Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast

Tell 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 principali...

Tell 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 Hu...

Tell 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 Count...

Tell 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 a...

Tell 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 f...

Tell 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 t...

Tell 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 wha...

Tell 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 t...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 Darr...

Tell 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 mo...

Tell 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...

Tell 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...

Tell 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 clodfor...

Tell 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 o...

Tell 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 wa...

Tell 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 Engl...

Tell us what you think of this episode We talk to Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales community coach for Pembrokeshire Rick Walton.  Awarded the ECB community coach of the year award in 2015, Rick is a committed and well loved cricket coach who spends his working life converting as many young people as he can to the joys of the game of cricket. In our interview he talks about his sporting family, includ...

Tell us what you think of this episode We talk to Jack Russell.  The Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper played in 54 Tests and played in 465 first class games for his county in a 23 year career that saw him make nearly 18,000 runs and take nearly 2,000 catches behind the stumps. However, Jack has now had a longer career as a professional painter than he had as a cricketer.  His paintings han...

Tell us what you think of this episode Brothers Steve and Jeff Watkin talk about the recent history of the club and their involvement in it, stopping off to mention the long history of the club along the way. Steve who, of course, went on to play first class cricket with Glamorgan and appear in three Test matches and four One Day Internationals for England talks about his early career with the clu...

Tell us what you think of this episode Andrew was born in 1984.   At the age of four, in April 1989, he was diagnosed with autism.  “Go home and watch Rain Man,” the specialist told his mother. “In all probability your son will be institutionalised.”  Determined to prove the specialist wrong, his mother, Hazel Davies, set out to give her son the best life possible.  Raised in a single parent house...

Tell us what you think of this episode In 1995 the first all black South African cricket side came on a history making tour of the UK.  With the assistance of local MP and anti apartheid campaigner Peter Hain, the Soweto Cricket Club came to Ynysygerwn early in July of that year. We talk to Peter about growing up in South Africa, his campaign to stop the South African rugby and cricket teams from...

Tell us what you think of this episode We interview Welsh academicRichard H. Thomas about his forthcoming book 'Cricketing Lives: A Characterful History from Pitch to Page.  Richard takes us on a personal odyssey from the origins of cricket to the modern day, stopping off at the places and people most cricket lovers will recognise as the pillars of the game.  W.G Grace, Don Bradman, Bodyline,...

Tell us what you think of this episode On 18th February 1921 the MCC approved the application of Glamorgan County Cricket Club to become the 17th County to play first class cricket in the County Championship.  We hear the bacground about the development of Wales in the latter part of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century from Professor of Modern History at Swansea University, Martin Johnes.  ...