The CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket, in conjunction with the Sussex Cricket Museum, is delighted to be hosting a special talk (via ZOOM) commemorating the Welsh county’s first-ever County Championship match in May 1921.
“Glamorgan v Sussex” will take place on the evening of 18 May – the 100th anniversary of the Welsh county’s inaugural match against the South Coast club at Cardiff Arms Park. Starting at 1900, the evening will see Andrew Hignell, Glamorgan’s Archivist and Curator of the CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket, discuss how the Club’s elevation into the first-class ranks took place and the fascinating reasons why Sussex were their first-ever opponents.
Jon Filby, the Curator of the Sussex Cricket Museum, and Andrew will then talk about the players who took part in the match at the Arms Park in May 1921, before Stephen Hedges, Glamorgan’s Sporting Memories Co-ordinator, recounts some of the events from the game.
As well as reflecting on events from a hundred years ago, the evening will also look at the links between the two counties, with Andrew interviewing Adrian Mercer, whose great-uncle was Jack Mercer, the former Sussex and Glamorgan seam bowler who, in 1936 at Worcester, became the first – and so far only – Glamorgan bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings.
Jon will also be speaking with Robin Marlar, the Sussex cricketer from the 1950s who locked horns on several occasions with Wilf Wooller, the legendary and irascible skipper of the Glamorgan side, whilst Andrew will also be speaking with Tony Cottey who won County Championship titles with both Glamorgan and Sussex, besides featuring in the record-breaking match between the two counties at Colwyn Bay in 2000.
The evening will conclude with a short Q and A session with the participants. You can book a place, free of charge, at this talk by sending an email to museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk