Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

448. Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 26, 27, 28 (Leicestershire won by eight wickets) not out 23 348-8d 35 14 58 1 J.van Geloven c A.Jones 357-5d did not bat - 195-8d 16 3 46 1 S.Jayasinghe c O.S.Wheatley 189-2 449. Glamorgan v Kent, Arms Park, Cardiff, August 29, 31, September 1 (Glamorgan won by three wickets) lbw b A.L.Dixon 17 265 42 11 122 3 P.E.Richardson lbw 337 E.W.J.Fillary b D.Nicholls b b A.L.Dixon 7 273-7 25 6 74 2 B.W.Luckhurst c J.S.Pressdee 200-7d A.P.E.Knott lbw SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 26 34 8 264 24 10.15 - 9 Other matches 2 3 1 64 31 32.00 - - Season 28 37 9 328 31 11.71 - 9 Career 449 587 168 4212 73 10.05 4 194 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 867.2 341 1651 78 21.16 5/20 3 - Other matches 109 54 171 9 19.00 5/71 1 - Season 976.2 395 1822 87 20.94 5/20 4 - Career 14420.2 4543 32642 1510 21.61 9/47 92 25 1965 1965 saw a real effort to take the Championship to Wales for the second time. In the end they finished in third place, just eight points behind champions Worcestershire. Shepherd bowled over 1,000 overs and topped the averages. He passed a number of milestones in the season, including 1,500 wickets and five wickets in an innings for the hundredth time. In the match against Yorkshire at Swansea both he and Pressdee took nine wickets in an innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 450. Glamorgan v Warwickshire, Newport, May 5, 6, (7) (Match drawn) c D.L.Amiss b J.D.Bannister 2 155 23 7 54 2 M.J.K.Smith c O.S.Wheatley 254 W.J.P.Stewart c O.S.Wheatley did not bat - 4-0 451. Glamorgan v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) not out 6 318 26 12 34 4 D.S.Steele lbw 126 B.S.Crump c P.M.Walker H.Sully c J.S.Pressdee J.D.F.Larter b 27 13 37 0 307-5 452. Glamorgan v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 12, 13, 14 (Derbyshire won by three wickets) c W.F.Oates b D.C.Morgan 9 104 15 6 20 2 I.W.Hall b 151 W.F.Oates c P.M.Walker not out 36 201 18 9 25 1 W.F.Oates c A.Jones 155-7 453. Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Arms Park, Cardiff, May 15, 17, 18 (Glamorgan won by 42 runs) c B.J.Meyer b A.S.Brown 8 243 25 9 42 3 J.B.Mortimore c A.Jones 184 A.R.Windows c I.J.Jones D.R.Shepherd b c J.B.Mortimore b A.S.Brown 20 213 30 11 64 3 S.E.J.Russell c E.W.Jones 230 1 D.W.J.Brown c E.W.Jones A.S.Brown c E.W.Jones 454. Glamorgan v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) did not bat - 173-6d 30 13 37 2 M.J.Stewart st D.G.L.Evans 189-5d W.A.Smith lbw did not bat - 38-1 48