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Glamorgan's First County Championship — 1948

Glamorgan v Hampshire (title-clinching match), Cardiff Arms Park

1948-08-25

On 25 August 1948 at Cardiff Arms Park, Glamorgan beat Hampshire by an innings and 24 runs to clinch the County Championship for the first time in their 27-year first-class history. Wilf Wooller, who had taken over as captain-secretary the year before, lifted the trophy in front of a delirious Welsh crowd. Glamorgan are the only Welsh county to have won the championship; their 1948 title was built on rugby-style fielding, low-budget improvisation (a portable mangle for drying the outfield) and a band of professionals nobody else wanted.

#glamorgan#county-championship#1948

⭐Mild

Earliest Documented Cricket at Cardiff — Wales, 1834

Cardiff vs Cowbridge

1834-08-12

On 12-13 August 1834 a Cardiff side played Cowbridge on the field below Cardiff Castle — the earliest documented cricket match in south Wales and the foundation entry of Welsh cricket history. The fixture was reported in the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian and is the first preserved Welsh major-style scoresheet.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#cardiff