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08-Jan-2006The Rhos ground and the Wooller family are closely linked as itwas Wilf Wooller who was instrumental in taking first-classcricket to the ground his father helped to found in 1924.Indeed, it was the actions of Wilf Wooller senior that led to theground being laid out in a field off Penrhyn Avenue, near theseafront at Rhos-on-Sea , and within many decent club cricketershaving moved to the area from Manchester and Liverpool, it wasn’tlong before the Colwyn club became successful. The legendarySydney Barnes also lived in the area, and he acted as a coach inthe nets in the 1920’s.The Colwyn club therefore soon became successful, and in 1929 theground hosted Wales’ game with the South Africans. In 1930Denbighshire entered the Minor County Championship and they alsoused the Rhos ground for their home fixtures. During the SecondWorld War, the Club also hosted a number of fund raising gamesfor the War Effort, and with a further influx of good playersfrom the cities of North-West England, the Colwyn club went fromstrength to strength.These wartime friendlies were well attended, so when Wilf Woollerbecame Glamorgan captain in 1947 he organised a short tour toNorth Wales which would help to boost the club’s support and flythe flag in the North. The tour, at the end of August, includedtwo day games against Sir Learie Constantine’s XI and a NorthWales XI. During the next few years, another series ofexhibition and Benefit games were held at the ground, including amatch in 1955 between R.W.V.Robin’s XI and Vinoo Mankad’s IndianXI and as a result of the success of these games, the club spendmoney on various ground improvements, including an extendedpavilion and dressing room area.By the 1960’s, the Rhos club were holding a Cricket Festival,attracting top playerts from the Lancashire Leagues, during thepeak holiday period in August. The success of these games ledWilf Wooller into considering the viability of county games atthe seaside ground, and in 1966 the Rhos ground stagedGlamorgan’s Championship match with Derbyshire. Over 4,000people attended the game, so in the period up until 1974 theground staged either an Annual Champioship game, or a SundayLeague fixture.Taking cricket to the North was quite expensive, so when theclub’s finances started to shrink during the mid 1970’s, ColwynBay was deleted from the county’s calendar, although it continuedto host Benefit and exhibition games, including the 1984 WestIndians match against the League Cricket Conference. These gamescontinued to be well attended, so when a sponsorship package wasoffered to the county, they agreed to return to the North in 1990for their Champioship and Sunday League fixture with Lancashire.This became a regular fixture until 1995, as Glamorgan beganinvesting in a club base at Cardiff, and it now seems likely thatthe Colwyn Bay ground will alterante with Abergavenny on thecounty’s calendar. In the past few years, the ground has alsohosted several of Wales Minor Counties’ fixtures, and in 1996 anew extended Pavilion was opened by a game involving a GlamorganPast and Present XI.