Last Man Bowling: An Interview with Ron Walton
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Ron Walton has spent a lifetime playing professional and amateur sport.  A footballer with Merthyr Town he went on to play professionally in Australia before starting a coaching career that saw him spend 18 seasons at Swansea City coaching the youth team as well as spells as caretaker manager. He has played for a number of different cricket clubs in and around Merthyr but has spent the past few years playing for his home town club as well as clocking up over a 100 caps for the Wales Senior Cricket side. At 79 years old he is the oldest cricketer ever to play in Division 1 of the South Wales Cricket Association. This article was written nearly 10 years ago: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pensioner-just-bowled-seven-maiden-7683549 Ron talks to us about his sporting memories mentioning many of the great sportspeople he played alongside. Ron is mentioned in this Cricket Wales article on seniors cricket in Wales: https://cricketwales.org.uk/news/cricket-wales-criced-cymru-seniors-60s-and-70s-2009-21 Here is Ron in campaigning mode back in 2004 trying to keep the ground where he played so much of his cricket. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3878233.stm Ron has been an incredible servant to sport in Wales and deserves every bit of recognition that he has got for his selfless service as player, coach and administrator.  We hope this episode will allow others who know him better to share their thoughts on this evergreen cricketer.
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