1997

 PWLDNR / A
First-class 198 3 8  
List A 2210 12  – / 3 
Glamorgan’s playing record during 1997.

Finishing position in the County Championship – 1st.

Losing semi-finalists in the Nat West Trophy. Click here to read more about the one-wicket defeat against Essex at Chelmsford.

Steve James celebrates with Glamorgan fans after hitting the winning runs at Taunton as the Welsh county defeat Somerset to become the County Champions of 1997. Photo Credit – Glamorgan Cricket Archives.

First-class victories during 1997:

May 14, 15, 16, 17 v Kent at Canterbury – won by 87 runs.

May 29, 30, 31, June 2 v Durham at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff – won by an innings and 8 runs.

June 18, 19, 20, 21 v Lancashire at Liverpool – won by 221 runs.

June 26, 27, 28, 30 v Sussex at St. Helen’s, Swansea – won by 234 runs.

July 2, 3, 4, 5 v Gloucestershire at St. Helen’s, Swansea – won by 10 wickets.

Aug 20, 21, 22, 23 v Northamptonshire  at Abergavenny – won by 6 wickets.

Sept 10, 11, 12, 13 v Essex at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff – won by 7 wickets.

Sept 18, 19, 20, 21 v Somerset at Taunton – won by 10 wickets. Click here to read more about the thrilling Glamorgan victory.

A jubilant Waqar Younis, Matthew Maynard and Hugh Morris with the Championship trophy. Photo Credit – Glamorgan Cricket Archives.

Below is a link to view the “1997 Stat Pack” which contains the season’s first-class batting and bowling averages, together with the details of the century-makers plus the bowlers who claimed ten wickets in a first-class match during the summer.

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