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Andrew Keith Hignell (born 12 October 1959 in
Gloucester )
[1] 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. 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.
[2]
[3]
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)
The History of Blaina Cricket Club (2012, with Emma Peplow)
[4]
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)
[5]
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