaking a bone in his hand and missing half the season, and the reserve off-spinner, Ward, proving inaccurate. The experiment began when wicket-keeper Haydn Davies opined that Shepherd was not hitting the seam consistently because of a ‘floppy wrist’. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 141. Glamorgan v Hampshire, Southampton, May 7, 9, 10 (Hampshire won by three wickets) not out 2 68 8.4 1 27 3 N.H.Rogers c H.G.Davies 158 P.J.Sainsbury b M.D.Burden b not out 15 186 25 5 39 4 R.E.Marshall c H.G.Davies 97-7 H.M.Barnard b E.D.R.Eagar b N.H.Rogers b 16