Cricket Witness No 3 - The Daffodil Blooms

66 Triumph and tragedy wicket-keeper’s gloves on countless occasions for Glamorgan. But spotting the pocket of Guardsmen, machine-gun fire came from the German troops, before the vehicle’s gun turret swung through the hedge and opened fire. Maurice was right alongside and was fatally shot through the head. 1. Glamorgan CCC minute books – August 1936. 2. A.K. Hignell, Jack Mercer – A Bowler of Magical Spells (ACS , 2011). 3. Western Mail 26 June 1937. 4. A.K. Hignell, Maurice Turnbull, A Welsh Sporting Hero (Tempus Publishing, 2001). 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid. 7. Ibid. 8. Ibid. Tha last cricketing photograph of Maurice Turnbull taken, with Bill Edrich, at Lord’s in 1942 ahead of a fund-raising game involving The Army.