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The History of Glamorgan County Cricket Club 1958 to 1977.

The M.A. I am currently writing covers the period from 1958 to 1977.  These were the Wooller years, when Wilfred Wooller was player, captain and secretary of the club.  The thesis inevitably looks at an assessment of his impact on the club.  However, is also an attempt to look at the way the committee responded to the significant changes that took place in the game of cricket in this period.  It will hopefully form the basis of a larger work looking at the modern history of the club up until 2013 and the return of Hugh Morris as Chief Executive.

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The broad outline of the work is as follows:

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Part 1 : The Way of the Dragon (1958-1977)

Chapter 1 : The end of amateurism.

Chapter 2 :  The emergence of one-day cricket.

Chapter 3 :  Other changes in the First-Class game.

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Parts 2 and 3 titled 'Out of the Shadows (1977 to 1997)' and 'Into the Light (1998 -2013)' are based on a quote from director of marketing of the club, Tony Dilloway, on the unveiling of plans in 1996 that would become the SSE SWALEC stadium we know today.  He said:

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We want to build a ground of which our members, the people of Cardiff and the whole of Wales can be proud.  Glamorgan are no longer prepared to be in the shadows of county cricket.  We want our light to shine brightly and allow our spectators to enjoy the best.

(taken from 'Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History' by Andrew Hignell, University of Wales Press, 2008, p.178.

For those of you who may not have seen them, here are some of the excellent videos produced by the club to celebrate its 125th birthday in 2013.

Introduction

1960's

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1950's

1970's

About Me

My name is Stephen Hedges.  I was born in Swansea in 1964 but left Wales in 1972.  As a Welsh exile, I have always held a rather rosy view of my homeland.  It is a view, despite much evidence to the contrary, that remains.  Everything about Wales I see through daffodil- tinted glasses.

 

In 2014 I walked around the whole of Wales, a walk of over 1,000 miles during which I climbed more than four times the height of Everest.  The Boundary of Wales walk raised nearly £4,000 for junior cricket in Wales.

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Since then I have written the biography of my father, Glamorgan cricketer Bernard Hedges, titled 'The Player from Ponty'.  I am currently researching and writing the history of Glamorgan C.C.C. from 1958 to 1977 for an M.A. in history based at Swansea University.

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I enjoy writing about cricket, it's history and it's players in particular. I would love to write about Welsh sport and the place sport plays in all our lives in general; from the elite professionals to the recreational amateurs, from the players to the spectators, from the young to the old.

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