Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 28 44 6 225 24 5.92 - 7 Career 506 668 181 4772 73 9.79 4 206 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 1025.1 427 1844 111 16.61 7/7 5 - Career 16498.5 5431 36251 1733 20.91 9/47 107 26 1967 1967 saw the Welsh county finish a lowly 14th in the Championship table. Shepherd took exactly 100 wickets at 21.17 which put him third in the county averages behind Jeff Jones and Tony Cordle. Cricket in Cardiff switched from the Arms Park to Sophia Gardens. Shepherd produced some good figures on the new ground where the condition of the pitches came in for some criticism. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 507. Glamorgan v Yorkshire, Harrogate, May 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) b P.M.Stringer 6 130 29 12 74 4 G.Boycott c A.Rees 217-5d D.E.V.Padgett c D.G.L.Evans J.H.Hampshire c A.Jones D.Wilson c I.J.Jones did not bat - 41-2 508. Glamorgan v Essex, Brentwood, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) not out 2 210-8d 21 10 42 4 T.E.Bailey c P.M.Walker 169 K.D.Boyce b G.R.Cass lbw A.M.Jorden b c G.R.Cass b K.D.Boyce 10 153 28 12 54 4 B.Taylor c and b 179-9 1 T.E.Bailey c A.R.Lewis A.M.Jorden c D.G.L.Evans R.N.S.Hobbs st D.G.L.Evans 509. Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 10, 11, 12 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) b G.A.R.Lock 0 202 35.2 9 68 5 M.R.Hallam lbw 327 2 M.E.J.C.Norman c W.D.Slade P.T.Marner b J.Birkenshaw c sub C.T.Spencer c and b not out 2 172 4 2 4 0 48-3 510. Glamorgan v Sussex, Hove, May 17, 18, 19 (Sussex won by 86 runs) not out 2 77 8 3 16 2 K.G.Suttle b 132 P.J.Graves lbw c J.A.Snow b A.Buss 8 136 12 4 22 2 A.W.Greig b 167 P.J.Graves lbw 511. Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, Pontypridd, May 20, (22), (23) (Match drawn) did not bat - 62-3 512. Glamorgan v Indians, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, May (24), 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 15 117-7d 10.3 6 10 4 F.M.Engineer c B.Lewis 94-6 B.K.Kunderan c A.Jones C.G.Borde b Nawab of Pataudi lbw 513. Glamorgan v Hampshire, Swansea, May (27), 29, (30) (Match drawn) 23 10 33 2 B.L.Reed c A.E.Cordle 147-6 D.A.Livingstone c E.W.Jones 514. Glamorgan v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 31, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) c T.J.P.Eyre b E.Smith 0 119 43 20 61 2 D.C.Morgan c P.M.Walker 221-7d M.Hill c D.G.L.Evans not out 0 102-9 - - - - 48-3d 54