Cricket Witness No 3 - The Daffodil Blooms

125 delighted a nation and far beyond, and was proof again of the wise words of J.H.Morgan who, in his summary for the 1949 Edition of Wisden , had written: “The Land of My Fathers sends her sons and daughters to the four corners of the earth, but their hearts are always in Wales. That is why Glamorgan’s Championship success had such a world-wide popularity.” 5 1. Glamorgan CCC minute books - August and September 1948. 2. Based on an interview on the BBC Wales TV documentary celebrating Glamorgan Cricket’s Centenary Year in 1988. 3. A.K. Hignell, Lucky Jim Pleass (St. David’s Press, 2014). 4. The South Wales Cricketers Magazine, May 1949. 5. Article by JH Morgan in Wisden Cricketers Almanack for 1949. Epilogue – The legacy of 1948 Johnnie Clay, Jimmy Eaglestone, Emrys Davies, Arnold Dyson and other office staff delightedley read through the letters and telegrams of congratulations following Glamorgan’s County Championship success in 1948.