Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

656. Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 0 0-0d 13 7 14 1 G.M.Turner c D.L.Williams 85-2d did not bat - 81-4 - - - - 93-3d 657. Glamorgan v Australians, Swansea, May 27, (28), 29 (Match drawn) did not bat - 93-5d 22 6 36 1 G.D.Watson lbw 191 1 did not bat - 6-0 6 0 27 0 158-3d 658. Glamorgan v Yorkshire, Scarborough, May 31, June 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 124 runs) c D.L.Bairstow b R.A.Hutton 0 86 18 5 67 1 C.Johnson lbw 345-8d 1 c G.Boycott b A.G.Nicholson 0 135 659. Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, June (7), 8, 9 (Match drawn) did not bat - 89-6 15 6 29 0 245 660. Glamorgan v Somerset, Swansea, June 10, 12, 13 (Somerset won by an innings and 25 runs) not out 16 145 16 8 33 0 314-7d b K.J.O’Keeffe 15 144 661. Glamorgan v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 17, (19), 20 (Match drawn) c C.H.Lloyd b P.Lever 2 263 34 15 47 5 B.Wood c P.M.Walker 143-9 1 C.H.Lloyd c M.A.Nash J.D.Bond c A.E.Cordle D.P.Hughes b P.Lever c P.M.Walker 662. Glamorgan v Derbyshire, Derby, June 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) did not bat - 259-4d 16 3 26 0 302-5d did not bat - 110-6 10 1 37 0 152-5d 663. Glamorgan v Sussex, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, June 24, 26, (27) (Match drawn) did not bat - 13-0 16 5 26 2 R.M.Prideaux c A.E.Cordle 224 1 J.M.Parks c R.C.Fredericks 664. Glamorgan v Cambridge University, Swansea, June 28, 29, 30 (Glamorgan won by six wickets) did not bat - 274-7d 7 4 16 0 177 did not bat - 111 15 9 10 2 P.D.Johnson st J.A.Hopkins 207 P.H.Edmonds lbw 665. Glamorgan v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, July 8, 10, 11 (Warwickshire won by eight wickets) b R.G.D.Willis 2 226-9d 8 2 23 1 R.B.Kanhai c E.W.Jones 198 did not bat - 220-3d 10 1 48 1 J.Whitehouse c sub 250-2 666. Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, July 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c M.J.Harris b W.Taylor 0 316-9d 17 8 34 0 291 did not bat - 189-7 7 3 16 0 263-5d 667. Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 19, 21, 22 (Worcestershire won by an innings and 23 runs) c J.A.Ormrod b N.Gifford 2 176 23 6 61 2 J.A.Ormrod c M.A.Nash 399-8d T.J.Yardley c E.W.Jones c T.J.Yardley b J.A.Ormrod 5 200 668. Glamorgan v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) not out 5 374-8d 15 8 18 1 J.H.Edrich c P.M.Walker 261 1 did not bat - 183-4d 3 0 15 1 Younis Ahmed c A.E.Cordle 252-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 12 11 3 47 16* 5.87 - 4 Other matches 2 - - - - - - 1 Season 14 11 3 47 16* 5.87 - 5 Career 668 837 248 5696 73 9.67 5 248 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 231 83 504 16 31.50 5/47 1 - Other matches 50 19 89 3 29.66 2/10 - - Season 281 102 593 19 31.21 5/47 1 - Career 22098.4 7501 47302 2218 21.32 9/47 123 28 At the end of the 1972 season Shepherd returned to Zambia, this time with Glamorgan. It was his swan song. Again there were three “Tests” and again he was captain. His figures were 10-3-34-0, 8-5-15-0, 13-8-16-0, 11-5-12-0, 15-5-30-3, 13-8-11-1. In the last match, against a team called Ancients and Ravens, he scored 65. 70