Largest margins of victory and defeat against each county

(as at 1 October, 2023)

v Derbyshire

winning by – an innings and 120 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1951; 200 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1925;
10 wickets at Chesterfield, 1954.
losing by – an innings and 21 runs at Chesterfield, 1946; 301 runs at Derby, 1948; 10 wickets at Cardiff Arms Park, 1928 and Derby 1985.

v Durham

winning by – an innings and 8 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1997; 369 runs at Chester-le-Street, 2003;
10 wickets at Chester-le-Street, 2002.
losing by – an innings and 104 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1992; 9 wickets at Chester-le-Street, 2017.

v Essex

winning by – an innings and 190 runs at Brentwood, 1948; 216 runs at Chelmsford, 1998; 10 wickets at Llanelli, 1937.
losing by – an innings and 137 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1999; 248 runs at Chelmsford, 2015;
10 wickets at Colchester 1929 and Leyton, 1975.

v Gloucestershire

winning by – an innings and 50 runs at Cheltenham College, 1969; 322 runs at Bristol (County), 2005;
10 wickets at Swansea, 1997 and Cheltenham College, 2006.
losing by – an innings and 214 runs at Bristol (County), 1938; 296 runs at Bristol (Packer’s), 1925;
10 wickets at Cheltenham College, 1923, 2017; Stroud, 1963, Bristol (County), 2000, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2016 and 2021.

v Hampshire

winning by – an innings and 115 runs at Bournemouth, 1948; 202 runs at Bournemouth, 1956;
10 wickets at Cardiff Arms Park, 1935 and Southampton, 1947.
losing by – an innings and 143 runs at Portsmouth, 1932; 291 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2014;
10 wickets at Southampton, 1923 and 1958.

v Kent

winning by – an innings and 157 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1967; 278 runs at Gravesend, 1948;
10 wickets at Swansea, 1949 and at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2021.
losing by – an innings and 283 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1935; 316 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2015;
10 wickets at Swansea, 1961; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2005 and Canterbury, 2016.

v Lancashire

winning by – an innings and 132 runs at Swansea, 1987; 221 runs at Liverpool, 1997; 10 wickets at Old Trafford, 1965.

losing by – an innings and 220 runs at Blackpool, 1923; 246 runs at Swansea, 1931; 10 wickets at Swansea, 1927; Old Trafford, 1928 and 1956, Preston, 1939; Liverpool, 1953; and Blackpool, 1999.

v Leicestershire

winning by – an innings and 186 runs at Cowbridge, 1932; 409 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2004;
10 wickets at Swansea 1936 and 1954; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 2008; and Leicester, 2010.

losing by – an innings and 119 runs at Grace Road, Leicester, 1971; 228 runs at Aylestone Road, Leicester, 1922; 10 wickets at Hinckley, 1934; Cardiff Arms Park, 1955; Coalville, 1966; Grace Road, Leicester 1975, 2001, and 2007; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1977 and 2016.

v Middlesex

winning by – 131 runs at Lord’s 1932; 9 wickets at Lord’s, 2011.

losing by – an innings and 192 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1932; 256 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 2019; 10 wickets at Cardiff Arms Park 1932; Swansea 1965, 1982 and 1984; Lord’s 1975 and 2022; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1993.

v Northamptonshire

winning by – an innings and 143 runs at Northampton, 2019; 262 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1954;
10 wickets at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2015.
losing by – an innings and 184 runs at Luton, 1992; 318 runs at Northampton, 2016; 10 wickets at Cardiff Arms Park, 1957, Northampton, 1975, 2007 and 2010.

v Nottinghamshire

winning by – an innings and 118 runs at Colwyn Bay, 1999; 238 runs at Worksop, 1990; 10 wickets at Swansea, 1939 and Trent Bridge, 1965.
losing by – an innings and 327 runs at Trent Bridge, 1929; 317 runs at Trent Bridge, 1925; 10 wickets at Trent Bridge, 1923, 1981, 1984 and 2005; and Cardiff Arms Park, 1928.

v Somerset

winning by – an innings and 153 runs at Cowbridge, 1932; 298 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1998;
10 wickets at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1969 and Taunton, 1997.
losing by – an innings and 143 runs at Taunton, 2003; 299 runs at Taunton, 2007; 10 wickets at Taunton, 1923; Weston-super-Mare, 1949, 1957 and 1973; and Bath 1974.

v Surrey

winning by – an innings and 92 runs at The Oval, 1934; 110 runs at The Oval, 1954; 10 wickets at Neath, 1968 and at The Oval, 2014.
losing by – an innings and 331 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1936; 298 runs at Swansea, 1924, 10 wickets at Cardiff Arms Park, 1923 and 1959.

v Sussex

winning by – an innings and 103 runs at Horsham, 1946; 274 runs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1993; 9 wickets at Hastings, 1951 and Swansea, 1970.
losing by – an innings and 270 runs at Horsham, 1923; 326 runs at Hove, 1925; 10 wickets at Hove, 1973 and 2000.

v Warwickshire

winning by – an innings and 80 runs at Neath, 1955; 224 runs at Swansea, 1930; 9 wickets at Neath, 1959
losing by – an innings and 247 runs at Edgbaston, 1929; 183 runs at Edgbaston, 1948; 10 wickets at Edgbaston, 1928; Cardiff Arms Park, 1957 and Colwyn Bay, 2005.

v Worcestershire

winning by – an innings and 106 runs at Neath, 1951; 241 runs at Colwyn Bay; 10 wickets at Worcester, 2013 and Sophia Gardens, 2023.
losing by – an innings and 81 runs at Worcester, 1964; 261 runs at Worcester, 1990; 10 wickets at Worcester, 1974; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1991 and 2008.

v Yorkshire

winning by – an innings and 52 runs at Headingley, 1999; 121 runs at Middlesbrough, 1993; 10 wickets at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1981.
losing by – an innings and 258 runs at Cardiff Arms Park, 1922; 328 runs at Swansea, 2001; 10 wickets at Scarborough, 1933; Swansea, 1936 and 1967; Sheffield 1963; Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 1968 and 1977.