Tell us what you think of this episode In this second installment of our review of 2025 we listen to clips from a number of episodes covering a range of subjects. These are: The Nantgarw China Cup The Aboriginal Touring side of 1868 Sir Geoffrey Boycott's memories of playing at St Helens in Swansea The Gorseinon Cricket Club women's volunteers Glamorgan's oldest follower Dr Dr Subrahmanyam Ganesh We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the podcast over the l...

Tell us what you think of this episode This week's episode is the first of two looking back at some of the highlights of the podcast over the past year.

Tell us what you think of this episode The medical research carried out by Dr David Owen OBE into Parkinson’s Disease has helped countless people around the world. But, away of the lab, it’s a love of cricket which has kept him going. And that includes a vivid memory of a hundred partnership he shared with Geoffrey Boycott in the 1980s. It’s a great story and as Dr Owen notes, “he was as difficult as one might have imagined!”. In this episode, Dr Owen shares his memori...

Tell us what you think of this episode It was 1956 when Dr Subrahmanyam Ganesh arrived in Wales from India to work in the NHS. He was already a fan of Glamorgan, having followed their 1948 County Championship win on the radio. Wilf Wooller was one of his favourite players. On leaving India, his father told him: “Don't be a stranger in your adopted country. Become a useful member of the community and give something back in return.” This he did – and more! He became a mu...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode, the longest ever in the history of our podcast, we hear almost 50 contributors share their memories of the St Helen's ground in Swansea. Now no longer a cricket venue, St Helen's has been at the heart of Glamorgan's journey as a first class county and has hosted many famous games and famous names as well as cricketing exploits that reverberate through the history of the game of cricket itself. Contributions include those by: Andrew Higne...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to the 6 remaining members of the Gowerton Cricket Club Team who made history by being the first welsh club to win the prestigious Haig Village Trophy in 1975. Those players are: John Morris John Richards Mike Rowlands Colin Airey Adrian Daniel and Edward Bevan The players talk about the team as a whole, the reasons for their success in the competition and the different games they played along the way to get to the final at Lords ...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we meet and talk to members of Swansea Cricket Club about their memories of playing at the iconic St Helen's ground, their feelings about cricket coming to an end there and their hopes and plans for a new future for the club. Ex players contributing to the podcats are: Huw Rees Andrew Roe Steve Meredith John Courtney Stuart Owen Paul Jones We also speak to current club secretary Chris Hamilton Smith, Chair Mike Hayden and Treasurer Stev...

Tell us what you think of this episode As Glamorgan celebrate gaining promotion to Division One of the County Championship, we talk to fans about their memories of the season and their hopes for next year. Many of the club’s followers have been attending games since the 1950s and 1960s. They’ve seen the highs and the lows. To whom do they attribute this season’s red ball success and how well do they think the squad is prepared for the challenges of the top tier?

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Nick Evans and Bill Carne about the premier cup competition of the Pembrokeshire area, The Harrison-Allen Bowl. We talk, first, to Nick Evans who has served on the Prmbrokeshire County Club Committee for over 30 years and has a cricketing history of nearly 75 years in the County. Then we chat to Bill Carne; reporter, radio show host and driving force behind the website Pembrokeshire sport: http://www.pembrokeshiresport.co.uk/ W...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we meet and talk to Mike Price, longstanding member of Cimla Cricket Club who has researched the club's history and published it in a small pamphlet. Tom Roberts, scorer at the club from its inception in 1925, bequeathed a complete collection of scorebooks for the club to Mike who has taken an interest in the history of the club ever since. He talks a little, first, about the village of Cimla before talking about the history of the club, ...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we speak to the sister of Mark Portsmouth, longstanding Chair of Mumbles Cricket Club, about her memories of growing up with him. She is joined on the recordings by the following: John Blythe (Secretary of Mumbles Cricket Club) Jaimie Thomas (Mumbles Cricket Club) Jerry Steele (President Mumbles Cricket Club) Clive Henson (Chairman, Langland Bay Golf Club) Alan Bagnall (Mumbles Cricket Club) Mike Bagnall (Mumbles Cricket Club) You can...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to aspiring professional cricketer Henry Hurle about his development and his success playing for the Cardiff UCCE (Universiytes Centre for Cricket Excellence) In particular, we talk about the team's success this season in winning the British Universities and College Sport Cricket Trophy. If you are feeling brave, below is the 6 hours 29 minute recording of the final at Wormsley Cricket Club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYkCgYr...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to three of the Glamorgan Women's squad about their batting success, scoring a hunderd during the 2025 season. The three players are Bethan Gammon, Daisy Jeanes and Eve Jackson. You can watch the recorded live feed of Bethan's hundred against Gloucestershire here: https://bit.ly/4cZdl5X The BBC Wales sport report of Daisy's century against Derbyshire, and the scorecard for the game, can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/...

Tell us what you think of this episode This episode introduces us to three members of the newly formed Glamorgan semi professional women's cricket team. Lauren Parfitt, Nicole Reid and Georgia Parfitt talk about their early experiences, how they have developed as cricketers and how they became involved in this first year of professional women's cricket for Glamorgan. The team's arrival was welcomed on the Glamorgan website in the following way: https://glamorgancricket.com/news/the-first-coun...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we visit Gorseinon Cricket Club for their second women's softball tournament. We talk to the four participating teams: Gorseinon, Gowerton, Llandarcy and Neath as well as all those at Gorseinon who helped to make it a succesful event. In hot weather, the teams played through a long day and the Gowerton team ran out the eventual winners.

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we meet and talk to a visiting Australian group who are from the Harrow Discovery Centre, a small museum in Victoria Australia. The museum is dedicated to spreading the story of the first touring Australian sporting side, a group of aboriginal cricketers, who came to the UK in 1868. Led by an English professional cricketer by the name of Charles Lawrence they played 47 matches stretching from May through to October and, as part of the tou...

Tell us what you think of this episode Just over a year ago we visited Hay-On-Wye to witness the first ever game of cricket played as part of the Literary Festival between the local Hay Club and a celebrity XI picked largely from the ranks of the world famous Authors XI. This year, the Festival has agreed to making this fixture an integral part of its activities on a day dedicated to a number of sports related meetings and speakers. This episode of the podcast tries to capture the day, talkin...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we hear Toby talk about about the following: His coaching philosophy The coaching process and, in particular, his use of video analysis The drills he uses with players to correct batting issues or to develop their batting potential The three stages to change for a batter His use of WhatsApp as a tool to keep in touch with clients Toby Radford's Batting Booth His book, Getting to Grips The five fundamentals of batting His best moments as a...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to ex Glamorgan CCC Coach Toby Radford. He talks about his early learning of the game, being coached extensively by his father and of his early successes in junior cricket. We talk about his first class career and then his embarking on a coaching career at the early age of 26. Toby tells us about how he came to be coach of the Middlesex side and recounts what was probably his gtreatest cricketing exoerience, winning the 2008...

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we bring together two Andrews. One is Andrew Hignell, curator of the museum of welsh cricket and Andrew Renton who is ex-curator at Amgueddfa Cymru, The National Museum of Wales. Together, they tell the story of a small china cup that was made at the Nantgarw China works at some time between 1820 and 1822. The dates here are important because the artefact may be the earliest known sporting artefact in Wales. It depicts a...