Cricket Witness No 3 - The Daffodil Blooms

73 Restarting and regrouping lightning and covered by large puddles of water. Johnnie turned to me and said I hope it stops raining soon. I reckon we have just had about enough now – we’ll beat Yorkshire.” “We went back to bed content in the fact that in this age of uncovered wickets, we would be bowling the next day on a helpful sticky dog. The rest of the Glamorgan side could not get to the ground quick enough the next morning, but to our amazement, we found the wicket bone dry, realising that it had been somehow covered during the night.” 5 Len Hutton duly made an unbeaten 99 to see Yorkshire home, much to the displeasure of the Glamorgan contingent who were aware of nocturnal skulduggery but were unable to prove that any unfair practice had taken place. In fact, these events at Bramall Lane helped to unify the Glamorgan squad, and having seen the depravities of life in Changhi and the brutal inhumanity, Wooller had a wry smile on his face, muttering to his fellow amateurs about how low could people stoop in order to secure a victory. The victory at Sheffield saw Yorkshire complete a home and away double over the Welsh county, having marked the start of Wilf Wooller is welcomed by officials to a match in 1949.