Collection: Museum of Welsh Cricket

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Collection development policy)

  The Museum’s remit is to tell the story of cricket in Wales. To address this the Museum holds an extensive range of cricket related items dating from the eighteenth century to the modern day.

  The collection includes items of clothing and equipment as worn by county and club players. Some have been acquired to provide examples of how the playing of cricket had changed and developed over the past 250 years. Many are directly associated with specific clubs, events and well-known players. They, therefore, play in an important role in illustrating different aspects of the history of the game in Wales.

  The collection also includes a large number of records from the professional and recreational game, including scorecards, autograph books, scrapbooks, membership cards, club records and player contracts. This collection throws a light on how the people of Wales as club officials, players and supporters contributed to the development of the game in Wales.

  The Museum’s permanent collection holds a number of trophies and awards received by the Glamorgan CCC and its players. The permanent collection is supplemented by silverware and trophies loaned to the Museum by clubs in Wales. There is also a collection of photographs, film and video including footage and commentary of specific games along with interviews with players, officials and supporters.

  The collection supports the museum’s objectives by providing objects for exhibition, by helping to meet the needs of researchers and by providing resources for the future development of the exhibitions.

  A digitisation project has taken place so that items from the collection are available on the Museum’s website, together with films and photographs from the Museum’s collection.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2023

  Licence: CC BY-NC