History

Great Western Cricket Club formally known as BRSA Cricket Club formed in 1983 and are currently two sides playing in the Welsh Club Cricket Confern ence in South East Wales. Our 1st team in Division 2 (1st XI) and our 2nd team in Division 3 (2nd XI). Our club is based at the Great Western Railway Club on Coity Road, Bridgend and we play our home games at Newbridge Fields, Bridgend.

The grass roots of the club lie around 1982 when a sign was put up on the club wall inviting anyone interested in playing cricket to participate in an Over 40's vs Under 40's match at Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. The Captain of the Over 40's was Fred C Emms and Chris Sage of the Under 40's. The match produced such a large amount of interest that in 1983 it was decided between both captains and other key founding members, including Gary Dearman and Eddie Jones, to establish the Bridgend B R S A Cricket Club and thus the club was born. The club played its first year in Division 7 of the then league structure. Below is a photograph taken in 1983 of the first club sqaud with the names of each player included.

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Inch High Trophy

The Inch-High Trophy is an annual trophy played between Great Western Cricket Club and Bridgend Town Cricket Club since the mid 1980's. In its early years, the fixture created much heat between both teams with a lot of sledging being contributed by either side. The name derives from the first fixture where the nickname of the winning captain would have the trophy named in his honour thereafter. The winner of the first fixture was Bridgend Town CC with captain Jeff Davies, known as Inch-High,taking victory from the BRSA. However, had the BRSA won that day, the trophy would have taken the name of Paxo after the then captain, Chris Sage. Ironically, Inch-High's son, Adam, now plays for Great Western Cricket Club. The original annual trophy beared the match ball from the first fixture. However, sadly, the trophy has since been mis-placed by Bridgend Town as a result of frozen pipes in their pavillion causing the ceiling to collapse onto the trophy cabinet in the winter of 2009.