Misplaced Pages

Andrew Hignell

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 00:16, 7 July 2018 (Authority control moved to Wikidata). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 00:16, 7 July 2018 by KasparBot (talk | contribs) (Authority control moved to Wikidata)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Andrew Keith Hignell (born 12 October 1959 in Gloucester) is a cricket historian and scorer.

Hignell has a PhD in Geography from Cardiff University. 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 County Cricket Club. 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 Wilf Wooller (1995)
  • Glamorgan County Cricket Club: The Second Selection (1998)
  • 100 Greats: Glamorgan County Cricket Club (2000)
  • Turnbull: 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)
  • Cricket in Wales: 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: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's 1948 County Championship 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)

References

  1. "Andrew Hignell". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "Andrew Hignell". www.cruiseshipenrichment.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "Andrew Hignell". Gomer. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
Categories: