Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast
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.
Episodes
161 episodes
Batting with Boycott: Dr David Owen OBE (Episode 158)
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 ...
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Glamorgan's Oldest Follower (Episode 157)
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 ...
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Six Sixes, Rusty Nails and Balconiers: Thanks for the Memories St Helen's (Episode 156)
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 journ...
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Winning the Haig: Gowerton Cricketers 50 Years On (Episode 155)
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 MorrisJohn Richar...
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Swansea Cricket Club and St Helen's: End of an Era, Facing the Future (Episode 154)
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.
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'We're Going Up!' Glamorgan Promotion Special
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 ...
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The Harrison-Allen Bowl
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...
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Cimla Cricket Club: A Centenary Year
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...
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Play Up Pompey : A Tribute to Mark Portsmouth of Mumbles Cricket Club
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...
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Henry Hurle and Cardiff UCCE
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 se...
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Glamorgan Women's Centurions
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 recor...
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'Cricket has given us a second family': Glamorgan Women's Cricket Team
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 an...
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Gorseinon Cricket Club Women's Softball Tournament 2025
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 succ...
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Cricket Walkabout: Swansea and the Aboriginal Cricket Tourists of 1868
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, ...
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Hay-On-Wye Cricket Club v The Authors XI 2025
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 ...
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Getting to Grips with Cricket: Toby Radford (Part 2)
In this episode we hear Toby talk about about the following:His coaching philosophyThe coaching process and, in particular, his use of video analysisThe drills he uses with players to correct batting issues or to develop th...
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Getting to Grips with Cricket: Toby Radford (Part 1)
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 caree...
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The Nantgarw Porcelain Cup: Wales’ Earliest Modern Sporting Artefact?
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 sm...
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335*: An Interview with Sam Northeast
In this episode we talk to Glamorgan CCC top order batter Sam Northeast who, in the first game of last years County Championship went to Lords and managed to compile the highest ever first class innings recorded at the Home of Cricket.He...
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'Cricket Has Given Me Everything': An Interview with Mark Davies
In this episode we talk to Wales Over 50s cricket coach and player Mark Davies. Mark had a very brief career with Glamorgan CCC before being offered the opportunity to play for Gloucestershire, which he did for 4 seasons in the early 1990...
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'I was a player' : An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.
This season represents an historic departure for Glamorgan CCC as they play both a men's and women's professional team for the first time in their history.But the path to this point has been a long and arduous journey for women's cricket...
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Bonus Episode: Walkers and Talkers Comes to Wales
This episode contains interviews with attenders to the first ever Walkers and Talkers Event held in Wales on February 13th 2025.Around 80 people turned up to the Museum of Welsh Cricket for a cup of coffee, a gentle stroll around the env...
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Talking Cricket, Talking Mental Skills: An Interview with Steven Reingold
In this episode we talk to Steven Reingold who, in a brief short term pro career managed to be part of the Glamorgan One Day Cup winning side in 2021.Steven's cricketing journey started in the north London club of Stanmore where his fath...
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