SPORT PARTM'AN GARETH WILLIAMS EDITED BY L I B R A R Y O F W A L E S

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1 SPORT EDITED BY GARETH WILLIAMS PARTM'AN L I B R A R Y O F W A L E S

2 CONTENTS Foreword by Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister for Wales Warming Up 'Draig Glas' The Welshman as Sportsman 1 Early Football Bando Soccer George Owen. Cnapan c Anon. Football in the Olden Time 9 Charles Redwood The Bandy Match 13 Sally Roberts Jones Song of the Margam Bando Boys 15 Dannie Abse The Game 19 vn

3 Geraint H. Jenkins Leigh Richmond Roose 21 Peter Corrigan Billy Meredith 30 Martin Johnes Fred Keenor 34 'A Special Correspondent' Stirring Moments at Wembley, Harri Webb The Bluebirds 44 Huw Bowen Jack Fowler 45 Raymond Williams Parry, R. 51 Kenneth O. Morgan The Arsenal Welsh 61 Peter Corrigan The Jones Boys 67 Hywel Teifi Edwards Ninian Park, the first time 71 Leslie Norris The Night Before the Game 72 Ron Berry A Rhondda Derby 75 vin

4 Dannie Abse City Supporter 79 Trevor Ford The Centre Forward 89 John Toshack The Gentle Giant 93 David Farmer and Peter Stead Ivor 94 Huw Richards Inter-City Rivalry 97 David Eastwood Ryan Giggs 100 Peter Finch Meeting her lover 107 Four Legs and Feathers Idris Davies Send out your homing pigeons, Dai 109 George Ewart Evans Black Diamond 110 Richard Moore-Colyer Gentlemen, Horses and the Turf 117 H. M. Vaughan Tivyside and its Hunts 121 IX

5 Boxing Leslie Norris Hyperion 124 Tony Curtis The Mystery of the Homing Pigeon 127 Leslie Norris Elegy for Lyn James 129 Richard Llewellyn Teaching Huw to fight 130 Alexander Cordell Jim Driscoll - and others 136 Jack Jones The Welsh and the Irish 150 Dai Smith Focal Heroes 155 Anon. Jimmy Wilde 166 Ron Berry Hector Bebb, British Champion 175 Geoffrey Nicholson Billy Eynon 181 John Morgan Dying Demonology 189

6 Leslie Norris - ; The Ballad of Billy Rose 194 Hugh Mcllvanney Merthyr v. Mexico Decided Long Ago 201 Johnny Owen's Last Fight Leslie Norris A Big Night 209 Cricket Carolyn Hitt Palpable Hits 218 John Arlott Cricket at Swansea 221 John Arlott Valete, Wilfred Wooller 222 Leslie Thomas Daffodil Summer 227 Dannie Abse Cricket Ball 233 Tony Lewis Sober Reflections ' 234 Gareth Elwyn Jones Don Shepherd ' ' 239 XI

7 Speed and Strength Harri Webb Guto Nyth Bran 247 Athletics George Ewart Evans The Powder Monkey 248 Gerald Davies Lynn the Leap 263 Peter Finch The Runner 264 Swimming Phil Steele Martin Woodroffe 266 Motor Racing Griffith Williams The Swan-song of Babs. 268 Tony Curtis The Death of Richard Beattie-Seaman in the Belgian Grand Prix, Cycling Wil Jon Edwards The Funeral of Arthur Linton, xu

8 Climbing R. Merfyn Jones The Mountaineering of Wales 275 Arnold Lunn Accident on the Cyfrwy Ridge 285 Alan Hankinson Archer Thomson: mountaineer 286 Jim Perrin A Sense of Place 289 Tee Breaks Golf Sheenagh Pugh '147' 295 John Morgan Sad News about the Welsh 296 Tony Curtis The Spill 299 Dai Rees. Golf in Wartime 300 Gwyneth Lewis A Golf-course Resurrection 304 xin

9 Snooker Rugby Sheenagh Pugh Man getting hammered between frames 306 Exhibition 306 Philip Davies Cue Dracula 307 Sheenagh Pugh Forgiven 309 Harri Webb Vive le Sport 311 Richard Llewellyn The Rugby Match 312 W. J. T. Collins The Greatest Player of All 314 Terry McLean The Greatest Match 318 David Parry-Jones Prince Gwyn 326 Rowe Harding Reminiscences and Opinions 329 Rhys Davies Canute 324 xiv

10 Dannie Abse Shouting and Swearing 347 Dylan Thomas Enoch Davies and the stranger 349 Gwyn Thomas Padded up for Action 351 Alan Watkins Ups and downs of a climber 354 J. P. W. Mallalieu After the Singing, January John Morgan Wales v New Zealand Richard Burton The Last Time I Played Rugby 365 Emyr Humphreys, Post-match analysis 373 Phil Melling Billy Boston 381 John Morgan Excursion Train, Gwyn Thomas The Great Shrine 388 Alun Richards Fly-Half 390 xv

11 Dai Smith and Gareth Williams Cliff Morgan 394 J. B. G. Thomas South Africa v British Isles Cliff Morgan with Geoffrey Nicholson The Irrepressible Cliff 406 Alun Rees Cardiff Arms Park 412 Lewis Davies Pre-match tension 413 John Reason and Carwyn James Gerald Davies and Barry John 416 Max Boyce Frank Keating Phil Bennett 425 John Morgan and Gerald Davies A Rugby Diary, Alun Richards Carwyn 437 Alan Watkins Fan who became a pioneer 442 Dai Smith and Gareth Williams Gareth Edwards 444 xvi

12 Raymond Garlick Cardiff 449 Eddie Butler Prosser's Pontypool 449 Sian Nicholas Jonathan Davies 458 Rupert Moon with David Roach Moonstruck 460 Peter Finch The Stadium 462 Dai Smith All Played Out 466 Final Whistle John Stuart Williams River Walk, Cardiff 481 Editor's Afterword 483 The Authors Acknowledgements xvn