South Wales cricket team

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A South Wales cricket team played only one first-class match. This was in 1912, against the touring South Africans at Swansea. The tourists won the game by 230 runs.

{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8738.html | title=South Wales v South Africans in 1912 | accessdate=2007-09-19 | publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}} There were other matches between South Wales and touring teams but these were not classified as first-class matches. There were also a few South Wales v North Wales matches.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Previously there had been the South Wales Cricket Club which was formed in 1859 but lasted only until 1886.{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Records/South_Wales_CC/History.html |title=Cricket archive |access-date=2017-10-26 |archive-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011154829/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Records/South_Wales_CC/History.html |url-status=dead }} Some leading players from the West Country played for the club, including W. G. Grace in a match against the Gentlemen of Sussex in July 1864.{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Records/South_Wales_CC/index.html |title=Cricket archive |access-date=2017-10-26 |archive-date=2013-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127032014/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Records/South_Wales_CC/index.html |url-status=dead }}