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Six Sixes, Rusty Nails and Balconiers:  Thanks for the Memories St Helen's (Episode 156)

Six Sixes, Rusty Nails and Balconiers: Thanks for the Memories St Helen's (Episode 156)

Update: 2025-11-06
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In this episode, the longest ever in the history of our podcast, we hear almost 50 contributors share their memories of the St Helen's ground in Swansea.

Now no longer a cricket venue, St Helen's has been at the heart of Glamorgan's journey as a first class county and has hosted many famous games and famous names as well as cricketing exploits that reverberate through the history of the game of cricket itself.

Contributions include those by:

Andrew Hignell, pre-eminent historian of cricket in Wales

Mal Pope, singer, radio dj and composer

Fred Raffle (long time blind supporter of Glamorgan CCC)

Peter Hybart (ex CEO of Cricket Wales)

Dan Cherry (CEO of Glamorgan)

Mark Rhyderch-Roberts (Chair, Glamorgan CCC)

Alan Wilkins (President, Glamorgan CCC)

Ken Lewis (Glamorgan's oldest living player)

Steve Watkin

Dean Cosker

Tony Cottee

Ossie Wheatley

Tony Lewis

Hugh Morris

Alan Butcher

Matt Maynard

David Hemp

Alan Jones

Waqar Younis

Jack Russel

David Gower

Sir Geoffrey Boycott

Max Boyce


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Six Sixes, Rusty Nails and Balconiers:  Thanks for the Memories St Helen's (Episode 156)

Six Sixes, Rusty Nails and Balconiers: Thanks for the Memories St Helen's (Episode 156)

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