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'''Andrew Keith Hignell''' (born 12 October 1959 in [[Gloucester]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/399772.html| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate =17 April 2018}}</ref> is a cricket historian and scorer.
'''Andrew Keith Hignell''' (born 12 October 1959 in [[Gloucester]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/399772.html| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate =17 April 2018}}</ref> is a cricket historian and scorer.


Hignell has a [[PhD]] in Geography from [[Cardiff University]]. He has been the [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan 1st XI]] scorer since 1982. For over 25 years he combined a career as a teacher at independent schools with working on radio commentaries for [[BBC Radio Wales]] on the home and away matches of Glamorgan. In 2004 he left full-time teaching at [[Wells Cathedral School]] to become the Heritage and Education Co-Ordinator at Glamorgan Cricket, where he manages the Museum of Welsh Cricket at [[Sophia Gardens (cricket ground)|Sophia Gardens]] in [[Cardiff]]. He has written numerous books on cricket.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cruiseshipenrichment.net/speaker.asp?ID=52171958&DisplayStatus=1| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = www.cruiseshipenrichment.net| accessdate =17 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gomer.co.uk/authors/andrewhignell.html| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = Gomer| accessdate = 28 September 2019| archive-date = 28 September 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190928014945/https://www.gomer.co.uk/authors/andrewhignell.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
Hignell has a [[PhD]] in Geography from [[Cardiff University]]. He has been the [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan 1st XI]] scorer since 1982. For over 25 years he combined a career as a teacher at independent schools with working on radio commentaries for [[BBC Radio Wales]] on the home and away matches of Glamorgan. In 2004 he left full-time teaching at [[Wells Cathedral School]] to become the Heritage and Education Co-Ordinator at Glamorgan Cricket, where he manages the Museum of Welsh Cricket at [[Sophia Gardens (cricket ground)|Sophia Gardens]] in [[Cardiff]].

Hignell has written numerous books on cricket.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cruiseshipenrichment.net/speaker.asp?ID=52171958&DisplayStatus=1| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = www.cruiseshipenrichment.net| accessdate =17 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gomer.co.uk/authors/andrewhignell.html| title = Andrew Hignell| publisher = Gomer| accessdate = 28 September 2019| archive-date = 28 September 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190928014945/https://www.gomer.co.uk/authors/andrewhignell.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> In ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'', [[Alan Ross]] said Hignell's 1995 biography of Glamorgan's combative post-war captain [[Wilf Wooller]], which was based on extensive interviews, revealed a "surprising warmth" in its subject.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1996, p. 1354.</ref> ''Wisden's'' editor Graeme Wright, reviewing Hignell's 2001 biography of [[Malcolm Turnbull]], praised Hignell as "a thorough researcher and a sound writer", adding that Hignell gets Turnbull "just right".<ref>''Wisden'' 2002, p. 1534.</ref> Reviewing Hignell's 2002 book ''Rain Stops Play'', ''[[Wisden Cricket Monthly]]'' said, "Hignell's excellent volume should be required reading in both dressing-room and press box", and added that it was "a history of cricket with a strong geographical bias".<ref>''Wisden'' 2003, p. 1679.</ref> The Welsh historian John Idris Jones, writing in ''[[Planet (magazine)|Planet]]'', said of Hignell's ''Cricket in Wales'' (2008), "As a chronicle of cricket in Wales, it is not likely to be surpassed",<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket in Wales |url=https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/cricket-in-wales/ |website=University of Wales Press |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref> while Duncan Stone, reviewing ''Cricket in Wales'' in the journal ''Sport in History'', said "Hignell's obviously exhaustive research informs, illuminates and entertains".<ref name=stone/>

Hignell was awarded [[The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]' 1988 Statistician of the Year award "for his work on the history and statistics of Glamorgan".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistician of the Year 1988 – Andrew Hignell |url=https://acscricket.com/?page_id=247 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=[[The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
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* ''Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan'' (1986)
* ''Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan'' (1986)
* ''The History of [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club]]'' (1988)
* ''The History of [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club]]'' (1988)
* ''A "Favourit" Game: Cricket in South Wales before 1914'' (1992)
* ''A "Favourit" Game: Cricket in South Wales before 1914'' (1992)
* ''[[J.C. Clay]]: His Record Innings-by-Innings'' (1992)
* ''[[J.C. Clay]]: His Record Innings-by-Innings'' (1992)
* ''A Who's Who of Glamorgan County Cricket Club 1888–1991'' (1992)
* ''A Who's Who of Glamorgan County Cricket Club 1888–1991'' (1992)
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* ''[[Maurice Turnbull|Turnbull]]: A Welsh Sporting Hero'' (2001)
* ''[[Maurice Turnbull|Turnbull]]: A Welsh Sporting Hero'' (2001)
* ''Classics: Glamorgan County Cricket Club'' (2001)
* ''Classics: Glamorgan County Cricket Club'' (2001)
* ''Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates'' (2002)
* ''Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates'' (2002)
* ''100 Greats: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club'' (2002, with Adrian Thomas)
* ''100 Greats: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club'' (2002, with Adrian Thomas)
* ''100 First-Class Umpires'' (2003)
* ''100 First-Class Umpires'' (2003)
* ''Summer of '64: A Season in English Cricket'' (2005)
* ''Summer of '64: A Season in English Cricket'' (2005)
* ''Getting it Right'' (2006; assisted with [[Barrie Meyer]]'s autobiography)
* ''Getting it Right'' (2006; assisted with [[Barrie Meyer]]'s autobiography)
* ''Glamorgan Grounds: The Homes of Welsh Cricket'' (2002)
* ''Glamorgan Grounds: The Homes of Welsh Cricket'' (2002)
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* ''Gloucestershire CCC: 50 of the Finest Matches'' (2004)
* ''Gloucestershire CCC: 50 of the Finest Matches'' (2004)
* ''Cardiff Sporting Greats'' (2007)
* ''Cardiff Sporting Greats'' (2007)
* ''Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History'' (2008)
* ''Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History'' (2008)
* ''From Sophia to SWALEC: A History of Cricket in Cardiff'' (2009)
* ''From Sophia to SWALEC: A History of Cricket in Cardiff'' (2009)
* ''[[Charles Lewis (rugby union)|C.P. Lewis]]: The Champion Cricketer of South Wales'' (2009, with Bob Harragan)
* ''[[Charles Lewis (rugby union)|C.P. Lewis]]: The Champion Cricketer of South Wales'' (2009, with Bob Harragan)
* ''The Australian Cricketers in Wales'' (2009)
* ''The Australian Cricketers in Wales'' (2009)
* ''Glamorgan CCC on this Day: History, Facts and Figures for Every Day of the Year'' (2011)
* ''Glamorgan CCC on this Day: History, Facts and Figures for Every Day of the Year'' (2011)
* ''[[Jack Mercer]]: A Bowler of Magical Spells'' (2011)
* ''[[Jack Mercer]]: A Bowler of Magical Spells'' (2011)
* ''The History of Blaina Cricket Club'' (2012, with Emma Peplow)
* ''The History of Blaina Cricket Club'' (2012, with Emma Peplow)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.ashleydrake.cymru/St%20Davids%20Press/Cricket%20in%20Wales%20-%20The%20History%20of%20Blaina%20Cricket%20Club.html | title=Cricket in Wales - The History of Blaina Cricket Club | publisher=St. David's Press | author=Andrew Hignell, Emma Peplow | year=2012 | pages=xx + 172 | isbn=978-1-902719-32-0 | access-date=2019-07-07 | archive-date=2016-10-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014231013/http://www.ashleydrake.cymru/St%20Davids%20Press/Cricket%20in%20Wales%20-%20The%20History%20of%20Blaina%20Cricket%20Club.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Glamorgan CCC Miscellany: Glamorgan Trivia, History, Facts and Stats'' (2014)
* ''Glamorgan CCC Miscellany: Glamorgan Trivia, History, Facts and Stats'' (2014)
* ''Changing Faces: Glamorgan CCC 1888–2012'' (2013)
* ''Changing Faces: Glamorgan CCC 1888–2012'' (2013)
* ''"Lucky" [[Jim Pleass]]: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's [[1948 County Championship]] Winner'' (2014)
* ''"Lucky" [[Jim Pleass]]: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's [[1948 County Championship]] Winner'' (2014)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.ashleydrake.cymru/St%20Davids%20Press/Cricket%20in%20Wales%20-%20%27Lucky%27%20Jim%20Pleass.html | title=Cricket in Wales - 'Lucky' Jim Pleass: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's 1948 County Championship Winner | publisher=St. David's Press | author=Andrew Hignell, Foreword by [[Robert Croft]] | year=2014 | pages=128 | isbn=978-1-902719-36-8 | access-date=2019-07-07 | archive-date=2016-10-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014235912/http://www.ashleydrake.cymru/St%20Davids%20Press/Cricket%20in%20Wales%20-%20%27Lucky%27%20Jim%20Pleass.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Front Foot to Front Line: Welsh Cricket and the Great War'' (2017)
* ''Front Foot to Front Line: Welsh Cricket and the Great War'' (2017)
* ''Always Amongst Friends: The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016'' (2017)
* ''Always Amongst Friends: The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016'' (2017)

Latest revision as of 14:53, 3 July 2024

Andrew Keith Hignell (born 12 October 1959 in Gloucester)[1] is a cricket historian and scorer.

Hignell has a PhD in Geography from Cardiff University. He has been the Glamorgan 1st XI scorer since 1982. For over 25 years he combined a career as a teacher at independent schools with working on radio commentaries for BBC Radio Wales on the home and away matches of Glamorgan. In 2004 he left full-time teaching at Wells Cathedral School to become the Heritage and Education Co-Ordinator at Glamorgan Cricket, where he manages the Museum of Welsh Cricket at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

Hignell has written numerous books on cricket.[2][3] In Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Alan Ross said Hignell's 1995 biography of Glamorgan's combative post-war captain Wilf Wooller, which was based on extensive interviews, revealed a "surprising warmth" in its subject.[4] Wisden's editor Graeme Wright, reviewing Hignell's 2001 biography of Malcolm Turnbull, praised Hignell as "a thorough researcher and a sound writer", adding that Hignell gets Turnbull "just right".[5] Reviewing Hignell's 2002 book Rain Stops Play, Wisden Cricket Monthly said, "Hignell's excellent volume should be required reading in both dressing-room and press box", and added that it was "a history of cricket with a strong geographical bias".[6] The Welsh historian John Idris Jones, writing in Planet, said of Hignell's Cricket in Wales (2008), "As a chronicle of cricket in Wales, it is not likely to be surpassed",[7] while Duncan Stone, reviewing Cricket in Wales in the journal Sport in History, said "Hignell's obviously exhaustive research informs, illuminates and entertains".[8]

Hignell was awarded The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians' 1988 Statistician of the Year award "for his work on the history and statistics of Glamorgan".[9]

Books[edit]

  • Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan (1986)
  • The History of Glamorgan County Cricket Club (1988)[10]
  • A "Favourit" Game: Cricket in South Wales before 1914 (1992)[11]
  • J.C. Clay: His Record Innings-by-Innings (1992)
  • A Who's Who of Glamorgan County Cricket Club 1888–1991 (1992)
  • Glamorgan County Cricket Club: First-Class Records 1921-1993 (1994)
  • The Skipper: A Biography of Wilf Wooller (1995)
  • Glamorgan County Cricket Club: The Second Selection (1998)
  • 100 Greats: Glamorgan County Cricket Club (2000)
  • Turnbull: A Welsh Sporting Hero (2001)
  • Classics: Glamorgan County Cricket Club (2001)
  • Rain Stops Play: Cricketing Climates (2002)[12]
  • 100 Greats: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club (2002, with Adrian Thomas)
  • 100 First-Class Umpires (2003)
  • Summer of '64: A Season in English Cricket (2005)[13]
  • Getting it Right (2006; assisted with Barrie Meyer's autobiography)
  • Glamorgan Grounds: The Homes of Welsh Cricket (2002)
  • Glamorgan: The Glory Years 1993–2002 (2003)
  • Gloucestershire CCC: 50 of the Finest Matches (2004)
  • Cardiff Sporting Greats (2007)
  • Cricket in Wales: An Illustrated History (2008)[8]
  • From Sophia to SWALEC: A History of Cricket in Cardiff (2009)
  • C.P. Lewis: The Champion Cricketer of South Wales (2009, with Bob Harragan)
  • The Australian Cricketers in Wales (2009)[14]
  • Glamorgan CCC on this Day: History, Facts and Figures for Every Day of the Year (2011)
  • Jack Mercer: A Bowler of Magical Spells (2011)
  • The History of Blaina Cricket Club (2012, with Emma Peplow)
  • Glamorgan CCC Miscellany: Glamorgan Trivia, History, Facts and Stats (2014)
  • Changing Faces: Glamorgan CCC 1888–2012 (2013)
  • "Lucky" Jim Pleass: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's 1948 County Championship Winner (2014)
  • Front Foot to Front Line: Welsh Cricket and the Great War (2017)
  • Always Amongst Friends: The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016 (2017)
  • The Daffodil Blooms: The Glorious Rise of Glamorgan CCC to County Champions in 1948 (2018, with Brian Halford)
  • Glamorgan Cricketers 1889–1920 (2019)
  • Glamorgan Cricketers 1921–1948 (2020)
  • A Tall Story: The Life of Nigel Plews (2020)
  • Cricketscapes: The Changing Geography of Cricket in England and Wales (2020)
  • Fly at a Higher Game: The Story of TAL Whittington and the Elevation of Glamorgan CCC into the County Championship (2021)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Andrew Hignell". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Andrew Hignell". www.cruiseshipenrichment.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Andrew Hignell". Gomer. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ Wisden 1996, p. 1354.
  5. ^ Wisden 2002, p. 1534.
  6. ^ Wisden 2003, p. 1679.
  7. ^ "Cricket in Wales". University of Wales Press. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b Review of Cricket in Wales: Duncan Stone (2010), Sport in History, doi:10.1080/17460263.2010.481212
  9. ^ "Statistician of the Year 1988 – Andrew Hignell". The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  10. ^ Review of The History of Glamorgan County Cricket Club: John Twigg (2007), "More establishment history: a review essay", The International Journal of the History of Sport , doi:10.1080/09523369008713719
  11. ^ Review of A "Favourit" Game: Jack Williams (1993), Welsh History Review, ProQuest 1310504027
  12. ^ Review of Rain Stops Play: Robert Thorpe (2006), Weather, doi:10.1256/wea.112.02
  13. ^ Review of Summer of '64: Derek Clements (17 April 2005), "Book of the week", The Times
  14. ^ Review of The Australian Cricketers in Wales: Steve Dube, "Welsh book reviews", WalesOnline
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