Whats new about being beaten by Glamorgan?
Four years later, Glamorgan became the first county team to defeat the Australians on consecutive tours. By this time Tony Lewis had taken over the captaincy from Ossie Wheatley, but the gifted strokemaker was taken ill shortly before the game, and it was his trusty lieutenant, Don Shepherd, who led the side in the field. The subsequent victory was a tribute to Shep’s guile and experience, as the visitors struggled again on yet another slow Swansea wicket. The surface though had lost some of its spite from previous years, and with less spin, batting was much easier at St Helen’s. After winning the toss and batting first, Glamorgan were indebted to a magnificent 99 from Alan Jones, their fine left-handed opening batsman, as they made 224, whilst Majid Khan, their newly recruited batsman from Pakistan, made a typically sublime half-century. As in 1964, the Australians lost cheap wickets on the Saturday evening as they slipped to 80-6 in the face of some clever left-arm bowling from Malco
