Preface

© Glamorgan Cricket Archives

Cardiff Arms Park was the ground where Glamorgan played their inaugural match in 1889, as well as their first-ever County Championship match in 1921.

Up until 1966, the Arms Park was the county's base in the Welsh capital city, and following work on the creation of a National Rugby Stadium, Glamorgan moved to Sophia Gardens in 1967, just a mile or so to the north.

These pages outline the history of the Arms Park cricket ground, in addition to providing further information about the history of cricket in Cardiff, which in 2009 will host an Ashes Test when England play Australia in the Welsh capital city.

Click on the chapters below to see further information:

• The Cardiff Arms
• The creation of the Arms Park
• Early cricket in Cardiff
• Early county cricket in Cardiff
• Glamorgan play at the Arms Park
• Glamorgan win their first County Championship match
• Rugby at the Arms Park
• Cardiff Athletic Club
• Post-war developments at the Arms Park
• The creation of the National Stadium
• The end of county cricket at the Arms Park

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The author would like to thank Gwyn Prescott for his kind assistance, as well as John Billot, Katrina Coopey, Tony Woolway, plus Cardiff Libraries & Information Service for their kind assistance with the images, as well as granting permission for their reproduction on this website.