Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

648. Glamorgan v Yorkshire, Swansea, August 7, 9, (10) (Match drawn) lbw b C.M.Old 7 159 13 5 34 0 353-2d did not bat - 0-0 649. Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 11, 12, (13) (Match drawn) c G.M.Turner b B.L.D’Oliveira 19 141 16 9 35 2 K.W.Wilkinson c P.M.Walker 253-7d D.N.F.Slade c E.W.Jones 2 2 0 0 42-2 650. Glamorgan v Kent, Folkestone, August 14, 16, 17 (Glamorgan won by five wickets) b G.W.Johnson 7 157 30.2 9 70 3 D.Nicholls c M.A.Nash 268 G.W.Johnson lbw J.N.Shepherd c R.C.Fredericks did not bat - 280-5 17 8 36 2 D.Nicholls b 165-3d G.W.Johnson c A.Jones 651. Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 18, 19 (Leicestershire won by an innings and 119 runs) not out 2 24 19.1 7 26 1 P.M.Stringer c Majid Khan 209-8d b G.D.McKenzie 0 66 652. Glamorgan v Somerset, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, August 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c P.J.Robinson b H.R.Moseley 2 142 23 6 37 1 R.T.Virgin c and b 286-8d did not bat - 171-3 14 2 35 1 R.T.Virgin c P.M.Walker 127-3d 653. Glamorgan v Derbyshire, Derby, August 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c F.W.Swarbrook b A.Ward 1 264-9d 16 2 33 1 C.P.Wilkins b 338-6d not out 0 136-7 20 6 36 4 P.J.K.Gibbs c sub 97-7d I.W.Hall c E.W.Jones C.P.Wilkins c S.C.Harrison R.W.Taylor c K.J.Lyons 654. Glamorgan v Surrey, Kennington Oval, September 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b P.I.Pocock 5 222 22 3 71 3 J.H.Edrich b 304 1 Younis Ahmed c M.A.Nash R.G.D.Willis c and b b Intikhab Alam 9 262-9 16 4 49 1 M.J.Stewart c K.J.Lyons 204-7d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 23 38 8 228 52* 7.60 1 2 Other matches 2 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - Season 25 30 8 239 52* 10.86 1 2 Career 654 826 245 5649 73 9.72 5 243 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 776.3 234 1784 67 26.62 5/55 2 - Other matches 44 19 94 3 31.33 3/54 - - Season 820.3 253 1878 70 26.82 5/55 2 - Career 21817.4 7399 46709 2199 21.24 9/47 122 28 1972 In October 1971 Shepherd and Roger Davis went as guests on Gloucestershire’s tour of Zambia, and Don ended up as Gloucestershire captain when Tony Brown went down with a stomach disorder. None of the matches, which included three ‘Tests’ against Zambia, were first-class. In the first ‘Test’, at Lusaka, Shepherd took 2-46 and 3-23; in the second at Kitwe, 3-2 and 2-17; and in the third, back in Lusaka, 1-22 and 3-23. In 1972, his final Championship year, he was in and out of the side. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 655. Glamorgan v Hampshire, Neath, May 10, 11, (12) (Match drawn) 10 6 10 1 C.G.Greenidge b 141-8 69