Chapter Thirty-Three Tourist Trade Glamorgan had made history during the 1938 Whitsuntide when they met a county side over the holiday period for the first time since they were admitted to the Championship in 1921. That had been at Worcester and had ended in a draw; by the time of the second occasion in 1948 their fortunes had changed dramatically. New Road was again the venue, the fixture made possible because Worcestershire’s traditional opponents, Essex, were meeting the Australians at Southend, just as they had ten years earlier. Whitsun was early but the weather was fine and warm. Glamorgan had beaten Somerset at Cardiff in their only previous match and they were dominant at Worcester, dismissing the home side for 284 and then running amok with the bat. Allan Watkins made a hundred, Gilbert Parkhouse, Willie Jones and Phil Clift got useful runs and Wilf Wooller was able to declare on the third morning at 485 for nine. Wooller and Norman Hever then took advantage of a cross wind, swerving the ball awkwardly and Worcestershire were dismissed for 153, leaving Glamorgan the winners by an innings and 48 runs. It was the start of a remarkable season which saw Glamorgan win the Championship for the first time. Wooller’s captaincy developed a splendid spirit among the side which was largely unchanged: Emrys Davies, Clift, Parkhouse, Jones, Watkins, Jim Eaglestone, Wooller, Len Muncer, the wicket-keeper Haydn Davies and Hever, plus Arnold Dyson, Stan Trick and, notably at the end, Johnnie Clay. Jones, Emrys Davies and Parkhouse each exceeded a thousand runs, Muncer took more than a hundred wickets with his off breaks but the powerhouse of the side was its fielding and its positive approach. Glamorgan went to the head of the table in mid-June and remained there until 20 July, when Derbyshire took over. After a defeat by Leicestershire, Glamorgan gained a three-wicket win over Warwickshire at Neath but Derbyshire maintained their lead with a victory over Nottinghamshire. The August Bank Holiday period found Derbyshire at Edgbaston and Glamorgan – back to their traditional game against the tourists - meeting the Australians at Swansea, where there was grave disappointment that Bradman was not playing. On Saturday, the St Helen’s crowd saw Emrys Davies and Clift give their side a useful start before Ian Johnson and Doug Ring spun them out for 197. On Monday Miller (84, five sixes and seven fours) gave an aggressive display and shared a partnership of 126 for the third wicket with Hassett but with the score 215 for three torrential rain prevented any more play after 3pm. It carried on raining until after lunch on the final day and the game was left drawn. More than 50,000 people attended and the good news was that Derbyshire had got nothing out of their match against Warwickshire. Derbyshire stayed top until 10 August and Glamorgan then fended off challenges from Surrey and Yorkshire to win the title by defeating Hampshire at 171