Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

249. Glamorgan v New Zealanders, Swansea, August 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c J.R.Reid b A.M.Moir 7 104 25 6 74 1 J.W.D’Arcy c J.S.Pressdee 306-8d did not bat - 24-2 250. Glamorgan v Lancashire, Arms Park, Cardiff, August 6, 7, (8) (Match drawn) c J.B.Statham b R.Tattersall 1 26 21.3 3 64 2 M.J.Hilton b 351 R.Tattersall b did not bat - 0-0 251. Glamorgan v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 9, 11, 12 (Somerset won by seven wickets) b K.E.Palmer 11 175 26.2 7 81 1 W.E.Alley c A.J.Watkins 280-9d 1 c and b L.E.Bryant 8 144 7 1 9 0 42-3 252. Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 13, 14, 15 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 41 runs) not out 25 256 8 2 22 3 R.B.Nicholls c sub 67 J.B.Mortimore c W.Wooller B.J.Meyer b 25 11 33 3 R.B.Nicholls c W.Wooller 148 T.W.Graveney c W.Wooller G.M.Emmett c A.C.Burnett 253. Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Loughborough, August 16, 18, 19 (Leicestershire won by an innings and 23 runs) b B.S.Boshier 4 197 27 8 56 2 J.S.Savage b 327-8d R.C.Smith c P.M.Walker c J.van Geloven b J.W.R.Smith 0 107 254. Glamorgan v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b K.Higgs 0 286 30 7 88 1 C.Washbrook c A.J.Watkins 346-9d did not bat - 75-2 255. Glamorgan v Yorkshire, Swansea, August 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 1 230 39 12 82 4 P.J.Sharpe c J.S.Pressdee 308-9d R.Illingworth b J.B.Bolus lbw J.R.Burnet b c H.D.Bird b D.Wilson 1 85-4 9 1 31 4 H.D.Bird b 115-5d D.E.V.Padgett b D.B.Close st D.G.L.Evans J.V.Wilson b 256. Glamorgan v Northamptonshire, Ebbw Vale, August 30, September 1, 2 (Northamptonshire won by 78 runs) run out 6 231 22 11 23 0 252 b R.Subba Row 15 196 16 5 38 0 253-5d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 28 40 13 316 47 11.70 - 8 Other matches 2 2 0 9 7 4.50 - - Season 30 42 13 325 47 11.20 - 8 Career 256 326 111 2001 53 9.30 1 110 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 925.2 287 2040 87 23.44 6/27 4 1 Other matches 39 14 89 1 89.00 1/74 - - Season 964.2 301 2129 88 24.19 6/27 4 1 Career 7103.4 1864 18135 799 22.69 9/47 47 14 1959 In 1959 the county bounced back and reached sixth position. Shepherd was second in the county averages to McConnon, returning for another part of his on-off career. 28