{"product_id":"9781902719566","title":"BERNARD HEDGES: The Player from 'Ponty'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Player From 'Ponty' is the biography of Bernard Hedges, the talented sportsman from the valleys of south Wales. Hedges played rugby for Pontypridd and Swansea, represented a Great Britain side at football, and became a widely respected professional cricketer with Glamorgan between 1950 and 1967 who: · Scored 17, 773 first-class runs - Glamorgan's 7th all-time top run scorer. · Hit Glamorgan's first one-day century, v Somerset in 1963, in the Gillette Cup. · Is one of only six Glamorgan players to score 2,000 runs in a season - 2,026 in 1961. Bernard's journey from his early days in Rhydyfelin – the eldest of eight children raised in a small council house – to the local grammar school, his National Service days, and to his professional career with Glamorgan is lovingly revealed by his son Stephen, who tells the story of a man who epitomised sport's 'unsung hero' by showing great grit and determination to make the most of the sporting talent he had.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editorial Doble J S L U","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039226577136,"sku":"9781902719566","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781902719566_p0.jpg?v=1763613241","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781902719566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}