Lives in Cricket No 1 - Allan Watkins

I have consulted and quoted from sundry newspapers, principally The Times, The South Wales Echo and The Western Mail , but also others, including South African and Indian papers, not readily identifiable from Allan Watkins’ scrapbook. For access to MCC minutes I am indebted to Adam Chadwick and Glenys Williams. My principal source of statistics has been www.cricketarchive.com I am grateful to David Jeater, series editor, and to Stephen Chalke for their encouragement and for suggested improvements to the initial script. I am grateful to Peter Griffiths for his zealous attention to detail in preparing the text for printing. Many of the photographs used appear by kind permission of Glamorgan Cricket Archives, Eiddwen Clift, who has passed her late husband’s collection to Glamorgan, and Usk Cricket Club. The photograph of Oundle School has been supplied by Tony Howorth. Other pictures come from Allan’s collection or were taken by myself. 110