Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 abou...

Tell 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)  Bo...

Tell 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 (whi...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 lege...

Tell 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 wa...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 spo...

Tell 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, H...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 aro...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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. S...

Tell 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 conversati...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 rejuvena...

Tell 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 growi...

Tell 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 S...