What chance have @URCOfficial clubs like, for example @scarlets_rugby, got to build up habit-forming crowds and match day revenue with only four competitive home games left until 2027?
Most County Championship wickets, 1990–1999 🏏
The 90s had a brilliant mix of county grinders, England names and world-class overseas firepower.
Steve Watkin leads the decade with 594 wickets for Glamorgan - a huge return from a relentlessly consistent seamer who also played Test cricket for England and was central to Glamorgan’s strong 90s side.
Martin Bicknell was pure Surrey class: 549 wickets at 23.64, combining accuracy, seam movement and durability. One of those bowlers county batters must have hated facing week after week.
Then there’s Phil Tufnell, taking 521 wickets with his left-arm spin, while Courtney Walsh is the outrageous one: 504 wickets at 19.24 from only 96 matches, with 37 five-wicket hauls. Genuine West Indies greatness dropped into the County Championship.
Andy Caddick also stands out - 486 wickets, 34 five-wicket hauls, and a strike rate of 45.83.
A proper 90s list: seamers everywhere, elite overseas quality, and Tufnell spinning his way into the top three.
#CountyCricket #Cricket #CountyChampionship
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A huge Village Cup win for the boys as Bronwydd CC progress with a 127-run victory over Cresselly CC! 💪🏏
Thank you to everyone who travelled and supported the boys in Pembrokeshire 💙
We thought we’d share with you some of the GWF team’s favourite walks. Tycoch to Mumbles is a walk much loved by Chris Peregrine, a committee member of Gower Walking Festival and has been for three years. See why here!
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Ensconced in this peaceful grassy bowl,
undisturbed by the cares of modern life,
where clamorous din yields to birdsong
and the rustle of leaves,
and the only man-made sound
is the brief crack of leather on willow.
My thoughts drift, then settle, then drift again
as I wait for the next ball to be bowled.
I find again the bowler’s steady rhythm,
the clean arc of the ball through still air
as it runs its course toward the waiting bat.
No run.
The game resumes its patient order.
I sit in quiet attention.
The birds continue. The leaves move.
The wind does not hurry, and neither does the game.
There’s something about cricket that gets deeper the older you get.
The long days, the familiar faces, the quiet moments between the noise.
Whole summers end up tied to certain grounds, certain innings, certain people.
It’s never really just been a sport.
Llongyfarchiadau capten ❤️
A double ton, an innings win at Hampshire, and now the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round. What a week for Kiran! 👏👏
#OhGlammyGlammy
Oh for a return to those days... everyone accepts that #pubs are under pressure these days, but how about some imagination? If a pint was nearer a fiver - or even less - than £6 or above, people may not just have one and move on somewhere else. Speculate to accumulate. 🍺...🍻🍻
Getting the job done 👊
🌾 23 points from a possible 24
🌾 Highest partnership ever vs Hampshire (Zain & Kiran)
🌾 Highest‑ever total against Hampshire
🌾 First win at the Utilita Bowl
🌾 Second‑biggest victory over Hampshire
📸 Stephen Nicholls
#HAMvGLA#OhGlammyGlammy