BOB HARRAGAN

Born in Romford, Essex, Bob has been a journalist in West Wales since 1973 and has specialised in writing on cricket since 1990.

He has been an occassional scorer for Dafen C.C. in the South Wales Cricket Association, and is honorary statistician for the Welsh Schools Cricket Association and Tom Cartwright's Wales under 16 team.

This position has enabled Bob to watch the development of Matthew Maynard, Stephen James, Steve Watkin, Robert Croft, Mark Wallace and Simon Jones, as well as seeing schoolboy cricket from the likes of Graham Thorpe, Alex Tudor, Marvan Attapattu and even Rob Howley and Phillip Neville.

Bob is a long standing member of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, and has written extensively on the game in their journal the Cricket Statistician. He has also contributed to The Journal of the Cricket Society, and other publications.

Bob is the author of 'Criced - A History of the Development of the Game in Wales' (1980); Bridgend Cricket Club 150th Anniversary Book (1990); The History of Llanelli Cricket Club (1991); Images of Wales: Llanelli Rugby Football Club (1997); Don Shepherd: His Record Innings by Innings (1999), and Dafen Welfare Cricket Club 75th Anniversary 1925-2001 (

The latter includes a chapter on former England fast bowler Jeff Jones and Glamorgan and Sussex off spinner Euros Lewis, and is available from the author for £6 inc p&p from 20, Hilltop, Swiss Valley, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, United Kingdom, SA14 8DF.

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