87 NOT OUT
( sub title 85 for 9)
CREIGIAU CRICKET
CLUB

- A BRIEF HISTORY

Written and compiled by Peter Morgan

PREFACE

Originally my idea was just to compile a brief history of the club, but it has transformed into a more comprehensive project than that. Rather than just a chronological history it is much more my recollection of events and stories over the years supplemented by those of other club stalwarts.

I hope that this website can be updated and added to, so if you have any corrections, information or stories that you would like to add, please contact me on the email shown at the bottom of the web site.

Dedication

If it wasn’t for Dave Price, Creigiau would probably never have had a Cricket Club, certainly not one like we have.

I first got to know Dave some 40 years ago at the first meeting of those interested in forming a cricket club in Creigiau. Little did I realise how much it would change my life.

Dave was instrumental in calling that first meeting and his love of the game and enthusiasm was enough to pull me and others into involvement for many years. To see a field full of youngsters enjoying cricket on a Friday night shows what has been achieved. All associated with the club over the years are so grateful to him.

It is no surprise that he went on to become club chairman for the first 7 years and later club president.

Not just content with starting senior sides, he started coaching juniors and running junior teams. Many of the juniors in the early days only remember his alter ego – The Michelin Man.

His love and enthusiasm for the game inspired many and he left his mark on the Village.

We owe it to Dave Price and many others who are no long with us or associated with the club to continue to work hard to maintain Creigiau Cricket Club.

Dave Price with me

INTRODUCTION

This story of Creigiau Cricket Club is unlikely to be made into a blockbuster film starring Anthony Hopkins as Dave Price, Arnie as Kenny the Kangaroo and Katherine Zeta-Jones as the tea lady. However hopefully it will, bring back some memories, provide some insight into how the club has developed, and remind you of how important the Club is to all us cricketers and the Community of Creigiau.

I hope you enjoy the story about the Club’s history and of my and others involvement and recollections. Please feel free to contact me or the Club if I have got anything wrong or more importantly if you have any stories or information that could be added to this book.
My first proper experience of playing cricket was in a junior school lesson – on the yard with a hard ball with no gloves or helmet! – you quickly learnt to play with a straight bat or get out of the way fast. Whilst I had subsequently played cricket occasionally for the office team, (which included running out the Leader of the Council – fortunately I batted on to win the game), I had never been regularly involved in cricket until the very beginnings of Creigiau Cricket Club.
My First involvement with the Club was through Committee meetings – a theme that was to stay with me throughout the next 30 odd years. Meeting the likes of Dave Price, Chris Davies and Aled Rees could only lead to their enthusiasm and love of the game rubbing off on me.
Little did I realise how Cricket would come to be such a big part of my own life and indeed part of my whole family’s life. Not only did my wife Caroline support me and our sons to play the game but she also contributed a great deal to the club herself. Getting our sons playing was a major factor. They all played through the junior teams and on to the senior sides as well as helping with many other aspects of running the club.

Apart from being Club Secretary for many years, I also had the privilege of being Captain of the 3rd XI for three seasons.

My own playing efforts were quite modest:- a half century alongside a James Berril ton in a record breaking opening stand for the Second XI, four wickets in a evening game at Miskin and a fifty partnership with my son Andrew where I scored one run!, are highlights that stand out. But there were many other enjoyable and memorable times, especially when captain of the Sunday Thirds. Probably my real claim to fame though is bowling out Mike Young, the writer of the SuperTed stories!

Myself, James Berril and Jonathan

Playing cricket for the club took me to such a variety of other cricket grounds, sadly many not in existence anymore. From the Brecon Beacons, across the Valleys in places like Cwmbran, Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Aberdare, Tonyrefail, Tonduu, lots in the cities of Newport and Cardiff and along the coast in places like Sully, Barry and Southerndown just to name a few. From perfectly manicured lawns to long grass – once we turned up at a pitch to find maintenance work had been done and the square was like a ploughed field ( after a short discussion we played! ) From large playing fields to postage stamp size, from magnificent pavilions to changing rooms you couldn’t swing a cat in – some you wouldn’t want to keep your pet in!

Me with the third XI at Brecon

Involvement with the Club’s Junior section led me to many more amazing places and to meet so many wonderful people dedicated to the sport they loved. I had the privilege and the pleasure of coaching and organising the Club’s junior teams for over 25 years – if you were ever involved in one of my teams, I hope you look back and remember the experience happily. If you meet me and say hello and I do not immediately recognise you, please accept my apologies – I probably remember you being 4ft tall with hair on your head and no beard!

One of our many successful junior teams

Beyond the club I again had the privilege to act as Chairman of the Cardiff & Vale Junior Cricket League for 7 seasons – restructuring the league so that different age groups played on set days of the week, re-writing the rules, producing the fixture lists and overseeing the introduction of u9 softball. When I retired from my main occupation with Rhondda Cynon Taff, I took on a part time job organising junior cricket coaching courses initially at the SWALEC stadium, but then expanding to various leisure centres and schools. Overseen and funded by Cardiff & Vale Junior Cricket Development Committee it was an opportunity to expand the coaching to other centers in the area and to make serious efforts to make inroads in the development of girls cricket. Overall, through those courses, thousands of youngsters had the chance to improve their game. During this time I met so many dedicated and enthusiastic people from other clubs within the area without whose support much of the above would not have been achieved.

Me with my sons Jon, Thomas and Andrew –privileged to play together

That first Creigiau Cricket Club meeting I attended had such an effect on me ( and the rest of my family) , that I hope the following history and memories of the Club goes some small way towards repaying all the enjoyment and rewards I’ve had from Cricket since.

87 not out, of course refers to the fact that the club was formed in 1987 and is still going strong. 85 for 9 is the unbelievable story of a game of cricket that will forever be etched in the memory of those that were there. I hope the story is as enjoyable as it was to the Creigiau team that day and acts as an inspiration not only to future club cricketers but to anyone who feels that the odds are against them.

All of this would not been possible without the help and support of many others, especially my wife Caroline. Finally there have been so many people involved and influential to the development of the Club, that I am bound to have missed someone out – If it is you please accept my apologies.

CHAPTER 1 Origins and Early Days

Origins (by Brian Davies)

When the first estate, Parc Castell-y-Mynach, was built in Creigiau in 1968 a nucleus of men formed Creigiau 23 as a club to encourage the social bonding of newcomers with each other and the existing residents of Creigiau.

One of the activities was a series of evening cricket matches with other friendly groups, mainly with the staff of various schools and establishments. A quick 18 overs each and a rush to the nearest pub (Stop-Tap 10.30!).

There was no ground in Creigiau at that time and the venues were often school grounds or Council owned parks and the kit was originally borrowed from a school.

Several members were experienced cricketers who did not want to be involved too heavily in the game elsewhere, so a reasonable standard was achieved. This led to the decision to enter the Cardiff Mid-Week League, again a brisk 20 over thrash and a dash to the pub. Entering into Division 4 the team reached Division 1 in very quick time, being promoted at each stage along with the Cricket arm of the famous CIAC Rugby Club in Cardiff. The venues were the lovely Pontcanna, Llandaff and Blackweir Fields.

A few more traditional matches were eventually played on a weekend, notably with Llandeilo CC for many years, which was the only proper trip.

Several members were closely involved with the neighboring Pentyrch Cricket Club and when their ground was expanded space was allocated for a cricket pitch. This coincided with age catching up with the original group of cricketers who opted to lay an all-weather strip to make maintenance easier.

Friendly matches were played on the wicket but there was no real driving force. Eventually Pentyrch-Old Monktonians was formed who eventually dug up the concrete strip and developed the ground in splendid fashion.

At the same time as the Pentyrch Rugby Ground was developed, funds became available from the Local Authority (Taff Ely) to purchase a Sports Field in Creigiau in its present location, and eventually efforts were made to set up a new Cricket Club in the village. The efforts were successful, and at the beginning, the 'Old Gang' was able to pass the flame on, somewhat symbolically, by donating their old Club Kit to help the new movement.

Recollections of the Midweek League 77-84 (Lyn Thomas)

Kevin Pruitt, John Humphreys,(both teachers ) Peter Davies (Captain until his departure to Bristol with the kit in his boot which cost us a few games!!), Dave Edwards (now sadly no longer with us), Peter Wilcox (who also played second row for Pentyrch 1sts) Gavin Thomas, Glan Evans, Brian Davies, Gary Stevens ( who also played centre forward for Cardiff City until his transfer to Shrewsbury Town), Gabe Treharne (now Chairman of Miskin Manor CC) and myself, Lynn Thomas

This team once bowled out Cardiff Internationals for 18 runs, which was not a good idea, as they brought in Kenny Francis and some others on the Glamorgan books to hammer us for 140 in 18 overs in the return.

Big rivals at that time were Penylan, led brilliantly by ex Glamorgan bowler Wally Carter.

All our fixtures midweek were played at Pontcanna or Llandaff fields or Blackweir as we didn't have the facilities we now enjoy.

CHAPTER 2 THE “REC”

( Recollections of Dave Price and myself)

It’s clear that without the Recreation Field – known to all as just the Rec – cricket in Creigiau would either never have existed, or would have been completely different to what we know. Quite likely, like many young footballers or rugby players, we would have ended up going to Pentyrch! If Creigiau was ever to have its own Cricket Club then it needed a home.

Back in the 1980’s the Rec was basically a couple of poorly drained farmers fields. There were very few small areas within the village for children to play and the only sporting provisions were the golf course and a couple of tennis courts.

The Rec would not even exist if it were not for those who worked tirelessly for many years to convince Taff Ely Borough Council that the village needed a Recreation area. Among those mention must be made of Glenys Sadler, Dave Lee, Richard Spearman, Dave Price and Colin Belward and of course the local Councilors and Leisure Department staff of Taff Ely Borough Council.

Eventually after several years Taff Ely Borough Council agreed to purchase the land, build the sports pavilion and the Tennis club moved there from there home on the main road. The approach to the pavilion was just a rough track for many years with no gate. However a series of land drains were laid from top to bottom of the field which was otherwise totally un-useable. A lot of this was probably much down to Councillor Clayton Jones, who though from Pontypridd was a great cricket supporter.

The task of organising the recreation field as a sporting venue was delegated to a “committee” made up of representatives of local sports clubs ( some in being and some hoping to become) plus some Councilors and other interested locals. The committee took the name of Creigiau Recreation Area Management Committee – becoming known to all as CRAMC.

Dave Price joined CRAMC where he championed the need for a cricket club. In November 1986 Glenys Sadler knocked on Dave’s door and told him the Council was going to lay an artificial strip on the field the next day! So Dave got down the Rec the next day and had to decide the position for the strip.

A meeting of CRAMC was held on 26th November 1986 attended by Kevin Wilmott, Glenys Sadler, Linda Reed, John Toye, Dave Lee, Jean Henderson and Dave Price. At the meeting it was reported that the Cricket square, which cost £3,500, had been laid and was being used as an example for other areas to follow.

Dave went on to say that he, Dave Ogilvie and Dave Lee would advertise about starting a Cricket Club and were hopeful of starting the following year ( 1987)

CHAPTER 3 The Beginnings of Creigiau Cricket Club

Creigiau CC was formed when a meeting was arranged at the Sports Pavilion of the “Recreational Field” on January 30th 1987. Notices were posted around the village and the word spread by mouth to anyone interested. At this meeting a total of fourteen interested villagers turned up, including “Roger Davies”, who had been a player with Glamorgan CC. Dave Price became our first Chairman, with Aled Rees as Club Captain, John Williams as Secretary, Brian Harvard as Treasurer and Dave Ogilvie as Vice Chairman.

ATTENDEES AT INAUGURAL MEETING JANUARY 1987

DAVID PRICE

ROGER DAVIES

COLIN BELWARD

ALED REES

PETER MORGAN

JOHN WILLIAMS

CHRISTOPHER DAVIES

DAVID OGILVIE

TREVOR MORDECAI

BRIAN HAVARD

BRIAN LLOYD

DAVID LEE

BERYL DUMMETT *

*Beryl was an accomplished player and heavily involved in ladies cricket. She lived in Creigiau for many years. You can find out more about her at https://www.cricketmuseum.wales/the-evolution-of-womens-and-girls-cricket-in-wales-5/

This of course was just the beginning, there was no way that cricket was going to be played at the “Rec” without a lot of hard preparation.

The artificial wicket, which had been paid for by the then Taff Ely Council, formed our starting point, and some drainage had been laid, but our “ground” was basically 2 former farm fields. The square needed leveling and scarifying..

Fortunately the Council agreed to cut the outfield once a week but one of my first memories of the club was spending hour after hour sat on the field with a sieve and a bucket, removing stones !

If we were going to play games then we needed kit – Stumps, balls, bats, pads etc and this would cost money. Amongst other things Colin Belward ran a raffle in the Creigiau Inn every Friday night and eventually Roger Davis went to Duncan Fearnley ( a major cricket supplier) and purchased a load of kit at reduced cost as they were classed as “seconds”.

By contact with people, largely those known to Dave, 12 “friendly” matches were arranged and played in our first season, often against the equivalent of pub sides. Our first game was away at Barry Athletic against Barry West End.

If I were to ask you to run a cricket club– coach players, arrange fixtures, pick sides and play games – you would probably be worried that it might be an excessive amount of work, especially on top of your normal day to day job. If I was to say you can’t use your mobile phone or computer, then you’d probably think I was mad. But this is what it was like in the early days – using the house phone, walking round the village putting notes through doors, writing letters and keeping written records were the norm then. Fortunately texts, email, Whatsapp, spreadsheets and websites would all eventually arrive to make life easier

We continued to play friendly fixtures for the next eight years, with emphasis on developing a natural wicket, then in 1996 Creigiau CC entered into the Vale of Glamorgan Midweek League. During our early years we began hosting a “Village Six-a-Side”, starting in 1989, a “Junior Section” became established in 1990 and the Club started touring in 1991. Once the grass wicket and team became established, it was decided in 1998 to start playing weekend league cricket by joining the Welsh Club Cricket Conference.

CHAPTER 4 CRAMC

The work of CRAMC over the year probably deserves a whole book by itself, so I will just limit my comments here to some of the major milestones along the way.

CRAMC was responsible for maintaining and improving both the pavilion and the ground, so fund raising was always ( and still is ) a necessity. I was Treasurer for some years so know how hard it was on times to pay the bills. Many people helped raise funds but mention must go to Creigiau 23 and the Carnival Committee. CRAMC got a share of monies made through the Village Carnival each year, without which it probably would have been impossible to continue.

Due to the Local Government re-organisation Taff Ely Borough Council went out of existence in 1996. The Rec would have then normally passed to Cardiff City Council and CRAMC were very worried that they would want to operate the Rec in a totally different way. After prolonged negotiation the Rec was instead transferred to Pentyrch Community Council.

Whilst it is probably fair to say that relations between CRAMC and PCC have not always run smoothly, it has eventually been possible to move things forward with PCC granting a long lease to the clubs using the Rec. This means that there is a more secure future and more importantly the opportunity to apply for funding from various sources.

In December 2020 CRAMC became the Creigiau Recreation Charity and leased the recreation ground from Pentyrch Community Council to enable us to make some much needed development and renovations. The Charity aims improve access to the recreation ground and upgrading the facilities to be able to cater for a wider range of activities.

Not just the Cricket Club, but the whole of Creigiau and surrounds owes a great debt to those who have made the Rec what it is today, and the facility deserves the ongoing support of all who live, visit and play here.

Some of the pictures below showing the state of the pavilion at times to illustrate what CRAMC, the cricket club and the new charity have had to overcome.

CHAPTER 5 Those who made the Club

Key members of the club

It very difficult to single out individuals, mainly for fear of omitting someone as over the years so many people have contributed to the progression of the club. If I haven’t mentioned you here please forgive me, its not that I’ve forgotten you, just that to mention everyone would fill a book on its own. Many of the Club’s officers I’ve written about below, so I’ll stick with just a few other names.

In the Appendix at the end is a list of the Club’s main officers over the years.

Obviously there is one name to start with – Dave Price. Basically Dave was fundamentally involved in starting the club and Chairman for the first 7 years. He has been influential in driving the Club forward throughout its history and so regarded by the Club that he was made Life President.

Dave Price, Myself and Chris Davies

Chris Davies is another that deserves mention. One of the early driving forces behind the club, Chris was Club Captain for many of the early years. His cricket experience and particularly his wicket keeping was instrumental in developing the playing side of the club. He also organised the never to be forgotten jumble sales in the early days of the club, which enabled the club to exist on a sound financial footing.

Ian Buckland with me at a Jumble Sale

Some of the early members of the club at the 25th anniversary (with then captain Tom Lloyd)

Another Club Chairman – Wyn Innes (followed in the role by his son Tomos much later)

Finally I’ve got to mention Arthur Cook. Having joined the club a bit latter on Art (as we all know him) served as Chairman for 5 years and has been Secretary and third XI captain at times, but this is only a fraction of what he has done for the club. Most of Arthur’s work for the club is hidden behind the scenes, where he will beaver away to get the unseen but vital jobs done. Without his efforts the club would never have got as far as it has.

Others who kept the club going

Officers and committee members

A list of those who have held officer positions in the club is shown in the tables below. Without these positions being filled the club could not have functioned. In addition many others have served on the committees or taken on other roles.

I would just mention in passing the Club’s Treasurers Brian Harvard, Trevor Fox, Geraint Thomas, and Graham Taylor who have managed to keep a control on the Club’s finances and ensured we have been able not only to function from year to year, but develop the facilities along the way.

The Ground and Groundsmen

As stated above the Recreation ground (the Rec as we all know it) was originally farm fields, and although some land drainage was installed there was still a vast amount of work required to get the ground playable and to maintain it.

Over the years the Club has progressed from Taff Ely Borough Council, cutting the outfield, to Pentyrch Community Council cutting and then finally acquiring our own equipment to cut ourselves. Without the hard work and hours of dedication of many members we would not have the quality of outfield that we possess today.

Dewi Evans cutting the outfield

The cricket Square is a different matter altogether. Apart from playing, Aled Rees was Club Groundsman for many of the early years. It is no exaggeration to say that without his hard work the club wouldn’t have had the quality of cricket square to play on that enabled progression up through the leagues.

Aled Rees with Arthur Cook

Of course developing the square required lots more hard work, which included scarifying and over the years spreading many tons of top soil. Well, the top soil would arrive in the middle of the day, when most of the younger members were at work, so the likes of myself, Dave Price and Chris Davies often had the task of offloading the bags and storing them in the container safely until they could be used.

One of my lasting memories was when we hired a machine with tines (or prongs) to aerate the square. This dug prongs into the ground a few inches and removed the soil. The idea is that then the new topsoil would fill the holes and improve the ground. All was going well, but Arthur Cook got a little carried away and drove over the artificial wicket! – fortunately no lasting damage was done.

Over the years we have managed to prepare more wicket strips to play on and are thankful to many like Dave John and Phil Thorpe for hour upon hour of mowing and preparation work.

When it has been very dry you can notice the lines of the land drains, but when its very wet the bottom corner of the field (pavilion side) can become soggy or at worse flooded. Over the years, clearing out the ditches at the bottom of the field has become a necessity – I can remember many hours standing in my wellies in a pool of water shoveling out muck! At one time one section of drainage at the bottom was repaired, which improved things, but future custodians of the club need to keep an eye on this. Unfortunately the cost of replacing all the drains is likely to be unaffordable.

Thomas Morgan, Chris Davies and a young Ben Taylor? Repairing the drainage, and flooding at the bottom of the field

Teas

Chris Davies presenting Caroline flowers for her work organising Teas

I cannot miss out saying something about the cricket teas at Creigiau (and not just because of Caroline’s involvement). Many is the time I’ve heard the opposition say that they always look forward to coming to play at Creigiau just for the Tea. Having played at many other grounds around the area I can honestly say Creigiau does the best Teas. For that we have to be grateful not only to Caroline but to all the other Tea Ladies and helpers over many years. Covid has unfortunately put a brake on sit down teas, but let’s hope we can get back to the good old Teas in the future.

Scorers

Many have had the honor to be pressed into keeping the scorebook over the years, but not many took it on as a regular occupation. Two first team scorers deserve mention for their dedication and enormous help – Jonathan Morgan and Cath Taylor.

CHAPTER 6 “Star Players”

I apologise straight away if I omit to mention someone you think I should, but to mention all would fill a book on its own. You can see from the Appendices below details of great individual performances and on the Creigiau Cricket Club website https://creigiau.play-cricket.com you can find reams of statistics, but these do not cover lots of early games or tell the story of how important the player was to the club.

Players like Tony Rees and Wyn Innes who toiled away bowling week after week formed the heartbeat of the playing side of the club for many years.

Two players who joined the club after playing at a much higher level deserve special mention – Tom Lloyd and Martin Powell. Tom, an accomplished batman and bowler, as Captain of the first XI led the club through a golden period of successive league promotions. Martin, an accomplished batsman and a canny bowler apart from being the club’s highest run scorer has aided the club over many years through coaching juniors and ladies.

Two Creigiau Junior players have gone on to play for other clubs in Premier League Cricket – Chris Marusza and Thomas Morgan

Callum Bassett-Jones came through the junior setup to play for the first team. Callum continued his cricket affiliation by pursuing coaching awards, reaching the highest qualified amateur coaching level in Wales. Dave Price remembers Callum telling him his ambition was to play for the Thirds – well he far exceeded that.

Tom Lloyd in batting action Wyn Innes in full bowling action Martin Powell in typical action

CHAPTER 7 Junior Cricket

Creigiau first started junior cricket in 1988 with some fixtures arranged by Dave Price with Glan Williams. At the beginning it was just one age group – those of Dave’s son Malcolm. I gradually got involved through my own sons involvement and in 1993 (?) ended up doing what was then the first level coaching course.

I never realised at that time what an effect junior cricket would have on my life – over the course of the next 25+ years !

Spurred on by former first class cricketer Tom Cartwright junior cricket in the area gradually took off – we were in Mid Glamorgan area in the early days. Over the years the junior section gradually expanded, until we were running under 11, 13 and 15 teams. Apart from coaching and managing I gradually drifted into becoming Junior co-ordinator. Whilst there was at least one season when I ran all three teams, I wouldn’t want to give the impression that I did it all by myself – there were very many others involved along the way.

I hesitate to name names for fear of missing someone out, and if I do please excuse me but I’d certainly want to thank Dave Price, Gareth Jones, Chris Davies, Iwan Griffiths, Nigel Harrington, Gus MacDonald, Geraint Thomas, Roger Bassett-Jones, Martin Powell and Phil Thorpe. Added to that would be a host of parents giving support and especially those I badgered into keeping the score sheets !

As Junior Co-ordinator I ended up going to area cricket meetings to discuss junior cricket development and junior competitions, first with Mid Glamorgan and then with Cardiff & the Vale. I made a host of friends in the local cricket community and some of my enthusiasm must have rubbed off on them as in 19 they elected me as Chairman of the Cardiff & Vale Junior Cricket League, a position I held for 5 seasons. I hesitate to say it but the organisation of the junior leagues was a bit haphazard at that time and with the support of the other officers I introduced a structure which continues to this day – playing games on a set day of the week (u11 Mondays, u13 Tuesdays and u15 Thursdays) – this alone made an immediate impact on the number of games actually played. I also personally drafted a completely new set of rules for playing and reporting results – which with various amendments and additions still apply today. One of the final changes before I finished as Chairman was the beginning of the under 9 softball tournaments, which was a major step on introducing youngsters to the game.

As Creigiau Junior Cricket developed there were on field successes along the way – both team and individual. At the end of is a table showing these successes – if I have missed any out I’m sorry, please let me know so I can amend future versions.

Victorious u11 juniors in the League finals at St Fagans, with coach Nigel Harrington

Under 15b winners

Victorious u15s in League Finals

Running junior teams brought me great satisfaction, but there were times of great stress too. As a team manager, especially when you are also umpiring, easy wins or big defeats, though each with their own emotions, can be straightforward. Close games on the other hand bring on the nerves. Last ball deciders are the stuff of nightmares!

Two u11s games stick out in my memory. Now just a reminder in u11s games if you lose a wicket, you keep batting but lose six runs.

Firstly away at St Fagans – not a side we beat very often. We got to the last ball needing one run to draw, two to win. Having had a quick chat with the two batters they new what was needed- get the bat on the ball and run a single. Well the ball was actually hit reasonably well but near a fielder. The batters ran the single easily, but for some reason decided to go for a second run, which of course led to a run out. A satisfactory draw turned into a loss, but I suppose if they had made it we would all have been delighted.

Secondly, Pentyrch away, our deadly rivals. Pentyrch needed 2 runs off the last ball and duly hit the ball sufficiently wide of a fielder to be able to complete the runs. The Pentyrch batters then rushed to the middle of the strip to celebrate. The Creigiau fielder then threw the ball into the wicketkeeper who took the bails off claiming the run out !!!!! Now bearing in mind that losing a wicket in an u11 game results in losing 6 runs, that left me with not just an awkward decision, but basically an impossible one.

Though technically I could have given the run out, I decided to turn it down. I hope the Creigiau boys who played forgive me and understood how they would have felt if they had been denied victory in that way. I did though go into the Pentyrch dressing room afterwards and explain to them what they had done wrong and hopefully they learned from that.

I must also mention in regard to the Juniors the Six-a-side competitions, which were inspired by the senior competition. As a club we decided to keep this an “in house” competition, not inviting any outside teams. Whilst there it was always the intention for the competition to be fun, as always the rivalry and competition for trophies was keen. Again at the end of this section is a table showing those successful in the competition over the years. Similarly, if I have missed anyone out, apologies, and please let me know.

More recently came the introduction of “All Stars” for the younger ones. I must admit that when myself and Dave Price went to the ECB roadshow, we had our doubts as to whether it would take off – how wrong could we have been. It has been amazing to see the numbers of youngsters involved and as well the enthusiasm generated by the parents. Hopefully good signs for the future of the club. Particular thanks to Jane and Deri Drinkwater-Evans for their amazing work at the outset.

Overall I reckon I ended up taking Junior sides to over 20 other cricket grounds in the area, as well as helping with representative tours further afield. As of 2019 I felt I needed to reduce my involvement with the juniors, ( not just as I was getting old ), but I had other things I wanted to do. I must admit ( like when giving up the Chair of the Junior League) I was a bit worried about leaving a void behind me – I needn’t have worried – with the likes of James Thorne and Paul Williams immediately stepping in I could quickly see that the club had the right resources to carry on without me.

I’d just conclude this section by saying thanks once again to ALL who have contributed even in a small way towards Creigiau Junior Cricket. Hopefully all those who took part can look back with fond memories. I look forward to continue to bump into past juniors – even though most are now taller than me, often sporting beards and I may often struggle to recognise you and remember your name !

CHAPTER 8 Ladies Cricket

(contribution by Beth Phillips)

When I was organising the Junior Coaching Programme for Cardiff & Vale back in the early 2000’s there was a great push nationally to start Women’s and girl’s cricket. My attempts at that time to organise coaching courses just for girls were met with very limited success. Female coaches were few and far between and the from the whole of the area the courses were attracting no more than a dozen girls.

Whilst the club had over the years several girls playing cricket alongside the boys there were never enough involved at one time to be able to start a girl’s team, unlike some other clubs. Therefore it is a pleasure to see how things have changed since those days.

Creigiau CC Ladies team was first formed at the beginning of the 2018 season. The driving force behind setting up and developing the ladies team were Jane Drinkwater-Evans and Mel Moffett who worked tirelessly to recruit new ladies throughout that first season. With the support Ben Taylor and of coach Callum Basset-Jones the love for Cricket was born!

Since then we have continued to grow and recruited more players along the way, with some excellent coaches supporting us too. For the past few seasons we have had coaching guidance from Martin Powell, with support from Stephen Head and Beth Phillips, who have increased our cricketing skills and knowledge to another level.

At the start of the 2022 season we had 21 ladies signed up. With most of these ladies having never picked up a cricket bat or bowled a ball when we started.

We have now developed into a group of keen cricketers who are continuously pushing ourselves to improve season on season. We have a great mix of left and right handers, seam and spin bowlers, with a few all-rounders, which has led to many successes over the past few seasons. Most notably our division 2 team winning the league.

Each year we celebrate successes within the ladies team, with players of the season. Winners of these awards over the past few seasons have included;

Beth Phillips

Eleanor Crowley

Bethan Morris

Lindsey Jones

We play in the softball leagues around South Wales and in the 2023 season will have one ladies team in division one east, playing local clubs including Miskin and Radyr. We look forward to continuing our development and having more success in our league and “hundred” style formats this season.

The love for the game is what brings us all back each season but more importantly the friendships we have made and the laughs we have continues to keep us going even in wet, windy conditions down at the Rec on a “summers” evening.

CHAPTER 9 Village six a side

Like the Carnival, and the Boxing Day Walk, the cricket six a side competition became a major community event for the village. Unlike many other Cricket Clubs who invited club based sides to their ground, Creigiau decided very much to keep things “in house”. Teams were to be made up of locals and existing Creigiau Cricket Club members – often teams were based on streets, or other locals like the football club. Cricket experience or ability was not required – the emphasis was on fun – but there certainly was always a serious competitive edge. Everyone had to bowl. Batters had to “retire” at a modest total so no-one could dominate a game. Rotation of the batting order between games meant everyone batted as well.

For many years the side that triumphed was presented with the Creigiau Motors Cup. The cup was given to the Cricket Club by Jim Smart – for those who won’t remember, Jim owned and ran a Spar and before that also a garage where the mini Tesco is now

At this point I have to admit that although it was a fun event I was always hoping to win ! My team was of course Parc-Y-Bryn and when you consider who lived in the street ( Morgan's, Marusza, Hocking) we always had the basis of a good side. I had to wait a long time but eventually triumphed in 1997. As often happened the tournament was running behind schedule and the opposition in the final game wanted to call it off as the evening gloom was setting in, but sense prevailed and so did we – myself ( with sunglasses to prove it was still light!) with Tom Morgan, Adam Spiller, Mark Hollington, John Marusza, Steve Hocking and Steve Frost.

Gallery

Nullam eget molestie risus

Of course anything the senior members could do, we had to let the Juniors try as well, so I introduced the junior 6 a side competition – though at times it was 5 a side or even 7 a side. I have many fond memories of these events, fun and some great cricket played and I think the making of many a good cricketer – the freedom to score runs and the extra onus on fielding I’m sure made things click for many. Thanks to all who organised/ managed teams and to Peter Llewelyn who raised sponsorship to buy a player of the tournament trophy. If you took part and have any special memories then let me know.

CHAPTER 10 Those no longer with us

Dave Price

I make no apologies for starting with Dave. As stated in my dedication without him it is unlikely that the Club would have exited in anything like its present form and it may not have existed at all.

I was privileged to be asked to help carry the coffin and say a few words about Dave at his funeral, though it was something I hoped never to have done.

Dave was a classy cricketer who played the game with a “Correct” style and always fairly. Whilst like a lot of us he found playing and running between the wickets harder as he aged, he never lost his love and enjoyment of the game.

Apart from the many in the Cricket club who benefited from his tuition and advice, there were many more outside the club who benefitted from his enthusiasm and cheery nature.

Both the Cricket Club and Creigiau will be the worse for his loss.

Christopher Davies

A founding member of the club and a driving force in its development. Chris brought a wealth of cricketing experience from his prior playing career. Known for his wicket keeping, he was also a good batsman. He captained the club for many years, particularly in its early days.

Apart from the above Chris will always be remembered for his fund raising efforts . His Club Jumble Sales were legendary events in the early Club calendar.

Chris Davies and Derek Lewis

Derek Lewis (Deadly)

When Derek became involved in Creigiau CC he was already pushing on a bit age wise, but undoubtedly the club suited him and he blossomed into a new chapter in his life. Best known for his slow bowling – no sorry his very very slow bowling, he mesmerised a host of batsmen, who undoubtedly lost concentration waiting for the ball to arrive. No, that is rather unfair, as he was more often than not accurate in both line and length and could spin the ball as well.

Bowling wise Derek will always be remembered for taking five wickets in an over, yes FIVE! WWW.WW became associated with him. He features heavily in the story latter about the famous win at Llantwit Major ( see 85 for 9).

As a batsman Derek was solid, not one to give his wicket away cheaply. Not known for running quick singles – why run two when you can walk one – I do remember him scoring a 5 ( a single and four overthrows).

As a professional photographer his many cricket photos form a lasting memory in the Club’s archives.

Off the field Derek was greatly involved in helping with the running of the club, being chairman for a while. Despite still playing when he reached 70 ?? his health rapidly deteriorated and the club lost a great character and my family lost a great friend.

Derek Lewis and Jonathan Morgan

Jonathan Morgan

This is probably the hardest part of the lot for me to write, so excuse me if I keep it brief.

Having played through the Juniors, Jon went on to Captain the second XI when it was first formed in 2001. I don’t think its unfair to say that Jon was not a brilliant cricketer, but he loved the game and I think those who played with him found him to be an excellent Captain – he seemed to know how to get the best out of his side and also to make sure they enjoyed it – for the social side of the game was just as important to him.

Jon was the Club scorer from 2004 until 2008.

Despite having major heart surgery and with a pacemaker, he managed to get back to playing. Shortly before he died in 2009 he became Chairman of the club.

After Jon’s death Caroline and myself, with the help and generosity of many others, managed to raise enough funds to build the club score box. Led by the building skills of Deri Evans and Tom Morgan, along with physical and technical help from many more, the score box was officially opened in 2013. The envy of many other “larger” clubs it will always remind us of him and his contribution to the club.

John Marusza

Having already played much cricket elsewhere it was great to have John play for Creigiau. Whether it was playing or helping with the juniors, John enjoyed his cricket with the club, especially if he could get to bat with his son Chris. An accomplished batsman and a more than useful bowler, John was serious about his cricket when on the field. Off the field he was a gentleman and great company.

John, back row fourth from right and at an early club fundraiser

Jack Roche,

I knew Jack throughout the junior teams and it was a pleasure to watch him develop as a cricketer and as a person. Later I played alongside him in the senior teams. Jack was first and foremost a lovely lad. Batsman, wicketkeeper and occasional bowler Jack always made a contribution to any side he played for and was named 3rd XI player of the year in 2004. He always put the effort in, though he never really took the credit as he always thought he could do better. A pleasure to have known him.

Trevor Mordecai

Trevor was a founding member of the club and a regular player in the early days.. A canny bowler and good batsman, he was a mainstay of the side for many years. It was his contacts that led to the early club tours to Cornwall

Andrew Jones

Andrew played for the junior teams in the earlier days as a batsman and bowler and went on to play for the seniors. Another past member lost too young.(Andrew Back row third from right, standing behind his brother Phil)

CHAPTER 11

85 for 9

What started out as just another match, turned into one of the most memorable games in the club’s history.

The second XI were playing away at Llantwit Major and what was already a probable difficult match was not made any easier by the difficulties faced by several players getting there on time. The most obvious “latecomer” was going to be Derek “Deadly” Lewis who was booked to work that day on a photo shoot.

Jonathan Morgan was our captain, and as Derek was pretty much indispensible to our bowling but probably batting at no. 11, Jon wisely made the decision to bat having won the toss.

The “wise” decision turned out quickly to be flawed as we slumped – first wicket without scoring, second wicket on 4, third wicket on 8, fourth wicket on 18 after 14 overs – which is when I came in. Despite a minor revival by the 22nd over we were 37 for 7 wickets and facing humiliation – It had to stop !

The latest batsman in with me was Girish and it was time for us to knuckle down. With loads of chat and a steely determination not to get out we set about defending every ball – there was still no sign of Derek. Somehow we manage to last together until the 36th over taking the score onto 59 – a partnership of 22 valuable runs, mostly off wides and byes. Derek had arrived to give us the extra batsman and much needed bowling and again largely through extras we managed to get to a final total of 85 for 9 in the full 45 overs.

At least tea was taken with the feeling that whilst we’d probably lose we wouldn’t be totally embarrassed.

The Llantwit Major innings got off to a bit of a flyer. I can’t remember when but it was only a few overs in that we started to question the ball. Now over the years I’ve seen lots of reasons given for wanting to change the ball, but this was the strangest ever and one I’m sure is not likely to have occurred elsewhere. When we examined the ball closely we realised that it was not a full size men’s match ball but a smaller junior ball ! Someone from Llantwit had brought out the wrong ball. After some discussion it was agreed that we re-strart the innings with the correct ball – This time it was different !

Llantwit Major were solid but slow scoring until the ninth over, but by the twelfth were three down and in the sixteenth over 5 down. A worrying partnership then ensued which took them to 74, but Girish finally broke this in the 24th over. Dan Pearson then quickly removed the next three wickets with only 4 runs being added.

Lansdown, the Llantwit no. 5 batsman was the problem, he was looking like he would take his side to the total. He took a boundary of Derek’s first ball – one more boundary would win it, but on the fourth ball he took a single, leaving the no. 11 two balls to face. Derek took the opportunity and bowled him first ball – cue pandemonium – you would have thought we had won the league.

Unfortunately Jonathan and Derek are no longer with us, but I’m sure the rest of those who played that day will always remember it.

There were wild celebrations in the changing room afterwards, but I’m afraid that photo is unsuitable for publications, so you will just have to make do with a team photo.

CHAPTER 12 Stories

Scorebox

For many years the score was displayed on a board propped up against the pavilion wall ( and occasionally blowing down in the wind). The numbers were on metal plates which hooked on the board – I’ve no idea where they came from.

I’m not sure how the idea of the scorebox originally came about. I’d re-furbished the board a few times so it was definitely time for something better. Caroline and myself had been thinking about how we could something in Jonathan’s memory that would benefit the cricket club as it was so important to him and the scorebox just fitted the bill.

The first problem was ( as often ) money. The Club had some funds but nowhere near enough, so Caroline and I hit upon the idea of a sponsored walk. Now I won’t pretend that whilst walking long distance footpaths is a challenge it was something we were keen to do, we’ve walked Offa’s Dyke, the Ceredigion Coast and lots of the Pembrokeshire Coast paths. So a long distance path made sense all round. We eventually picked the South Downs Way 160 km ( 100 miles old money).

We chose to walk from west ( Winchester) to East (Eastbourne) with the idea that the prevailing westerly wind would be behind us. How wrong could we be – an easterly wind blew in our faces all the way bringing rain and in places deep snow ! We travelled light with little in the way of clothes to change into. Andrew and Laura met us part way with new clean and DRY clothes. We met them in a pub, we were so wet that day and glad of dry clothing. Further on we met up with walking friends Sue and Brian who walked some of the way with us. We arrived in Eastbourne ( not that you could see much of it in the mist ! ) on my birthday with me feeling rather sickly from stopping on the way and having too much cake !

I think our first hope was to raise somewhere in the hundreds of pounds, but quickly it became apparent that we were going to exceed this by some way. What fantastic friends, relations, club members and parents we had. So generous was the response that eventually we were able to present the Cricket Club with a cheque for £2,000 and a further £1000 for Progeria UK charity.

Well with this plus the funds the club had and with help from Creigiau 23 it all added up to a great start, all we had to do now was build it ! With the help of Pentyrch CC we got permission to build, Thomas had drawn up the plans.

I well remember that day when a band of volunteers started to dig the foundations, I think we all thought it would be done in a trice, but it was hard work – Creigiau does not mean rock for no reason! Anyway in due course the whole thing began to come together. Apart from all the volunteers along the way it never would have been done without the amazing design planning from Thomas, the building skills of Deri Evans and the club’s own honorary sparks Phil Bartle.

What an amazing day in June 2014 when the scorebox was officially opened with Jon’s son Dylan unveiling the name “Jonathan Morgan Memorial Scorebox” in front of so many of our family and friends and past and present members and supporters.

Just one final note to say that thanks to Caroline and Amanda Thorpe’s tending of plants and flowers the front of the scorebox has continued to look great. Unfortunately after some 8 years some idiot damaged the door, but Atrhur Cook and Colin Belward have replaced the door and lets hope it is many more years to come without further vandalism.

Artificial strips and nets

The first artificial strip on the square was provided by Taff-Ely Borough Council and its subsequent replacements have been a major benefit to the club. Senior games and in particular Junior games can be played when the weather would have otherwise ruled play out. When replacing the first strip we had the pleasure of meeting former England bowler Derek Underwood whose company did the work.

Having decided that we needed some practice facilities, the opportunity arose to obtain some lengths of artificial matting. This came from the ground at the Caesar’s Arms where Efail Isaf used to play. The present farm shop is where the old little wooden pavilion stood. I only played there once ( for Efail Isaf ! ), a small but lovely ground, shame its gone. Anyway a load of us set off down the lane and set about lifting up the artificial strip, rolling it up as best we could and somehow lifting it onto the back of a truck. Back to Creigiau to offload and in due course lay as a net practice, after we had dug out and created a base. The frame for the nets was made of scaffold poles provided by John Toye. We bought a long strip of netting which was tied up at the start of the season and taken down at the end – many happy “working Parties”, amazing to think that so much was done by “willing” volunteers.

Of course now due to fantastic fund raising efforts the club has much improved net practice facilities.

Preparing the new artificial wicket, the construction of nets and the old sightscreens

Fundraising walks

Of course raising funds for kit or facilities is something that the club has to constantly keep working at. I don’t know who first had the idea of the fundraising Club Walks but apart from bringing in needed money it led to great fun times. The brilliant idea was to walk in cricket kit, pads, gloves, helmet and bat required. Not only did participants seek sponsors but we also collected from passers by on the way.

Due to this wonderful idea I can now say that I’ve played cricket ( with a hard ball ! ) in Cardiff Bay in the square outside the Millennium Centre, and on the top of Pen Y Fan ! Others have been to Worm’s head and the Brecon waterfalls.

Air rifle. ( As recalled by Martin Powell)

One of my first ever games for Creigiau CC was at Sengenydd and I managed to get my first ever 100 for the club. Mind you it was not without its drama not only did the back of the pavilion start smouldering due to a stove which had got out of control but the local rugby club right next to the field was clearly hosting a stag day and every now and again they were rapturous rounds of applause as the duly acquired stripper started to perform.

I must have been about 40 not out at the time when I noticed that the fielders had for the large part decided to crouch or hit the deck. I was hitting the ball quite well that day and I felt it cannot have been due to me that they were taking cover. As I looked behind me the keeper was also on all fours and I said, “alright mate what's happening”. “he said butt you may wanna get down”. I thought that was very odd until I heard the sound that I have never heard before on a cricket field. It was the fizz of an air rifle pellet which was whizzing around the ground and as I was the tallest beacon on the field it became clear that potentially some action needed to be taken. I thought to myself what a sensible person would do in this situation and after an element of deliberation I decided I hit the deck also and take cover.

The wicket keeper said (as I was now looking at him face to face on the floor). “ butt, probably that was good idea” “there is a fella in that window over there who has decided to get his air rifle out and is using us as target practice “. To this day I don't know what happened to that Sniper.

It was my second game for Creigiau, and I thought to myself what on earth have I let myself in for. The following week I bought myself a helmet!

Clevedon

Why did cricket things so often happen to me and my family?

On one of several very enjoyable tours to Clevedon CC, I had parked my car in the small car park alongside the pavilion. Everything was going along well and very enjoyable until one of the opposition hit a huge six towards the car park. Of all the cars it hit mine right on the rear windscreen shattering it to pieces.

Well it was too late in the day to get it repaired straight away, so after cleaning up the broken glass it was a case of driving back home without a rear windscreen (thankfully it was not the front). The main thing to say about it was the noise, especially going over the Bridge. Fortunately it was all covered by insurance.

Swarm of Bees

In the history of Cricket there have been many reasons why a match has had to be stopped, but one match at Creigiau came to a halt when a swarm of bees flew over the pitch and landed on one of the benches around the boundary. What a noise they made. Fortunately after a short while they literally buzzed off and the game continued.

Hosting French team and Police

Apart from the usual matches against local teams and the occasional team on tour, Creigiau saw matches against a side from France, who were very competent. A match I remember well as I got struck on the ankle by a fierce shot whilst fielding at square leg.

Having accepted an invite to arrange a game, Creigiau played a match against a local Police team of very mixed ability. A great way to foster community relations.

And a funny thing happened!

Cricket can be a serious game and potentially fraught with danger, but in between it all you can expect that their will be moments of madness and humor. I’ve just noted a few below which stick in my memory, but I’ve kept individuals name out of it just to avoid any embarrassment:

We’d picked up a new member whilst driving to an away game. I think he had been roped in to play a game of cricket without being told too much about it. We were intently listening to the test match on the car radio when he piped up “ how long does this ( Creigiau) game last for?” Five days we replied – cue sheer panic from him and hilarity from us.

One of our more elderly batsman went down on one knee to play a lovely sweep shot and retained the pose. Now sometimes even test players hold the pose after making a good shot, but in this case he didn’t move as his back had locked. One of those where you have to pretend not to laugh. In the end with help up he recovered – retired hurt (Pride I think).

Playing at an away ground which was on the side of a hill with quite a slope. Our batsman hit the ball out to the boundary and the fielder set off at top speed determine to stop it. He didn’t and was seen flying over the edge of the field disappearing down the hill. A few minutes later he returned red faced but with the ball to resounding laughs and cheers.

Keep your eye on the ball !

The opposition batsman snicked the ball to our slips ( yes we had slips ! ) unfortunately the slip fielder missed the ball with his hands and it hit him straight on the head. He went down like a sack of potatoes and lay on the floor. Now I don’t need to say that such an incident is not to be laughed at, but the captain must have been in the know and he dispatched a fielder to the pavilion to bring a jug of water. Needless to say after he had run to the pavilion and back the feigning injury slipper jumped to his feet as quick as he could and then had to avoid the water being thrown over him.

In a cup match one of our batsman hit the ball straight back towards the umpire. It caught him a glancing blow on the head and ricocheted off to the boundary for 4. The umpire didn’t bat an eyelid, which was the most satisfying bit about it.

Creigiau were playing a cup game against a team in Swansea. Andrew had broken a finger (in the nets) so Caroline offered to drive him to watch the game. During the match a player hit the ball for six, but it hit a tree on the boundary a ricocheted towards the spectators. Andrew ducked but it hit Caroline in the face.

I got a call to say she had gone to hospital to be checked and could I come and collect her and the car! Jonathan reluctantly was pressed into driving me to Moriston Hospital. Without the benefits of Sat Nav, we followed the signs off the motorway to the hospital, which was great till we came to a T junction with no sign! Anyway we got there to find that Caroline had no serious damage, just cuts, bruising and pain for a while.

CHAPTER 13 TOURS

I think the first tours the club embarked upon was to the Cheesewring Cricket Club in Cornwall, probably sometime in the 1990’s. Perched on the edge of a quarry, The Cheesewring takes its name from the process used to create cider by pressing bags of apples, also known as cheeses, the tours came about through a connection that Trevor Mordecai knew.

I never went to the Cheesewring but Dave Price has provided some recollections.

Staying overnight in the Lord ElliotHotel the younger tour members wanted to go to a nearby club that evening. After a while the senior players agreed they could go, provided they were back by midnight. Well midnight came and there was no sign of them so Dave and some others walked down to the club to find some sort of disturbance going on. The doorman told Dave “we’ve got some foreigners from over the bridge in tonight causing trouble” which alarmed Dave until the guy explained – “from over the Tamar bridge which connects Cornwall and Devon. The Creigiau lads duly came out having had a good time and all was well.

Whether it was Cheesewring or not, but I remember one tour where Derek Lewis drove ( Jonathan was with him). On the way back up the M5 “deadly’s” car developed a slow puncture and he had no spare! So, they stopped every 20 minutes to pump it up! Needless to say it was very late by the time they arrived home.

Several tours to Clevedon Cricket Club ensued. I enjoyed my tours to Clevedon except for one thing – see my story elsewhere!

The “cricket” tour that myself and Caroline remember the most was the “tour to Ireland”. The club had arranged several matches and intended going over on the ferry from Fishguard. We did not fancy the ferry so decided to book flights from Cardiff Airport. Due to lack of support from players the tour was cancelled, but we went anyway! We quickly booked a B&B we’d stayed in before and had a great time doing lots of great sightseeing and walks, plus a trip to the greyhound races – but no cricket.

Though not directly related to Creigiau I did manage to accompany a few other junior tours, where Thomas and Andrew were involved. The first of these was a Taff-Ely representative side organised and led by ex Glamorgan Player Kevin Lyons, to Gloucester, Worcester and Warwickshire. Despite some successes in one game an opposition bowler took 7 wickets for 1 run – a wide!

Other tours with Mid Glamorgan & Cardiff & Vale to Aberystwyth and Essex followed

CHAPTER 14 The Highs, Lows and Downright Cheating

Throughout my time being associated with the Club, there have been so many enjoyable times, but unfortunately there have also been some low points both for me and the Club.

The highpoints for the Club during my time have been the on field successes – promotions through the leagues, trophies and famous victories (especially over our near neighbours and rivals). Winning trophies with Junior teams I coached gave me great pleasure, but so did seeing the development of so many juniors who went on to play successfully for the senior sides.

Personally, apart from the odd good on-field performance, being captain of the thirds was most memorable, even if we didn’t win many games. Perhaps the greatest highlight for me was being allowed and trusted by so many other clubs to re-organise and run the Cardiff and Vale Junior League.

Losing our son Jonathan when he was Club Chairman was obviously hard on me and the family and of course we wonder what influence he would have had on the Club if he survived. Also the Club and myself have lost several good members, but more importantly good friends.

The Club like other sporting clubs at the Rec has suffered vandalism, major damage and theft on several occasions we have had graffiti, break ins to pavilion and containers and stolen equipment. Also vehicles driven on the field causing horrible damage. Even the breakdown of the old massive roller on the square ( an immovable object! ) which threatened the cancellation of matches at one stage.

The Club only survived these events through the hard work and dedication of members.

Unfortunately Cricket in many ways mirrors more general life and whilst we all talk about “the spirit of the game” there are those for whom winning at all costs is more important.

All of you who have played the game will surely have your own story to tell about when you were given out LBW when the ball was going way down leg side! However this is but one grey area where I’ve seen the “Rules” bent – Run outs, stumpings, wides, boundaries even claimed catches – I’ve seen them all abused. At least in senior games at a certain level there are “independent” umpires, but problems were often most acute at junior level where coaches or parents tend to umpire their own teams.

Probably the worst I saw was an under 15 game. Whilst you can accept that a lad at that age group might have the beginnings of some facial hair, the lad in question got into a car and drove himself off at the end of the game. Fortunately we had won the game!

When cheating goes on at the very highest of the game and is not punished by lifetime bans, it is difficult to see how proper sportsmanship can be expected lower down the levels.

CHAPTER 15 Changes & Conclusions

The game of cricket has changed a lot since Creigiau Cricket Club came into being.

You might think that the introduction of 20/20 cricket is one of the biggest changes, but particularly in the early days most games the club played ( especially evening games) were 20 overs or less, so it was generally wham bam then.

There have been big changes in the equipment and the administration. In the early days equipment was nowhere near as good as it is now. Pads were much heavier and done up with buckles – until Velcro came along. Helmets weren’t initially in use and they have been regularly improved over the years. Bats have improved greatly in hitting power again driven by technology. One thing that hasn’t changed much is the ball.

The administration and organisation of the game has changed considerably. The ECB and Wales Cricket have undoubtedly improved their input into recreational cricket with efforts to communicate information about the game, amend rules for the modern game, train more coaches and better structures and organisation of leagues, though there remains lots to be done.

Unfortunately during the time Creigiau Cricket Club has been in existence, many other clubs and grounds have disappeared, though there have been a few new clubs formed along the way. The monetary cost and manpower required to keep a cricket ground going has taken its toll and the support from the top level of the sport has often been sadly lacking. Many interesting and lovely locations that Creigiau has played at in the past are now just memories.

As mentioned before when the club first started computer technology was in its infancy. One off matches had to be arranged over home telephones, league fixtures would arrive in the post. Results had to be phoned in to a central point by a fixed deadline. These days with the introduction of websites and mobile phones linking to them , scores can be input ball by ball, even local club games can be watched live all over the world !

One area that has changed dramatically is Junior Cricket. Locally and nationally the organisation and leagues are now run properly, whereas when the club first started it was very ad hoc. The introduction of first under 9s softball cricket, followed by All Stars and Dynamos has finally brought an exciting introduction for younger kids and a pathway to hardball at an older age. One thing that I banged on about for years in meetings with the “higherachy” has now fortunately changed – Glamorgan CC now encourages juniors to attend games through membership schemes and reduced price tickets.

I’d just like to finish with some thoughts about discrimination and inclusivity _ which is a hot topic in Cricket nationally. Whatever might or might not have happened elsewhere Creigiau Cricket Club has always had a policy of being open to everyone. As mentioned above getting girls and ladies involved in playing cricket within the club is a major change and an overdue improvement. The club has always strived to keep membership costs as low as possible and had policies in place to help those unable financially to join. It is as important as ever that in going forward that the club does all it can to bring in members from across all areas of society.

Keeping the club going does not just require cricket players, it needs those with a broad range of other skills and talents and above all energy and a love of the game.

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – OFFICERS AND CAPTAINS

Season CHAIRMAN SECRETARY TREASURER CLUB 2ND XI 3RD XI MID Week CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN

1987 Dave Price John Williams Brian Havard Aled Rees

1988 Dave Price John Williams Brian Havard Aled Rees

1989 Dave Price John Williams Brian Havard Chris Davies

1990 Dave Price John Williams Brian Havard Chris Davies

1991 Dave Price John Williams Brian Havard Tony Rees

1992 Dave Price Peter Morgan Brian Havard Tony Rees

1993 Dave Price Peter Morgan Brian Havard Paul Chivers

1994 Bill McCairns Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Chris Davies

1995 Bill McCairns Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Chris Davies

/ Gus MacDonald

1996 Gus MacDonald Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Chris Davies

1997 Nigel Russell Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Chris Davies

1998 Arthur Cook Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Stuart Folley

1999 Arthur Cook Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Stuart Folley

2000 Arthur Cook Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Wyn Innes

Season CHAIRMAN SECRETARY TREASURER CLUB 2ND XI 3RD XI MID Week CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN

2001 Arthur Cook Peter Morgan Trevor Fox Wyn Innes Jon Morgan Chris Davies

2002 Arthur Cook Peter Morgan Geraint Thomas Wyn Innes Jon Morgan Dave Price Chris Davies

/ Steve Frost

2003 Wyn Innes Peter Morgan Geraint Thomas Martin Powell Jon Morgan Arthur Cook Chris Davies

2004 Wyn Innes Peter Morgan Geraint Thomas Martin Powell Phil Thorpe Arthur Cook Chris Davies

2005 Ian Buckland Adam Spiller Geraint Thomas Dave Avery Chris Davies Arthur Cook James Berrill

2006 Arthur Cook Adam Spiller Geraint Thomas Chris Davies Ian Buckland Paul Chivers James Berrill

2007 Chris Richards James Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Ian Buckland Derek Lewis Glyn Thomas

/Ian Buckland / Arthur Cook

Season CHAIRMAN SECRETARY TREASURER CLUB 2ND XI 3RD XI MID Week CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN

2008 Ian Buckland Martin Powell Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Ian Buckland Derek Lewis Glyn Thomas

2009 Jonathan Morgan Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Ian Buckland Peter Morgan Dewi Evans

/ Ian Buckland

2010 Derek Lewis Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Ian Buckland Peter Morgan Andrew Morgan

2011 Geraint Thomas Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Dewi Evans Peter Morgan Andrew Morgan

2012 Geraint Thomas Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Dewi Evans Phil Thorpe Alex Moore

2013 Geraint Thomas Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Dewi Evans Phil Thorpe Alex Moore

2014 Geraint Thomas Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tom Lloyd Dewi Evans Graham Taylor Phil Thorpe

2015 Graham Taylor Alex Moore Dafydd Hywel Nichols Callum

Griffiths Basset-Jones

2016 Dewi Evans Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Dafydd Dafydd Hywel Nichols Callum

Taylor Griffiths Basset-Jones

2017 Dewi Evans Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Dafydd Cai Galea Graham Taylor Callum

Taylor Basset-Jones

2018 Ben Taylor Arthur Cook Graham Taylor Tomos Innes Cai Galea Graham Taylor

2019 Graham Taylor Tomos Innes Cai Galea Graham Taylor

2020 Graham Taylor Tomos Innes Cai Galea Arthur Cook

2021 Ben Taylor Graham Taylor Tomos Innes Cai Galea Arthur Cook

2022 Ben Taylor? Graham Taylor Geraint Cutlan Cai Galea Arthur Cook

2023 Tomos Innes Peter Simmonds Graham Taylor Lloyd John Carwen Arthur Cook

Herbert

2024

2025

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB - CENTURIANS

Player Score *=no Against Date

Steve Frost 178 Ewenny & Corntown (h) 12/05/01

Philip Jones 160 Barry Wanderers (a) 28/09/03

Martin Powell 134 * GE Nomads (h) 07/07/01

Philip Jones 132 * Pantmawr (at Miskin) 14/06/03

Steve Everest 131 Westleigh(a) 08/09/98

Tom Lloyd 131 St Fagans (a) 22/04/07

Martin Powell 130 Welsh Asans (a) 09/07/05

James Berrill 128 * Lisvane Whiteheads (h) 06/05/06

Neil Diaz 126 Pentyrch (a) 07/05/00

Dave Avery 121 * Pontnewnydd (h) 16/06/04

Tom Morgan 121 Penarth Sports (h) 01/08/99

Tom Lloyd 120 * Brynmawr (a) 24/06/06

Martin Powell 120 * Cheesewring (a) 07/09/03

Huw Owen 116 * Boverton (h) 19/06/01

Ian Buckland 113 * Tondu (a) 26/06/06

James Berrill 111 Pentwyn (h) 30/06/02

Geraint Thomas 111 * Dinas Powys (a) 23/04/06

Tom Morgan 108 Abercarn (a) 30/08/98

Huw Owen 106 Cheesewring (h) 28/07/02

Tom Morgan 104 * Barry West End (h) 21/06/00

Chris Richards 104 * Pontnewynydd (a ) 31/07/99

Andrew Morgan 104 * Malpas (h) 2008

Steve Frost 103 Monkswood (a) 16/08/03

Martin Powell 103 Pencoed (a) 25/06/06

Martin Powell 103 * Pontllanfraith (a) 25/06/06

Geraint Thomas 103 * Sully (a) 14/07/01

Rhys Thomas 103 * Brecon III (a) 25/07/04

Gareth Jones 102 Sully (a) 14/09/96

Tom Lloyd 102 * Chepstow III (h) 01/06/03

Martin Powell 101 * Pontllanfraith (h) 21/06/03

Martin Powell 100 Senghenydd (a) 26/05/01

Martin Powell 100 * Hills Plymouth (a) 20/04/03

Martin Powell 100 * Tredegar (a) 20/08/05

Martin Powell 100 * Hills Plymouth (a) 22/09/02

Rhys Thomas 100 * Dinas Powys (a) 04/09/05

Steve Hocking (100) Cheesewring (h) – FIRST ?

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB - AWARDS

Clubman Player Most Improved Best Batsman Best Bowler Best Fielder - - - - - - - - -

1987 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1988 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1989 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1990 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1991 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1992 Peter ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

Morgan

1993 Trevor Fox Trevor Fox ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1994 ? Tony Rees ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1995 Peter Tony Rees ? ? - - Lyn Thomas - - - - -

Morgan

1996 ? ? ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1997 ? Tony Rees ? ? - - - - - - - - -

1998 Richard Tom Morgan Phil Jones Steve Frost Derek Lewis Phil Bartle -

Morgan

1999 Robert Phil Jones Adam Spiller Tom Morgan Dave Avery Colin Woollacott - - - - -

Masling

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Clubman Young Best Best Best 1st XI 1st XI 1st XI 2nd X1 2nd XI 2nd X1 3rd XI 3rd XI 3rd XI

Player Fielder Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler

Steve Club Derek Arthur

Frost Trophy Lewis Cook

Trophy Trophy Trophy

2000 ? Adam Phil Tom Wyn Dave

Jones Bartle Morgan Innes Avery

2001 Derek Nathan Adam Steve Gareth Martin Vijay

Lewis Jones Spiller Frost Roberts Powell Nowale

& Oliver

Bowker

2002 Phil Nathan Chris

Thorpe Jones Marusza

2003 Dave Adam Dave James Phil Huw Steve Sameep Jonathan Ashley Tom

Price Jones Avery Berrill Jones Gibbon Frost Jain Davies Charlton Taylor

& &

Peter Girish

Morgan Joshi

Receive Special Awards

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Clubman Young 1st XI 1st XI 1st XI 2nd X1 2nd XI 2nd X1 3rd XI 3rd XI 3rd XI

Player Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler

Steve Club Derek Arthur

Frost Trophy Lewis Cook

Trophy Trophy Trophy

2004 Arthur Jon Tom Dave Chris Ujjwal Jack Rhys James

Cook Harrington Lloyd Avery Marusza Debnath Roche Thomas Robbins

& Jon

Harrington

2005 ? Ben Martin Tom Wyn Aditya Phil Derek Alex Adam Dafydd

Taylor Powell Lloyd Innes Manjunath Bartle Lewis Holvey Jones Taylor

2006 Caroline Tom Ben Martin David Derek Phil Chris Rhodri Peter Tom

Morgan Shears Taylor Powell Martin Lewis Bartle Richards Thomas Morgan Mouncher

2007 Glyn Adam Martin Tom David Glyn Owain Dafydd Alex Paul Tom

Thomas Jones Powell Lloyd Martin Thomas Jones Taylor Moore Chivers Mouncher

2008 Tom Alex Martin Dewi Wyn Owain Phil Dafydd Arthur Andrew Daffyd

Lloyd Moore Powell Williams Innes Jones Bartle Taylor Cook Morgan Griffiths

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Young President’s Clubman 1st XI 1st XI 1st XI 2nd X1 2nd XI 2nd X1 3rd XI 3rd XI 3rd XI

Player Trophy Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler

Steve Dave Club Derek Arthur

Frost Price Trophy Lewis Cook

Trophy Trophy Trophy

2009 Seth Tom Jon Dave Sujit Jack Dafydd Matthew

Griffiths Lloyd Morgan Martin Kadambande Roche Taylor Barton

2010 Macaulay Graham Derek Alex Phil Dafydd Andrew

Greedy Taylor Lewis Moore Bartle Taylor Morgan

2011 Callum Arthur Derek Alex Martin Wyn Glyn Rhys Seth Tom Ben Phil

Bassett Cook Lewis Moore Powell Innes Thomas Thomas & Daffyd Morton Taylor Thorpe

- Jones Griffiths

2012 Sam Peter Seth Ben Alex Ben Dafydd Glyn Rhys Martyn Glyn Hywel

Scanlon Morgan & Dafydd Taylor Moore Taylor Griffiths Thomas Phillips French Thoma Nicholls

Griffiths

2013 Caroline Deri Alex Tomos Seth Phil Priten Dewi Rhys Tom Hywel

Morgan Evans Moore Innes Griffiths Bartle Solanki Williams Phillips Thorpe Nicholls

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Young President’s Clubman 1st XI 1st XI 1st XI 2nd X1 2nd XI 2nd X1 3rd XI 3rd XI 3rd XI

Player Trophy Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler Player Batsman Bowler

Steve Dave Club Derek Arthur

Frost Price Trophy Lewis Cook

Trophy Trophy Trophy

2014 Lloyd Wyn Seth Tomos Tomos Tomos Tom Rhys Gwyn Tom Hywel Gwyn

John Innes Griffiths Innes Innes Innes Thorpe Powell Robbins Thorpe Nicholls Robins

2015 Martin David Callum Dafydd Tomos Prit Hywell Tom Rhydian Dylan

Powell John Bassett Taylor Innes Solanki Nicholls Thorpe Deighton Hughes

- Jones –Jones

2016 Dylan Phil David Tomos Tomos Wyn Javed Hywel Rhydian Steffan Martin Aled

Hughes Thorpe John Innes Innes Innes Hezarbos Nicolls Deighton Rowlands French Robins

–Jones

2017 Cath Jane Martin Ben Wyn Steffan Peter Steffan N/a N/a N/a

Taylor & Deri Powell Taylor Innes Rowlands O’Hanlon Rowlands

Evans

2018 Dylan Tomos Callum Dafydd Hywel Ben Laurie

Hughes Innes Bassett Taylor Nicholls Taylor Bassett- Jones N/a N/a N/a

- Jones

2019 Gareth Dave Melissa Steffan Dafydd Wyn Peter Daniel Rhys N/a N/a N/a

Powell John Moffett Rowlands Taylor Innes O’Hanlon Angel Powell

2020 1XI Lloyd Tom Geraint N/a N/a Javed N/a N/a Andrew N/a N/a

John Thorpe Cutlan Hezarbos Davies

2XI Sonny

Owen

Morris

3XI Hedd

Morgan

2021 George N/A Tomos Geraint Lloyd Rhodri Javed Peter Rajesh Peter James Ciaran

Thomas Innes Cutlan John Jones Hezarbos O’Hanlon Chittineni Simmons Gunning Williams

2022 Sonny N/A Julie Steffan Lloyd Steffan George Peter Andrew N/a N/a N/a

Owen Owen Rowlands John Rowlands Thomas O’Hanlon Davies

- Morris - Morris

2023 James Beth Gareth Ben Sam Kyle Kyle George

Gunning N/A Park Powell Taylor Pickford Holder Holder Thomas N/a N/a N/a

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Ladies Player Ladies Batter Ladies Bowler

2018 Beth Parkes Nia Gittin Kath Wakefield

2019 Charlotte Holley Nerys Hurford Eleanor Crowley

2020 No Award Ella Hastings Sarah Roberts

2021 Lindsay Jones No Award No Award

2022 Ella Hastings Bethan Williams Eva Williams

& Claire Campbell & Jane Treharne

2023 Eva Williams Nerys Hurford Elle Shanahan

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS

Year Team Honour

2007 1st XI Runners-up WCCC Div 2 (promotion to Div 1)

2007 VOG Midweek XI Winners VOGML 2/25 Cup

2006 VOG Midweek XI Winners VOGML Cup

2006 U15 XI Winners Cardiff & Vale League Playoff

2005 2nd XI Winners WCCC Div 3 2nd XI (promotion to Div 2)

2001 1st XI Winners WCCC Div 3 (promotion to Div 2)

2001 TC Midweek XI Winners Thomas Carroll Midweek League Cup

2001 VOG Midweek XI Winners VOGML Sleep & Leisure Cup

2000 U15 XI Winners Cardiff & Vale League

1999 U11 XI Winners Cardiff & Vale Cup

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB Representative Honours

Year Player Team

2007 Chris Davies Vale of Glamorgan Midweek League

2000 Huw Owen Vale of Glamorgan Midweek League

1999 Tom Morgan Vale of Glamorgan Midweek League

1999 Derek Lewis Vale of Glamorgan Midweek League

Junior Representative Honours

Year Player Age Group Team

2007 Alex Moore U13 Cardiff & Vale County

2006 Alex Moore U12 Cardiff & Vale County

Nicholas Fowler U11 Cardiff & Vale County

2005 Ben Taylor U15 Cardiff & Vale County

Tom Mouncher U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Alex Moore U11 Cardiff & Vale County

Nicholas Fowler U10 Cardiff & Vale County

2004 Alex Moore U10 Cardiff & Vale County

Chris Marusza U15 Cardiff & Vale County

2003 Tomos Innes U10 Cardiff & Vale County

Morgan Norey U11 Cardiff & Vale County

Chris Marusza U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Dan Pearson U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Justin Speed-Andrews U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Gethin Davies U15 Cardiff & Vale County

Andrew Morgan U15 Cardiff & Vale County

Jonathan Harrington U15 Cardiff & Vale County

2002 Morgan Norey U10 Cardiff & Vale County

Chris Marusza U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Gethin Davies U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Andrew Morgan U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Jonathan Harrington U14 Cardiff & Vale County

Dafydd Taylor U14 Cardiff & Vale County

2001 David Jones U11 Cardiff & Vale County

Chris Maruska U12 Cardiff & Vale County

Rhys Thomas U12 Cardiff & Vale County

David Evans U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Gethin Davies U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Andrew Morgan U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Jonathan Harrington U13 Cardiff & Vale County

Dafydd Taylor U13 Cardiff & Vale County

2000 Andrew Morgan U12 Cardiff & Vale County

1999 Andrew Morgan U11 Cardiff & Vale County

1998 Cardiff & ValeCounty

1997 Tom Morgan U15 Cardiff & Vale County

1996 Tom Morgan U14 Cardiff & Vale County

1995 Tom Morgan U13 Mid Glam Schools

James Rees U13 Mid Glam Schools

Oliver Bowker U11 Mid Glam Schools

Tom Morgan U13 Taff Ely Representative

James Rees U13 Taff Ely Representative

Simon Williams U13 Taff Ely Representative

1994 Tom Morgan U12 Mid Glam Schools

James Rees U12 Mid Glam Schools

Simon Williams U12 Mid Glam Schools

Mark Hollington U11 Mid Glam Schools

1993 Tom Morgan U11 Mid Glam Schools

James Rees U11 Mid Glam Schools

Simon Williams U11 Mid Glam Schools

Earlier representatives?

Huw Jenkins

Philip Jones

Malcolm Price

Creigiau Cricket Club Performances

Wicketkeeper Performances

Player Catches Stumpings Wickets

Chris Davies 49 61 110

Jack Roche 16 5 21

Owain Jones 11 10 21

Arthur Cook 7 9 16

Bowling Performances

Player Bowled Against Date

7 WICKETS

Gareth Roberts 10/2/16/7 Crumlin (a) 02/06/01

6 WICKETS

Oliver Bowker 4/1/8/6 Lisvane (at Pentyrch) 16/07/02

Derek Lewis 4/0/11/6 Wenvoe (h) 07/08/04

Dave Avery 11/3/16/6 Ton Pentre/Porth (h) 08/07/00

Derek Lewis 4/0/24/6 Arjo Wiggins (?) ??/??/98

Phil Thorpe 7/0/29/6 Pentwyn (a) 19/06/04

Martin Powell 11/2/30/6 Abertillery (h) 16/06/07

Aditya Manjunath 12/2/31/6 Pentwyn (h) 09/07/05

P James 7/0/33/6 West Hill (h) 21/05/89

Philip Jones 12/0/37/6 Girlings (a) 09/08/03

Malcolm Price 15/1/41/6 Penarth (h) 22/07/01

Derek Lewis 5/1/25/6 Ebbw Vale (a) 24/08/03

Tom Lloyd 10/1/48/6 Tredegar (h) 26/05/07

Batting Centuries

Score *=no Against Date

Steve Frost 178 Ewenny & Corntown (h) 12/05/01

Philip Jones 160 Barry Wanderers (a) 28/09/03

Martin Powell 134 * GE Nomads (h) 07/07/01

Philip Jones 132 * Pantmawr (at Miskin) 14/06/03

Steve Everest 131 Westleigh(a) 08/09/98

Tom Lloyd 131 St Fagans (a) 22/04/07

Martin Powell 130 Welsh Asans (a) 09/07/05

James Berrill 128 * Lisvane Whiteheads (h) 06/05/06

Neil Diaz 126 Pentyrch (a) 07/05/00

Dave Avery 121 * Pontnewnydd (h) 16/06/04

Tom Morgan 121 Penarth Sports (h) 01/08/99

Tom Lloyd 120 * Brynmawr (a) 24/06/06

Martin Powell 120 * Cheesewring (a) 07/09/03

Huw Owen 116 * Boverton (h) 19/06/01

Ian Buckland 113 * Tondu (a) 26/06/06

James Berrill 111 Pentwyn (h) 30/06/02

Geraint Thomas 111 * Dinas Powys (a) 23/04/06

Tom Morgan 108 Abercarn (a) 30/08/98

Huw Owen 106 Cheesewring (h) 28/07/02

Tom Morgan 104 * Barry West End (h) 21/06/00

Chris Richards 104 * Pontnewynydd (a ) 31/07/99

Andrew Morgan 104 * Malpas (h) 2008

Steve Frost 103 Monkswood (a) 16/08/03

Martin Powell 103 Pencoed (a) 25/06/06

Martin Powell 103 * Pontllanfraith (a) 25/06/06

Geraint Thomas 103 * Sully (a) 14/07/01

Rhys Thomas 103 * Brecon III (a) 25/07/04

Gareth Jones 102 Sully (a) 14/09/96

Tom Lloyd 102 * Chepstow III (h) 01/06/03

Martin Powell 101 * Pontllanfraith (h) 21/06/03

Martin Powell 100 Senghenydd (a) 26/05/01

Martin Powell 100 * Hills Plymouth (a) 20/04/03

Martin Powell 100 * Tredegar (a) 20/08/05

Martin Powell 100 * Hills Plymouth (a) 22/09/02

Rhys Thomas 100 * Dinas Powys (a) 04/09/05

Steve Hocking (100) Cheesewring (h) – FIRST ?

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PREFACE

Dedication

Dave Price with me

Myself, James Berril and Jonathan

Me with the third XI at Brecon

One of our many successful junior teams

Me with my sons Jon, Thomas and Andrew –privileged to play together

Contents

CHAPTER 1 Origins and Early Days

Origins (by Brian Davies)

Recollections of the Midweek League 77-84 (Lyn Thomas)

CHAPTER 2 THE “REC”

( Recollections of Dave Price and myself)

CHAPTER 3 The Beginnings of Creigiau Cricket Club

CHAPTER 4 CRAMC

CHAPTER 5 Those who made the Club

Key members of the club

Dave Price, Myself and Chris Davies

Ian Buckland with me at a Jumble Sale

Some of the early members of the club at the 25th anniversary (with then captain Tom Lloyd)

Another Club Chairman – Wyn Innes (followed in the role by his son Tomos much later)

Others who kept the club going

Officers and committee members

Dewi Evans cutting the outfield

Aled Rees with Arthur Cook

Teas

Chris Davies presenting Caroline flowers for her work organising Teas

Scorers

CHAPTER 6 “Star Players”

CHAPTER 7 Junior Cricket

Victorious u11 juniors in the League finals at St Fagans, with coach Nigel Harrington

Under 15b winners

Victorious u15s in League Finals

CHAPTER 8 Ladies Cricket

(contribution by Beth Phillips)

CHAPTER 9 Village six a side

Gallery

Nullam eget molestie risus

CHAPTER 10 Those no longer with us

Dave Price

Christopher Davies

Derek Lewis (Deadly)

Jonathan Morgan

John Marusza

Jack Roche,

Trevor Mordecai

Andrew Jones

CHAPTER 11

85 for 9

CHAPTER 12 Stories

Scorebox

Artificial strips and nets

Fundraising walks

Air rifle. ( As recalled by Martin Powell)

Clevedon

CHAPTER 13 TOURS

CHAPTER 14 The Highs, Lows and Downright Cheating

CHAPTER 15 Changes & Conclusions

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – OFFICERS AND CAPTAINS

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB - CENTURIANS

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB - AWARDS

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

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CREIGIAU CRICKET CLUB – AWARDS

Creigiau Cricket Club Performances

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- A BRIEF HISTORY