Andrew Keith Hignell (born 12 October 1959 in
Gloucester) is a cricket historian and scorer.
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. He has been the
Glamorgan 1st XI scorer since 1982. For over 25 years he combined a career as a teacher at independent schools with working on radio commentaries for
BBC Radio Wales on the home and away matches of Glamorgan. In 2004 he left full-time teaching at
Wells Cathedral School to become the Heritage and Education Co-Ordinator at Glamorgan Cricket, where he manages the Museum of Welsh Cricket at
Sophia Gardens in
Cardiff. He has written numerous books on cricket.
Books
* ''Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan'' (1986)
* ''The History of Glamorgan County Cricket Club'' (1988)
* ''A "Favourit" Game: Cricket in South Wales before 1914'' (1992)
* ''
J.C. Clay: His Record Innings-by-Innings'' (1992)
* ''A Who's Who of Glamorgan County Cricket Club 1888–1991'' (1992)
* ''Glamorgan County Cricket Club: First-Class Records 1921-1993'' (1994)
* ''The Skipper: A Biography of
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* ''Glamorgan County Cricket Club: The Second Selection'' (1998)
* ''100 Greats: Glamorgan County Cricket Club'' (2000)
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: A Welsh Sporting Hero'' (2001)
* ''Classics: Glamorgan County Cricket Club'' (2001)
* ''Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates'' (2002)
* ''100 Greats: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club'' (2002, with Adrian Thomas)
* ''100 First-Class Umpires'' (2003)
* ''Summer of '64: A Season in English Cricket'' (2005)
* ''Getting it Right'' (2006; assisted with
Barrie Meyer's autobiography)
* ''Glamorgan Grounds: The Homes of Welsh Cricket'' (2002)
* ''Glamorgan: The Glory Years 1993–2002'' (2003)
* ''Gloucestershire CCC: 50 of the Finest Matches'' (2004)
* ''Cardiff Sporting Greats'' (2007)
* ''Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History'' (2008)
* ''From Sophia to SWALEC: A History of Cricket in Cardiff'' (2009)
* ''
C.P. Lewis: The Champion Cricketer of South Wales'' (2009, with Bob Harragan)
* ''The Australian Cricketers in Wales'' (2009)
* ''Glamorgan CCC on this Day: History, Facts and Figures for Every Day of the Year'' (2011)
* ''
Jack Mercer: A Bowler of Magical Spells'' (2011)
* ''The History of Blaina Cricket Club'' (2012, with Emma Peplow)
* ''Glamorgan CCC Miscellany: Glamorgan Trivia, History, Facts and Stats'' (2014)
* ''Changing Faces: Glamorgan CCC 1888–2012'' (2013)
* ''"Lucky"
Jim Pleass
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Life and career
Born in Cardiff, Pleass made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in the 1947 County Championship against Derbys ...
: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's
1948 County Championship
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Winner'' (2014)
* ''Front Foot to Front Line: Welsh Cricket and the Great War'' (2017)
* ''Always Amongst Friends: The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016'' (2017)
* ''The Daffodil Blooms: The Glorious Rise of Glamorgan CCC to County Champions in 1948'' (2018, with Brian Halford)
* ''Glamorgan Cricketers 1889–1920'' (2019)
* ''Glamorgan Cricketers 1921–1948'' (2020)
* ''A Tall Story: The Life of
Nigel Plews'' (2020)
* ''Cricketscapes: The Changing Geography of Cricket in England and Wales'' (2020)
* ''Fly at a Higher Game: The Story of
TAL Whittington and the Elevation of Glamorgan CCC into the County Championship'' (2021)
References
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1959 births
Living people
Cricket historians and writers
People from Gloucester
Schoolteachers from Gloucestershire
English cricket commentators
Cricket scorers
Welsh curators