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. He has written numerous books on cricket.[2][3]
Books edit
- Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan (1986)
- The History of Glamorgan County Cricket Club (1988)
- A "Favourit" Game: Cricket in South Wales before 1914 (1992)
- 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)
- 100 Greats: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club (2002, with Adrian Thomas)
- 100 First-Class Umpires (2003)
- Summer of '64: A Season in English Cricket (2005)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)[4]
- 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)[5]
- 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
- ^ "Andrew Hignell". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Hignell". www.cruiseshipenrichment.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Hignell". Gomer. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Andrew Hignell, Emma Peplow (2012). Cricket in Wales - The History of Blaina Cricket Club. St. David's Press. pp. xx + 172. ISBN 978-1-902719-32-0. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Andrew Hignell, Foreword by Robert Croft (2014). Cricket in Wales - 'Lucky' Jim Pleass: The Memoirs of Glamorgan's 1948 County Championship Winner. St. David's Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-902719-36-8. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2019-07-07.