May 27, 28 v Wiltshire at Swindon – Lost by 5 runs
June 12, 13 v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval – Match Drawn
June 19, 20 v MCC and Ground at Cardiff Arms Park – Match Abandoned
June 28, 29 v Monmouthshire at Rodney Parade, Newport – Won by an innings and 16 runs
July 19, 20 v Monmouthshire at Cardiff Arms Park – Won by an innings and 215 runs
July 22, 23 v Public School Nondescripts at St. Helen’s, Swansea – Won by an innings and 228 runs
July 24, 25 v Devon at St. Helen’s, Swansea – Won by an innings and 73 runs
Aug 5, 6 v Wiltshire at Cardiff Arms Park – Won by an innings and 12 runs
Aug 9, 10 v Berkshire at Reading – Match Drawn
Aug 16, 17 v Surrey 2nd XI at Cardiff Arms Park – Lost by 30 runs
Aug 19, 20 v South Africans at Cardiff Arms Park – Lost by 132 runs
Aug 23, 24 v Berkshire at Cardiff Arms Park – Won by an innings and 172 runs
Aug 30, 31 v Devon at Exeter – Won by an innings and 68 runs

Jack Brain, second right, leads out the Glamorgan team in 1901 from the small wooden pavilion at Cardiff Arms Park. Image Credit – Glamorgan Cricket Archives.

Glamorgan’s officials took steps in 1901 to build on their success the previous year. It included enhanced facilities for spectators with new seating and raised terraces installed at Swansea. Thanks to a link with the Western Mail, up-to-date scorecards were also available at the Arms Park with a printing press loaned by the newspaper situated in a tent near the entrance from Westgate Street.

The fixture list for 1901 was also enhanced by a plum fixture with the 1901 South Africans. The Springboks however proved far too strong for the Welsh county and ran out victors by 132 runs, but a decent crowd was attracted to the Arms Park, allowing the small debt from the previous summer to be erased.

The highlight on the field was a record-breaking batting performance against Monmouthshire at the Arms Park as Glamorgan made 538 with Herbie Morgan posting a career-best 254. The batsman from Penarth struck one six and forty fours, but the Monmouthshire bowlers did have one thing in their defence, as they had spent much of the morning session with just seven men on the field, as four of their team had been delayed by a train crash whilst travelling from Newport, with Glamorgan only offering a solitary substitute.