CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -A Podcast interviewing a range of people from all areas of the great country of Wales who have a connection with or a story to tell about the great game of cricket.
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Miskin Manor Cricket Club
August 03, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Gwilym Balinger and Keith Davies, longstanding members of the club and Val Whiteley, proud recipient of the Clubperson of the Year Award. Gwilym talks about the early days of his cricketing career that included a brief contact with Wilf Wooller. Keith sets out the history of the club as a gift from the Rhys-Williams family. What was originally a peppercorn rent is now a more commercial arrangement. The ground was named ...
Where Are They Now ? - Kevin Lyons
July 25, 2022 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBTell us what you think of this episode Kevin has had almost 60 years involvement in the game of cricket in Wales that has ranged across playing in the first class game, coaching and umpiring. Born in Cardiff, his first taste of cricket was at school and then later at St. Fagans Cricket Club. He describes how he followed Glamorgan and talks about some of the players he remembers watching including, Gilbert Parkhouse, Bernard Hedges, Don Shepherd, Alan Watkins, Peter Walker and Ossie Wheatl...
West Indies Masters Cricketers
July 13, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBTell us what you think of this episode The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) recently visited Wales for a couple of pre tournament warm-up games against a Wales Over 50s side. They played at Pontarddullais Cricket Club and Ynystawe Cricket Club. We caught up with them at the Pontarddulais match where we spoke to two of the tourists, Roy Singh and Azad Mohammed about playing for the Masters Team, the importance of representing the West Indies and how they have enjoyed engag...
Publishing Our Past: Ashley Drake of St. David's Press
July 07, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBTell us what you think of this episode Ashley has been involved in publishing for most of his adult life and is the owner of both Welsh Academic Press and St. David's Press. The former specialises in a range of titles, some with a Welsh connection but that cover subjects as far apart as education and welsh medieval literature. This was Ashley's first foray into the publishing business which was foloowed by St. David's Press in the late 1990s. As a boy, publishing books was always part of...
Just Another S.C.O.W. Boy: An Interview with Sean Holley
June 29, 2022 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode Sean is a TV Rugby Analyst for BBC Wales Scrum V. He provides commentary and match analysis. He also works for BT Sport, Sky Sports, S4C and hosts the Sony Award winning ‘Rugby Nation’ weekly show on Nation Radio. Sean was Head Coach for Ospreys Rugby where he spent nine Seasons. He played cricket in his home town of Cwmafan near Port Talbot and developed into a good junior player who played representative cricket in his teenage years. He talks ab...
Massaging the figures: An Interview with Dean Conway
June 23, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode ,Dean has over 30 years of experience working in elite sport working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist. He was Head Physiotherapist at England Cricket for over ten years during the period when the national team saw some fantastic success including the iconic Ashes victory of 2005. He was also Head of Medical Services at Surrey County Cricket Club for over four years. He began his career with Glamorgan County Cricket Club and his career with them...
Bob Szpadt
May 27, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week we chat to ex club cricketer and longstanding umpire in the South Wales leagues Bob Szpadt. We talk about his early cricketing experiences as well as his club cricket with Ebbw Vale. There were six sixes and a 9 for along the way but Bob's abiding memories of his playing days are the friendships he made and the experiences he had. We talk about his transition to being an umpire and his work not only as an umpire but as appountments officer...
Where Are They Now ? - Tony Cordle
May 19, 2022 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week’s episode features Tony Cordle. Featured below is Tony’s profile on the CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket website (https://www.cricketmuseum.wales/) We would like to place on record our thanks to Michael Cann of Cardiff Cricket Club for enabling us to contact Tony for this interview CORDLE, Anthony Elton. (birth registered as Elton Anthony Cordle) Born - Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 September 1940. Professional. 1st XI: 1963-1982. 2nd XI: 1...
John Prickett
May 12, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this episode we chat to John Prickett about his life in cricket. He talks about his early experiences going to watch Glamorgan play with his father and grandfather and his early development as a cricketer. John studied to be a teacher and took up his first teaching post at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester. As well as playing with the staff team (which at one point included a very young Imran Khan!) he played local club cricket and became a l...
Adam Millichip and the TWS Sports Podcast
May 05, 2022 20:00 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week we talk to Newport born Adam Millichip. A welsh schoolboy cricketer, Adam was man of the match in the Welsh Cup Final in 2008 when Newport defeated Northop Hall CC. He talks about growing up, being part of a succesful age group cricket team and playing for Newport. He also tells us about his career as a special needs teacher, his work in Shrewsbury and more recently Wolverhampton and his recent work on the TWS Sports Podcast. The podcast ...
Linton Lewis: Ammanford's Caribbean King
April 28, 2022 21:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this week’s episode we talk to Linton Lewis and his clubmates from Ammanford Cricket Club. Linton, born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, came to Ammanford in 1981 as an unknown young cricketer from the West Indies. When he left the club in 1989 he had transformed the club’s fortunes and left behind a series of exploits that were legendary throughout South Wales and beyond. Those interested in learning more about Linton’s e...
Ynystawe Cricket Club
April 21, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week’s episode is all about Ynystawe Cricket Club. We met with the following members of the club to chat about its past as well as its present: Phil Rowe Lewis Rowe Ian Evans Ceri Evans Steve Beasley Jason Kiley Paul Crane The club has its origins back in the 1950s when the then club officials bought the freehold of the ground. Its initial clubhouse was a couple of changing rooms and a lean to shed as the tea room. The replacement facil...
Aimee Rees: Women and Girls Cricket in Wales
April 14, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBTell us what you think of this episode Aimee Rees is the current Head of the Women and Girls Elite Pathway at Glamorgan Cricket. In this episode she talks about her father and watching him play for Swansea Civil Service and then one day being asked to make up the numbers on the field. Her father also took her to watch her first professional cricket games and it was at Neath in 1993 when Glamorgan were hosting the touring Australians that Aimee fell in love with the game. The interview to...
Tony Dell: Vietnam Vet, Aussie Cricketer and one time resident of Cardiff
April 08, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this week’s episode we talk to Tony Dell, veteran of the Vietnam War, Australian Test cricketer and one time resident of Cardiff and pupil at the Hawardian School for Boys. Tony was born in Hampshire but moved to Wales in 1956 when his father was seconded to the Hoover Company based in Cardiff. He attended the Hawardian school where he had his first sporting experiences. The Hoover Company again called on the Dell family to move to Australia. ...
Shane Warne - A welsh tribute
March 31, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week’s episode is a tribute to the late great Australian cricketer Shane Warne There are contributions from the following: Alan Wilkins, sports broadcaster Andrew Hignell, Curator of the CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket Darren Thomas, ex Glamorgan cricketer and Wales National County Head Coach Adam Rosser, ex player with St Fagans Cricket Club Aimee Rees, Head of Glamorgan’s Women and Girls Elite Pathway Phil Steele, ex professional rugby pla...
Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales: Facing the Future
March 24, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this week’s episode we talk to new Chair of Criced Cymru Jennifer Owen Adams as well as it’s CEO Leshia Hawkins. Jennifer begins the chat by talking about herself and her interests in sport in general and cricket in particular. Leshia brings us up to date with the development of the recreational game under the shadow of coronavirus and the successes that Criced Cymru has had in reaching new people, in particular girls and women. After a brief ...
Dinosaur Dragons: Wales Seniors Cricket
March 11, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this episode of the podcast we meet and talk to several members of the Wales Seniors Cricket Squads. Our first interview is with Robin Jones who will be this seasons Over 70s captain. He talks about his cricket with Machen Cricket Club as well as his involvement with the Wales Seniors Squad. A left arm spinner he also enjoys his batting and has taken around 2,000 league wickets in his 40 years of playing club cricket. His involvement with Wales ...
Mark Frost BEM: A Cricketing Legacy
February 23, 2022 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode We talk to Glamorgan and Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales' Mark Frost. Recipient of a BEM in the 2022 New Years Honours List, Mark tells us about growing up in the West Midlands where his first taste of club cricket came at Dudley Cricket Club who were, at that time, captained by the recently retired Worcestershire and West Indies opener Ron Headley. After University and some excellent performances in the Minor County's Championship for Staffordshire he ...
One Armed and Dangerous - The Remarkable Story of Paul Crump
February 10, 2022 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode This is taken from the back cover of the recently published book about Paul Crump entitled 'One Armed and Dangerous': 'This is the totally true, though almost incredible, story of a very proud Welshman. A son of Merthyr Tydfil, once the industrial capital of the world but always a hotbed of Welsh sporting excellence. They don't do it by halves in this toen you know, and Crumpy is no exception in that. A quite remarkable man. That man is Paul Crump...
1995, Abergavenny CC and Aashish Kapoor: An Indian Summer
January 27, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to two stalwarts of Abergavenny Cricket Club, Paul Sussex and Ryland Wallace, both of whom were significant players in the 1995 season. This was the season they secured the services of a young Indian cricketer by the name of Aashish Kapoor.who between committing himself to come to the town that is the gateway to Wales and arriving in Abergavenny made his test debut for India. Paul and Ryland talk about the 1995 season, Aashis...
Waxing Lyrical with Edward and Nick
January 12, 2022 20:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBTell us what you think of this episode Alun Rhys Chivers interviews Nick Webb, @BBCSportWales rugby/cricket broadcaster/writer and Edward Bevan, distinguished journalist and broadcaster who has been the voice of Welsh Cricket on the BBC for four decades. They talk about their early experiences of seeing cricket and the commentators that they have admired over the years. They also talk about the mishaps that inevitably occur during commentary and share some of their tips on delivering goo...
2021 Podcast Review of the Year
December 30, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode The podcast review of the Year was an opportunity for us to invite back some previous guests to talk about their contributions to the pod and to listen and comment on some of the other highlights. Our guests were Mike Knight of Newport Cricket Club who, with brother Dave, was awarded a BEM at the 2021 New Years Honours List. He came onto the pod in February and gave an enthralling interview about the history of the Rodney Parade ground. Professor Ri...
Fred Raffle - Glamorgan's Accidental Fan
December 16, 2021 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBTell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Glamorgan and England cricket supporter Fred Raffle. He decided to follow Glamorgan at boarding school as another boy suggested he do so. Not only did he go on to follow his favourite county to all the major county grounds as well as some of the out grounds, he has also followed the England cricket team on over 30 foreign tours. Such devotion and commitment would be surprising enough but when you learn that Fred has been b...
The Dots Will Not Be Joined - An interview with Rick Walton
December 02, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode Rick was a previous guest of the podcast back in April. Since speaking to us last he has managed to self publish a book about his thoughts on cricket, sport and life. This time, as well as recording the launch event for his book we were able to record an interview with him about the book and its contents. The podcast begins with a brief telephone conversation the day after Rick visited Lords to receive a community coaching award from the national cr...
The Dots Will Not Be Joined - an interview with Rick Walton
December 02, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBRick was a previous guest of the podcast back in April. Since speaking to us last he has managed to self publish a book about his thoughts on cricket, sport and life. This time, as well as recording the launch event for his book we were able to record an interview with him about the book and its contents. The podcast begins with a brief telephone conversation the day after Rick visited Lords to receive a community coaching award from the national cricketing charity Chance to shine. You c...
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - An Interview with Phil Steele
November 18, 2021 18:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBPhil Steele is a very well known figure amongst the rugby loving players and supporters of Welsh regional and club rugby. After a prefessional career with Glamorgan Wanderers and Newport RFC Phil developed a career as an after dinner speaker, commentator and sports broadcaster. In recent years he has been a pitchside reporter for BBC Wales Scrum V bringing his brand of warm humour to our TV screens as well as pioneering new ways of covering the sport. Speaking to both players and coaching...
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - An interview with Phil Steele
November 18, 2021 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBTell us what you think of this episode Phil Steele is a very well known figure amongst the rugby loving players and supporters of Welsh regional and club rugby. After a prefessional career with Glamorgan Wanderers and Newport RFC Phil developed a career as an after dinner speaker, commentator and sports broadcaster. In recent years he has been a pitchside reporter for BBC Wales Scrum V bringing his brand of warm humour to our TV screens as well as pioneering new ways of covering the sport...
Where are they now ? - Mike Cann
November 04, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBTell us what you think of this episode Mike was born and raised in Cardiff and had a first class career with Glamorgan between 1986 and 1991. He also played first class cricket in South Africa for Orange Free State and Griqualand West. He scored 4 first class hundreds making nearly 3000 runs and took getting on for 300 wickets with his right arm off spin. His first class record can be accessed here: https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/mike-cann-10651 He talks about his early years and ...
The Swansea Mid-Week Leagues
October 22, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBTell us what you think of this episode We speak to Robin Wood and Robert Jones, both players and captains of teams in the mid - week leagues in Swansea from the mid 1980s onwards. They talk about the leagues as they were then and how they have developed or not over the intervening years. They give their views on why mid week recreational cricket went into a decline as well as its recent rejuvenation in the format of friendlies they now play. Whilst both have played competitive cricket w...
There's Only 2 Tony Cotteys - An Interview with Tony Cottey and David Brayley
October 08, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode Tony Cottey played professional football for Swansea City before a successful career in cricket for Glamorgan and Sussex. His lifelong friend, David Brayley, worked in local government before launching a writing career on the back of the book he co-wrote with Tony about his sporting career, ‘There’s Only 2 Tony Cottees’. Tony and David talk first about growing up on the Gower, their time at Bishopston Secondary School and the people that influenced t...
Where Are They Now ? - Alan Wilkins
September 23, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode Jan Gray interviews ex Glamorgan and Gloucestershire bowler Alan Wilkins. They talk about his early years and the importance of Alan's father as an influence on his sporting development. Alan mentions the highlights of his career in first class cricket including, as any bowler would be pleased to mention, bowling the cricketing greats Viv Richards and Sunil Gavaskar. There is a discussion about his move to Gloucestershire and the injury that brought...
Disability Cricket - A dip into our archive
September 02, 2021 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode This episode was first broadcast on August 28th 2020 and contains a series of interviews. We hear Richard Hill of the ECB outline the history of disability cricket and its current set up. Les Randall and Leshia Hawkins of Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales talk about the past achievements and present goals of those organising disability cricket in the principality. We hear from two of the Wales Disability Cricket Team Squad who visited Sri Lanka in 20...
The Hundred
August 27, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week's episode explores the latest addition to the cricketing calendar in England and Wales, The Hundred. There is an interview with Chief Executive Officer of Welsh Fire, Hugh Morris where we not only discuss the new format for cricket but also Glamorgan's recent success in the Royal London One Day Cup. Hugh outlines the background to the Hundred and how important it is to the future promotion of the game in Wales. Next, we have a brief inter...
The Hundred
August 27, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week's episode explores the latest addition to the cricketing calendar in England and Wales, The Hundred. There is an interview with Chief Executive Officer of Welsh Fire, Hugh Morris where we not only discuss the new format for cricket but also Glamorgan's recent success in the Royal London One Day Cup. Hugh outlines the background to the Hundred and how important it is to the future promotion of the game in Wales. Next, we have a brief interview with sports journalist from Pakista...
TAL Whittington - The man who helped bring first class cricket to Wales.
August 20, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBTell us what you think of this episode Dr Andrew Hignell brings us the story of TAL Whittington; solicitor, player, captain and administrator, throughout the Edwardian period. This episode is based around the recently published book by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 'Fly at a Higher Game - The story of TAL Whittington and the elevation of Glamorgan CCC into the County Championship.' Dr Hignell brings a detailed account of Whittington's family, early years and dev...
Ken Lewis - Glamorgan's Oldest Living Player
August 12, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBTell us what you think of this episode We talk to Ken Lewis from Newtown in mid Wales who began his professional cricket career in 1950. We talk about growing up and the first influences on him as a sportsman as well as what it was like growing up in the 1930s and living through the war. Ken tells us about his army career which comprised of a lot of sport interrupted by very little in the way of anything else! He arrived at Glamorgan along with Don Shepherd, Bernard Hedges and Jim McConn...
'Bats and Balls in Children's Hands' - Mojeid Ilyas, Diverse Communities Development Officer
August 05, 2021 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode Jan Gray interviews Mojeid Ilyas, recently appointed Diverse Communities Development Officer. They talk about some of the issues in improving the take up of cricket amongst the inner city communities of Cardiff and Newport and what Mojeid has done already to raise the profile of cricket as a sport amongst children and their families. The following is taken from Mojeid's biography in his own words on the Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales website: 'A few y...
Clwb Criced Bronwydd
July 29, 2021 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBTell us what you think of this episode We interview four club stalwarts (if that's the right phrase to use!) Arwyn Thomas, John Homer, Dorian Taylor and Chris Peregrine. They talk about cricket in Camarthenshire since the Second World War, the development of the club at Bronwydd from the late 1970s to today. There are some lovely cricketing stories about swarms of bees, rampaging cattle and the tourist who broke his own rule number one !! There are also some thoughtful and meaningful ref...
The Conwy Celts Ladies Cricket Team
July 22, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBTell us what you think of this episode We talk to three members of the Conwy Celts Ladies Cricket Team. Llinos Hill, Emma Leighton-Jones and Dona Jones talk about how they got interested in the game, how they got started and what they get out of playing. There is a difference in stories, with Llinos starting to play as a young girl and Emma and Dona being more recent converts. They talk about what is important to them in playing as well as the brand of softball cricket that they play. L...
Graham Crimp - A Man for All Sports
July 15, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode We talk to the sons of ex Penarth Cricket Club player, captain, secretary, chairman and President Graham Crimp MBE. They talk about their father's early years of playing sport and his graduation to the administrative side of recreational sport. They describe his inumerable roles in the sporting life of South Wales from cricket to hockey and rugby. We talk about family life in the Crimp household and of Graham's long and happy marriage to wife Peggy....
Safeguarding - What it is and why its important.
July 08, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBTell us what you think of this episode We interview Ieuan Watkins, safeguarding officer with Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales and Glamorgan County Cricket Club and Laura Whapham Child Protection in Sport Officer with the NSPCC and working for the Child Protection in Sport Unit. They introduce us to the whole concept of safeguarding and its history in the UK. They discuss what has changed in the last 20 years of sports administration in the Uk and their role in establishing and developing a po...
The Return of the Spectator
June 24, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBTell us what you think of this episode This episode marks the return of spectators to watching cricket at Sophia Gardens. The last game where spectators could attend took place in September 2019. It has been over 600 days since Glamorgan fans were able to watch Michael Hogan, Chris Cooke and all the other players. Given that the event is quite significant we thought we would chat to those people at Glamorgan County Cricket Club who were charged with making arrangemenst for the Welsh Gove...
Daffodil Days - Part Two
June 19, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBTell us what you think of this episode This week’s episode is Part Two of our chat about Glamorgan’s Championship Winning Season of 1997. We talk about openers Steve James and Hugh Morris, captain Mathew Maynard as well as the other Glamorgan players who contributed to the club’s success including Robert Croft, Waqar Younis, Tony Cottey, Adrian Dale, Dean Cosker, Steve Watkin, Adrian Shaw and Darren Thomas. Our four participants, journalist Grahame Lloyd, ex- Glamorgan Secretary Mike Fatk...
Daffodil Days - Part One
June 11, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBTell us what you think of this episode In the first of two episodes we re-live the 1997 Championship winning season with the author of the official celebration book 'Daffodil Days - Glamorgan's Glorious Summer' Grahame Lloyd. He sets out his thinking behind writing the book and gives us an overall sense of Glamorgan's third victorious journey to winning county cricket's most prized trophy. Using his book as a guide we have brought together three of the people who's experience he captured....
The Dressing Room Attendant: Roger Skyrme
June 02, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode Roger has been the dressing room attendant at Sophia Gardens, or the SWALEC as it was previously known, for over 20 years. He shares with us the story of his encounters with sport as a player, coach, scout and players assistant. From his early love for Newport County and Glamorgan CCC he tells us about his involvement with the National Welsh Footballing set up, his time as a scout with both Chelsea and Fulham and the work of a dressing room attendant...
Where are they now? - Geoff Ellis
May 27, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBTell us what you think of this episode Our Jan Gray talks to ex Glamorgan opener Geoff Ellis about his upbringing, his journey through a first class cricket career and what he was doing when he wasn't playing cricket. Sounding much younger than his 70 years, Geoff remembers the good times playing against some of the greats of the game including Viv Richards and Barry Richards. He also makes mention of the great Glamorgan players he played alongside such as Don Shepherd, Alan Jones, Majid ...
Llên y Llain
May 20, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode Mae llenyddiaeth Saesneg yn frith o gyfeiriadau at griced. Ond i ba raddau mae criced wedi cael sylw haeddiannol mewn llenyddiaeth Gymraeg? Mae Lowri Roberts, Gohebydd Chwaraeon BBC Cymru, wedi gwneud gwaith ymchwil ym maes ‘Chwaraeon mewn Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg’. I ba raddau mae ein harwyr ar y maes chwarae, ac yn enwedig yn y byd criced, wedi cael eu clodfori yng ngwlad y beirdd a’r llenorion Cymraeg? Awn ar daith gyda Sioned Dafydd, gohebydd pêl-d...
From Boilup to the Barracks Field: Lost Cricket Grounds in Australia and Wales
May 14, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBTell us what you think of this episode We interview Les Everett, amateur historian and cricket lover from Western Australia and CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket volunteer Tony Davies about their joint fascination with places that were once cricket fields but are no more. The subject of Glamorgan County Cricket Club's victories over the Australian tourists (twice !) is discussed before moving on to talk about Les' and Tony's playing days. Described by one Australian newspaper as a cricket t...
David Battersby: A Lifelong fan of Glamorgan CCC
May 06, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBTell us what you think of this episode David currently lives in Cheltenham but he tells us the story of how his Dad and wider family introduced him to the game of cricket and how his love of that led him into a lifelong relationship with Glamorgan County Cricket Club. He was an avid collector and kept scrapbooks full of paper cuttings about his favourite players as well as the England team. It was one these scrapbooks that encouraged him to write his first book about cricket, 'In the Shad...
Where are they now? - Mike Llewellyn
April 29, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBTell us what you think of this episode In 1977 Mike llewellyn almost became one of the few players in cricket history to strike a ball over the tall and imposing Pavillion at Lords. His feat came during the Gillette Cup Final against Middlesex, with the aggressive left hander having started his innings with two fours and a six off Mike Gatting. Then came his enormous blow, off the bowling of England off spinner John Emburey, as Mike hit a ball into the gutter on the roof of the famous bui...