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'I was a player' :  An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.

'I was a player' : An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.

Update: 2025-03-27
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This season represents an historic departure for Glamorgan CCC as they play both a men's and women's professional team for the first time in their history.

But the path to this point has been a long and arduous journey for women's cricket.

In this episode we talk to Jill Matthews who, as a young Jill Ayres, played a significant role in women's cricket in South Wales during the 1950s and 1960s.

She gives us an insight into what it was like being a woman interested and keen to play cricket at that time,  the difficulties faced by the players in maintaining their organizations and the enjoyment she got from playing the game.

For those of you who would like to learn a little more about the development of the women's game in Wales, you can go here:

https://www.cricketmuseum.wales/the-evolution-of-womens-and-girls-cricket-in-wales-1/

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'I was a player' :  An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.

'I was a player' : An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.

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