Welsh Sport - memorabilia from Welsh Sporting history

WELSH SPORT

Welsh Sport - Memorabilia relating to the heroes, heroines and history of Welsh Sport.

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ATHLETICS - BOXING - CRICKET - COMMONWEALTH & EMPIRE GAMES - CYCLING - GOLF - HOCKEY - LACROSSE - MOTOR SPORT - OLYMPIC GAMES - RUGBY LEAGUE - RUGBY UNION - SOCCER - TENNIS

HISTORIES

	" The History of Welsh Athletics" by John Collins, Alan and Brenda Currie, Mike Walters and Clive Williams.
	Outstanding history of Welsh Athletics, includes chapters on the Nos Galan, histories of cross country and fell racing race walking and a review of the 1958 Empire Games in Cardiff, 2 volumes, boxed, second-hand hardbacks in excellent condition
	1st Edition: 2002	362 & 248 pages	Ref: lbbkathiwa-jc-xb - £25.00

	"1896 - 1946 Fifty Years of Sport - The Achievements of the Athletes of Cwm, Ebbw Vale" compiled by Arthur Baker
	Some athletics included but this booklet covers a whole range of sports and pastimes from draughts to boxing to quoits, a second-hand booklet in excellent condition
	published in 1946	20 pages	Ref: CC73-atblhi-cwm - £35.00

ANNUALS

	Welsh Athletics Annual 1978, edited by Clive Williams, 72 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa78 - £20.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1979, edited by Clive Williams, 87 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa79 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1980, edited by Clive Williams, 98 pages, a second-hand ring bound publication in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa80 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1981, edited by Clive Williams, 89 pages, a second-hand ring bound publication in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa81 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1982, edited by Alan Currie, 111 pages, a second-hand ring bound publication in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa82 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1984, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie,152 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa84 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1985, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie,184 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa85 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1986, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie,184 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa86 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1987, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 188 pages, a second-hand booklet in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa87 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1988, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 200 pages, a second-hand paperback in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa88 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1989, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 240 pages, a second-hand paperback in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa89 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1990, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 284 pages, a second-hand paperback in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa90 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1991, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 260 pages, a second-hand paperback in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa91 - £15.00
	Welsh Athletics Annual 1992, edited by Alan and Brenda Currie, 260 pages, a second-hand paperback in good condition. Ref: CC72-atanwa92 - £15.00

PHOTOGRAPHS

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10 x 8 black & white photograph of Berwyn Price in action.

Ref: MC77-atph-price - £5.00

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10 x 8 black & white photograph of Bernie Plain in action.

Ref: MC77-atph-plain - £5.00

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10 x 8 black & white photograph of Tony Simmons in action.

Ref: MC77-atph-simmons - £5.00

PROGRAMMES

	26th Annual International Cross Country Championships, Caerleon, Newport programme. The first International CC Champs were held in 1903 and were contested by the four home countries, gradually other countries joined the championships and it was awarded world championship status in 1973. The first Welshman to win a medal was Sam Palmer with a bronze in in 1938, to date only two other third places have been recorded by Welshmen, John Merriman in 1960 and Steve Jones in 1984. The 1933 event is infamous for the friction between the North and South of Ireland, the North entered the competition for the very first time and the South withdrew despite already being pre-entered. The race was won by Jack Holden of England with the leading Welshman Harry Gallivan of Pontnewydd Harriers in 14th, Results of the race can be found on the following webpage. CLICK HERE . The 24 page programme is generally in good condition with a name and address written to the front and results filled in neathly throughout. Ref: CC73-atpr19330325-xb - £65.00
	Welsh Games 1972 - 56 page programme for international match at Cardiff. Ref: CC72-atpr19720721 - £5.00
	Welsh Games 1975 - 48 page programme for international match at Cwmbran, slight creasing to front cover. Ref: CC72-atpr19750718 - £5.00
	Welsh Games 1996 - Wales v Ireland v Croatia, 32 page programme for international match at Cardiff, light damp stain to bottom right hand corner throughout. Ref: CC72-atpr19960525 - £5.00
	Addis Swansea Enterprise 10K Road Race 1994. Race won by Olympian Steve Brace of Bridgend. Ref: MC11-atpr94-addis £1.00

MISC

2 Welsh Games tickets, 1965 at Maindy Stadium, 1986 at Swansea.

Ref: MC77-attkwa-2 - £2.00

TEAM KIT & CLOTHING

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GB team polo shirt by Nike for 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, believed to be part of the official team kit issue for for 5000 metre representative Ian Hamer. The shirt is a medium and is in good condition

Ref: CC73-atjygb91 - £8.00

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GB athletics t shirt by Nike, official team issue for Olympian Ian Hamer, size medium, in excellent condition.

Ref: CC73-atgb-t2 - £15.00

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Reebok British Athletics t shirt, ex Ian Hamer, large size, in good condition.

Ref: CC73-atgb-t4 - £8.00

PROGRAMMES

	Ninian Park, Cardiff, 28th May 1932 "The Al Brown Mammoth Boxing Tournament" . A main bout of Panamanian bantam-weight Al Brown v feather-weight Luigi Quadrini of Italy. Other bouts are as follows: Kid Hughes (Maesteg) v Kid McCoy (Argoed), Glen Moody (Pontypridd) v Bunny Eddington (Pontycymmer), Reg Hall (Bristol v Jerry O'Neil (Merthyr), Ken Barrett (Cardiff) v Kid Leyland (Tredegar). The 40 page programme has some slight damage to the spine and some light soiling to the front cover. Ref: F64-41-bxpr19320528 - £85.00.
	Ninian Park, Cardiff, 15 May 1933, Jack Petersen v Hein Muller (Germany), fights on the undercard are as follows: Panther Purchase (South Africa) v Jack Domorgen (Germany), George Morgan (Newport) v Fred Carpenter (Merthyr), Jerry Daley (Penygraig) v George Smith (Tonyrefail). The 12 page programme has a single crease down the centre of the front cover. Ref: F64-41-bxpr19330515 - £95.00.
	Ninian Park, Cardiff, 26 Jun 1933, Jack Petersen v George Cook (Australia), fights on the undercard are as follows; Gipsy Daniels (Llanelly) v Laurie Raiteri (Stratford), Gunner Bennett (Windsor) v Tommy Farr (Clydach Vale), Bert Taylor (Birmingham) v Les Howard (Cardiff). The 12 page programme has a single crease down the centre of the front cover. Ref: F64-41-bxpr19330515 - £95.00.
	Ninian Park, Cardiff, 4 Sep 1946. Lightweight Championship of the World, Ronnie James (Swansea) v Ike Williams (USA). The undercard is as follows Cliff Curvis (Swansea) v Germain Perez (France), Peter Kane (Golbourne) v Norman Lewis (Nantymoel), Eric Powell (Manchester) v Cliff Morris (Pontypridd), Eddie Thomas (Merthyr) v Bob Ramsey (Stepney), Terry Kelly (Manchester) v Don Chiswell (Ammanford), 16 pages, crease down the centre, folded corner and light wear to right hand edge of the programme. Ref: CC38-bxpr19460904 - £65.00
	Ravenhill Garage, Swansea. 15 Jul 1947. An evening of boxing organised by the Swansea Celtic Sports Committee. Top of the bill Cliff Curvis (Swansea) v Jan Nicolaas (Holland), other contests Doug Richards (Swansea) v Jim Green (London), Ken Curvis (Swansea & Champion of India) v Bryn Davies (Skewen), Fred Evans (Cymmer 'The Ginger Cyclone') v Danny Jones (Ammanford), Eric Thomas (Cwmtwrch) v Idris Lazenbury (Caerphilly), Dave Lloyd (Swansea) v Sid Williams (Gorseinon) Ref: CC38-bxpr-19470715 - £50.00
	Gwyn Hall, Neath. 6 Feb 1950. An International Welterweight contest Cliff Curvis v Ric Saunders (Leicester). Other bouts include Johnny Carrington (Nottingham) v Ron Bruzas (Newport), Denny Morten (Abertridwr) v Glyn Jones (Tirybeth), Willie Jones (Swansea) v Arthur Thomas (Skewen), Terry Edwards (Cwmavon) v Dai Hopkins (Bryncoch), Jackie 'Blondie' Hughes (Swansea) v Dennis 'Boxer' Williams (Neath). 6 page fold over programme, some creasing and light soiling, top right hand corner missing from front cover. Ref: CC38-bxpr19500206 - £40.00
	Coney Beach, Porthcawl 23rd August 1950, all star mammoth boxing tournament. Featuring the following bouts. British and Empire Flyweight Championship Eliminator - Vic Herman (Scotland) v Norman Lewis (Wales), Flyweight Championship of Wales - Glyn David (Caerau) v George Sutton (Cardiff), Bantamweight Championship of Wales - Jackie Sutton (Cardiff) v Roy Ball (Pontypool), Featherweight Championship of Wales - Jackie Hughes (Pontypridd) v Len Davies (Swansea). The programme is in excellent condition. Ref: CC72-bxpr19500823 - £35.00
	Coney Beach, Porthcawl 3rd September 1958, Featuring the following bouts - Dick Richardson v Henry Cooper an eliminator to meet Brian London, in this fight Cooper ko'd Richardson in round 5. Other bouts are as follows. An eliminator for the British Middleweight Championship - Alex Burton (London) v Freddie Cross (Cardiff), Len 'Luggie' Reece (Cardiff) v Ron 'Ponty' Davies (Llanbradach), Featherweight - Phil Jones (Cardiff) v Terry Rees (London), Welterweight - Teddy Barrow (Swansea) v Eddie Bee ( Cardiff), Light-heavyweight contest - Johnny Cole ( Bow) V Billy Cornelius (London). The programme is in excellent condition. Ref: CC72-bxpr19580903 - £35.00
	Coney Beach, Porthcawl 2nd July, 1958, Featuring the following bouts - Heavy weight contest - Bob Baker v Dick Richardson, Middle-weight - Jean Ruellet ( France) v Phil Edwards (Wales), International Fly-weight - Henri Schmid (France) V Len 'Luggie' Reece (Wales), Fly-weight - Ron 'Ponty' Davies (Llanbradach) v Dave Moore (Belfast), Bantam-weight Contest - Harry Carroll (Cardiff) v Jim Brennan (Belfast), Feather-weight - Phil Jones (Cardiff) v Cofi Meni, Heavy-weight - Alan Hands (Blackpool) v Ken Gardiner ( Newport), Feather-weight - Levi John (Neath) V Johnny Wynne (Pentre). The programme is in excellent condition. Ref: CC72-bxpr19580702 - £25.00
	Coney Beach, Porthcawl 26th August 1959, Featuring the following bouts - Heavy-weight Championship of the British Empire - Henry Cooper V Cawie De Klerk, An Outstanding International Contest - Joe Erskine V Bruno Scarabellin, British Light-Heavyweight Championship, Final Eliminator - Arthur Howard 'The Islington Tiger' v Eddie Wright 'Stepney, Southern Area Champion', Welterweight Contest - Brian Curvis (Swansea) v Gus Harry (Trinidad), Light-Heavyweight - Gary Price (Carmarthen) v Brian Whiting (London) And Other Contests. The programme is in excellent condition. Ref: CC72-bxpr19590826 - £30.00
	Coney Beach, Porthcawl 29th August 1960. One of the most infamous nights of Welsh boxing. this fight has a special place in boxing folklore, primarily because of the explosive scenes which followed it. When London retired in his corner at the end of the eighth round, his father and brother, both named Jack, were incensed by the rough tactics Richardson had employed and climbed into the ring to protest. A full-scale brawl broke out, which ended with London being fined by the British Boxing Board of Control. Richardson, generally considered to have caused the cut which ended the fight by using his head, remained on his stool shielded by cornermen until the violence had subsided. The programme features the following bouts - Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Dick Richardson v Brian London, Welterweight Contest of European Importance - Brian Curvis v Chris Christensen, Featherweight - Harry Carroll (Cardiff) v Andy Hayford (Ghana), Welterweight - Tanos Lambrianides (Greece) v Jimmy Lawson ( Middlesborough), Featherweight - Brian Smith ( Porthcawl) v Peter Delbridge (Pyle) and Other Contests. The programme is in excellent condition. Ref: CC72-bxpr19600829 - £75.00
	Earls Court Arena, London, 7th September 1965. Vincente Saldivar v Howard Winstone. Neil Allen of boxing monthly comments on this fight "The 15 rounds at Earl's Court was a classic jousting tournament, with Winstone's rapier being outscored by the mace of Saldivar. At ringside, I made the Mexican champion win nine of the 15 rounds, with one even, and gave the other five to Winstone, who was most in command in the first four rounds but came back heroically in the 11th, 12th and 15th. Winstone had trouble for much of the bout with Saldivar's southpaw stance, but I will never forget his final ferocious drive in the last round, as if the ghosts of all the men, who suffered and died in Merthyr's old mines were now behind him." Other bouts on the card include Freddie Mack (USA) v Jack Bodell (Swadlincote), Carl Gizzi (Wales) v Dave Ould (Bermondsey), Billy Marlow (Cardiff) v Johnny Whitecross (Glasgow). The programme has a slight crease and some scoring on the centre pages. Ref: MC11-bxpr19650907 - £16.00
	Colin Jones v Hans Henrik Palm 26th February 1982, Copenhagen, Denmark - European Welterweight title. Official programme for the fight which Jones won in round 2. The programme has a slight crease. Ref: CC72-bxpr19820226 - £20.00

MAGAZINES

RINGSPORT August 1961. Welsh based boxing & wrestling magazine, Front cover photo of Phil Edwards, profiles on the careers of Frank Moody & Len Harvey,

Ref: MC11bxmg-196108 - £7.00,

PRINTS

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Ronnie James of Swansea. A modern photographic print. Please CLICK HERE for prices and sizes available

MISC

postcard of unknown Rhondda boxer, 1920s. Found amongst some Llwynypia 1920s soccer postcards. Corners folded with some slight soiling.

Ref: CC72-bxpcuk - £10.00

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TOMMY FARR - Rhondda Sports Hall of Fame dinner brochure 1994 with posthumous award to Tommy Farr. Articles and fight record of Farr contained in a 20 page glossy A4 sized brochure.

Ref: CC72-bxbl-farr - £16.00

GLAMORGAN & WALES CRICKET

GLAMORGAN & WALES CRICKET

Cricket memorabilia relating to Glamorgan including from the 1948 & 1969 championship seasons, 1993 Sunday League Championship including scorecards, programmes, autographs, books, yearbooks, ties etc. Other memorabilia relating to Welsh cricket can also be found on this page including club histories & ties. To visit this page please click on the image above or the links below to go straight to individual sections on this page.

AUTOGRAPHS - BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS - PROGRAMMES & SCORECARDS - YEARBOOKS

South Wales Evening Post Prutour 1999 supplement, an 8 page newspaper with info about the Prutour's visit to Swansea.

Ref: CC73-cynp-swep - £3.00

GAMES - BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH

EMPIRE GAMES CARDIFF 1958

	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - A preview to the games with chapters on individual sports, welcome messages and memories from previous games. Approx 250 pages with many pages of advertisements. This copy has some creasing to the front cover. Ref: CC72-atblco58-sg-green - £10.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for Opening Ceremony 18th July 1958, slight crease. Ref: CC72-atprco58-oc - £10.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for Athletics on 19th July, including high jump heats and final, 880 yards heats, 100 yards Men Final and 6 miles (John Merriman, Wales - silver). results neatly inked in for the majority of events. Ref: CC72-atprco58at19 - £12.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for Athletics on 22nd July including women's high jump, 880 yards final, men's long jump final & 3 miles. Previous owner's name on front cover. Ref: CC72-atprco58at22 - £9.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for Athletics on 24th July including women's 220 yards, mens 220 yards, hurdles heats, javelin, & men's 1 mile heats, . some creasing and small piece missing from front cover. Ref: CC73-atprco58at24 - £9.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for Athletics on 26th July, the last day of competition. Events include, (all finals) women's long jump, hammer, pole vault, 4 x 110 yards relay, 4 x 440 yards relay, women's 80 metres hurdles, one mile. The majority of results are neatly inked in. Ref: CC72-atprco58at26 - £15.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - Official programme for swimming on 19th July. Results neatly inked in. Ref: CC72-atprco58-sw19 - £9.00
	BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, Cardiff 1958. - 54 page guide published by Guinness. A concise and information packed preview of the Games. In good condition. Ref: CC72-atblco58-guinness - £9.00
	"The Official History of the VI th British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Wales 1958." A 508 page review of the Games published by the Western mail & Echo. Includes a complete set of results for all sports and many photos of competitors and sports. This copy has a small amount of creasing and a minor tear to the dust wrapper otherwise it is in mint condition, it is still in it's original box. Ref: cobkhi58 - £175.00
awaiting illustration	EMPIRE GAMES, CARDIFF 1958, a 104 page booklet, "A Diary of Events Including Articles on Sport in Wales", sellotaped spine and writing on front cover, 37 autographs, mostly cyclists Ref: F8-14-coau - £25.00
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	Original advertising poster for the 6th Empire Games held in Cardiff. An original British Rail poster encouraging the public to enquire about train times and fares to Cardiff. A superb illustration and an incredibly rare poster, this is the only poster I have seen relating to the 1958 games which were held at Cardiff Arms Park. This particular poster was displayed at the Carmarthenshire railway station of Ferryside (between Carmarthen & Llanelli). The poster is mounted, framed and glazed. The total size of the poster including mount and frame is approx 120cm x 75cm (48" x 30") Ref: DPR - £350.00
	1958 Empire Games fold over information leaflet Ref: MC77-blco58 - £3.00

GAMES - OLYMPICS

AUTOGRAPHS

	1968 Olympics First Day Cover (Czechoslovakia) signed by Olympic gold medallist Lynn Davies. Davies represented Great Britain at the games in Mexico City. Ref: CC72-ataufdol68-ld - £20.00
	1964 Olympics First day Cover (Yugoslavia) signed by Olympic gold medallists Lynn Davies (1964) and Mary Peters (1972). There is a slight crease on the cover Ref: CC72-ataufdol64-mp - £35.00
	1964 Olympics First day Cover (Germany) signed by Olympic gold medallist Lynn Davies and Peter Radford who won two bronze medals in the 1960 olympics (100 mts & 4 x 100 relay). A nicely illustrated cover with judo stamp and illustration. Ref: CC72-ataufdol64-pr - £45.00
	1968 Olympics First day Cover (GB) with special departure postmark signed by 3 Olympic gold medallists, David Hemery (400m hurdles), Chris Finnegan (boxing) and Lynn Davies (long jump). Hemery & Finnegan won their medals at the 1968 games, Davies in 1964, he also competed in the 1968 & 1972 Olympic Games. Ref: CC72-ataufdol68-dh - £65.00
	1948 Olympics First Day Cover signed by two athletic legends Lynn Davies (1964 Olmpic Gold) and Roger Bannister (1st 4 minute miler and Empire Games gold medallist). The cover has a type written address and a slight crease along the bottom. Ref: CC72-ataufdol48-rb - £45.00

TEAM KIT & CLOTHING

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GB team baseball cap for 1992 Olympics, believed to be part of the official team kit issue for for 5000 metre representative Ian Hamer.

Ref: CC73-atcpgb - £9.00

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GB team t shirt 1992 Olympics, believed to be part of the official team kit issue for Port Talbot based 5000 metre representative Ian Hamer, an Adidas shirt, size 34/36" in excellent condition.

Ref: CC73-atgb-t1 - £15.00

WELSH GOLF LEGEND DAI REES - ORIGINAL SIGNED ART by HAYDN

Dai Rees was one of the greatest Welsh golfers ever. Born in Aberdare, Dai learned his golf at the Aberdare Golf Club where his dad was the professional. The highlight of his career was when he led Britain to Ryder Cup success in 1957. In all he played in nine competitions against the Americans. He finished runner-up in the Open Championship in 1953, 1954 and 1961 and was the BBC and Welsh Sports Personality of 1957. He featured in adverts as one of the "Brylcreem Boys".

The illustration is by Neath artist Haydn Ford whose published works include a book of caricatures of the 1948 Invincible Australian cricketers and "Heads and Tails" a booklet of caricatures of 1950s Welsh rugby stars.