Cricket Witness No 3 - The Daffodil Blooms

106 To add to the surreal air, the white-flannelled creatures lurking in the mist were soon joined by white-fleeced ones. “The now famous local sheep paid a visit to the pitch before wickets began to fall. W.E.Jones and Emrys Davies acted as temporary shepherds and guided them off the field.” 11 Batting was far from easy as Gloucestershire struggled to 139- 8 with much of the square being a combination of squelching mud, sheep muck and sawdust after Wilf and his mangle crew had been to work. Allan and Wilf claimed three wickets apiece to set a foundation from which Glamorgan might press for victory. Willie Jones. The summer of 1948