Glamorgan - who enjoyed a highly successful one- day cricket match recently at Cresselly - have ambitious plans for a Welsh Cricket Museum at their headquarters ground in Cardiff. With funding support now in place from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the first phase of their scheme, the club are appealing to cricket enthusiasts in Pembrokeshire for any items which could go on display in the new building. "We are currently planning the layout of the museum," explained Dr. Andrew Hignell, the club's heritage and education manager, "and we are eager that cricket clubs and organisations from all over Wales get a chance to display their objects and artefacts in the Museum of Welsh Cricket." "The fit-out of the museum will take place over the winter months, ahead of the one-day international at Cardiff in 2008 between England and South Africa, and then followed in 2009 by the eagerly anticipated Ashes test match between England and Australia. "We want the museum to be a celebration of the achievements of cricket clubs throughout Wales, and given the long history of cricket in Pembrokeshire, it would be very fitting to have a series of displays about the rich heritage of the game in West Wales. Narberth Museum has already supplied photographs, press cuttings and memorabilia. "The museum at the Cardiff ground will also have an Education Centre and we hope that schoolchildren throughout Wales will be able to learn about the key role that cricket has played in the social history of their home area, as well as learning about the benefits of healthy recreation. "With this in mind, we will welcome groups to the Cardiff ground from the middle of 2008 onwards, and besides visiting the museum, they will also get a behind-the-scenes tour of the stadium, plus a chance to use the Indoor School, with coaching from Glamorgan staff." Dr. Hignell has already visited the museum in Narberth to view various items in the possession of the museum, and with the prospect of further items being unearthed, there should be a display of Pembrokeshire items when the museum opens its doors next summer. Anyone with items that they are willing to donate or lend for copying should contact Narberth Museum curator Pauline Griffiths on 861719 or e-mail [email protected]">[email protected]
Miss L. Lewis Lloyd, who a year earlier had presented Narberth with its cricket ground, poses with the Narberth and Glamorgan players, before the match in 1947. Back row: C. Glynne Jones, Ken Morris, Mr. Davies, P. Judge, Cliff Thomas, Jim Pleass, Huw Morgan, Haydn Davies, Len Muncer, Allan Watkins, Phil Clift, umpire (unidentified), Mr. Aaron Edwards. Middle row: Rhys Rees, W. E. Jones, George Lewis, Wilfred Wooler, Miss L. Lewis Lloyd, Harry Tucker, Emrys Davies and Arnold Dyson. Front row: Peter Davies, Ivor John, George Thomas, J. R. Thomas, Idwal Vincent, Tommy Adams, Elwyn Evans, Reggie Griffiths, Trevor Owen, Ivor Badham.
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