Cricket Witness No 5 - Whites on Green

137 be our year after that.” 6 As far as the Essex game was concerned, Ossie also had some very fond recollections: “I had played only half a dozen games that summer and was just called in from time to time when needs must. I played quite a bit in 1968 but the side were going so well in 1969 and they kept the same side. They didn’t really need me. I had actually retired in 1966 and played only a couple of games in 1967 towards the end of the season. I came back in during 1968 mainly because Jeff Jones broke down. Fortunately, by the Essex match in 1969 I had been playing some club cricket and was in reasonable nick. As the ball made its way towards me I remember thinking whatever I do, it does not have to be particularly quick, but the throw had to be as straight as I could make it. Not having done fielding practice for many years, I managed to wing it in! There was always a good crowd for our games in August at Swansea and there were a lot of people here that day with many coming onto the field at the end. It was a game that if we won, we were 99 per cent certain of winning the Championship. So the crowd really treated it as ‘that’s it’, and on they came. And St. Helen’s was a great place for a celebration, because you just went straight up into the bar!” 7 1. A.K.Hignell, Glamorgan 1993-2002: The Glory Years (Tempus Publishing, 2003). 2. M.P.Maynard with P.Rees, On the Attack – The Batsman’s Story (Mainstream Publishing, 2001). 3. Ibid. 4. “Reflections by Matthew Maynard” in the Matthew Maynard Testimonial Brochure, 2004. 5 . Western Mail , 1 July 1977 6. “The Greatest run-out?” by Chris Peregrine, initially published in the South Wales Evening Post , and re-printed in the 2010 Glamorgan Yearbook. 7. Ibid. Rapid hundreds, remarkable debuts and great run outs