June 13, 14 v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval – Lost by 8 wickets
June 20, 21, 22 South Wales v South Africans at St. Helen’s, Swansea – Lost by 230 runs
July 3, 4 v Monmouthshire at Cardiff Arms Park – Won by an innings and 44 runs
July 11, 12 v Wiltshire at Cardiff Arms Park – Won by 10 wickets
Aug 5, 6 v Surrey 2nd XI at Cardiff Arms Park – Match Drawn
Aug 7, 8 v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent – Lost by an innings and 53 runs
Aug 9, 10 v Monmouthshire at Rodney Parade, Newport – Match Drawn
Aug 12, 13 v Wiltshire at Trowbridge – Won by 175 runs
Aug 23, 24 South Wales v Australians at Cardiff Arms Park – Match Abandoned
Aug 26, 27 v Staffordshire at St. Helen’s, Swansea – Lost by an innings and 65 runs
By 1912 Glamorgan’s fund-raising campaign and cost-saving measures had reduced the Club’s deficit to £175. With the tri-angular series with Australia and South Africa offering two potentially lucrative home games for a South Wales side against the tourists, there was an opportunity to further chisel away at the debt with the Australian match being allocated to the Arms Park whilst the South African game took place at Swansea.
But, so much for the best laid plans as the match with the Australians at Cardiff was washed out whilst the game at St. Helen’s against the South Africans proved to be a very one-sided affair, with the tourists winning by 230 runs despite some stout resistance from Tal Whittington, the Glamorgan captain.
As far as the Minor County games were concerned, there was still an emphasis on amateur talent with Glamorgan only winning three of their eight games and finishing the summer in a lowly tenth place in the table. They had also been dealt a blow even before the first ball was bowled as Jack Nash left South Wales after accepting a lucrative position in Lancashire. Harry Creber and Stan Hacker did their best, but Glamorgan’s bowling in 1912 was less effective than in previous summers.
Overall, the summer 1912 had promised much but delivered very little, with the Club’s plans for mounting a campaign for first-class status regrettably staying on the back burner.