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.
Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast
Winning the Haig: Gowerton Cricketers 50 Years On (Episode 155)
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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 as well as the final itself.
We also talk about the 5 players from the side who are sadly no longer alive. They were:
Graham Young
Teifion Davies
Robert Evans
Wayne Harries and
Bill Thomas
The competition remains to this day. Those interested in learning a little bit more about it can go here:
https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/
The scorecard for the final can be found here:
https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/1975-village-cup-final-gowerton-v-isleham/