CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast Stephen Hedges

Tell us what you think of this episodeWe talk to Ossie Wheatley of Cambridge University, Warwickshire and Glamorgan. He won a Blue for cricket at Cambridge University in 1957 and in 1958 when he amassed a record 80 wickets for the University. After coming down he had a brief but succesful career with Warwickshire for whom he took 110 wickets in 1960. In 1961 he was appointed captain of Glamorgan CCC as a replacement for the retiring Wilf Wooller and over the next few years ...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this week's episode we meet with four stalwarts of Christchurch Cricket Club who take us through their involvement with the club, the players that they remember from its past and the battles that they face in keeping the club going in this, its 100th year of existence.For this interested in the club you can check out their Facebook Page here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/151870402830Their Twitter (X) handle is @CCCCFerndaleThank you to all the ...

Tell us what you think of this episodeThis is the first of two episodes celebrating Christchurch Cricket Clun and their centenary year.In this first episode we hear from local historian of Ferndale and District, Alun Clement who sets the scene for a discussion with current players and administrators of the club which will come next week.Alun very kindly provided us with some pre-recorded statements outlining the history of the area, the development of sport with an emphasis on cricket and the...

Tell us what you think of this episodeNeil begins by outlining the story of the stuffed sparrow that is one of the more unusual items in the MCC Museum and one that has a link to Glamorgan as the ball that was bowled immediately before the sparrow was discovered was bowled by Jahangir Khan, father of Majid Khan, Glamorgan’s first overseas player.The discussion then moves on to books and, in particular, the books that have been written, wholly or in the main, after research at the MCC library ...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this week's episode we meet the Head of Heritage and Collections at the MCC, Neil Robinson.We begin by talking about how, where and when Neil began his affiliation with the game of cricket. Specifically, it was the 1981 Ashes and Bob Willis' phenomenal last day performance in the Headingley Test.Yorkshire was the nearest first class county to him in the North East so he became a fan of the club. He has followed Durham's progression as a fir...

Tell us what you think of this episodeAnna Harris has only been an umpire for 9 years but she has had a meteoric rise through the ranks to become an international umpire on the women's circuit and operating at just under first class level in the men's game.We begin by talking about Anna's early life in High Wycombe and Brighton and how she started by picking up a plastic cricket bat at school aged 5. She talks about her development as a cricketer through Buckinghamshire's junior ranks.&...