Matches have also occasionally been played at Swansea, Colwyn Bay and bCresselly/b (despite the latter towns being in Denbighshire and Pembrokeshire respectively). Earliest cricket: Cricket probably reached Wales and Glamorgan by the end of ... The formation of Glamorgan CCC took place on 5 July 1888 at a meeting in the Angel bHotel/b, Cardiff. The club competed in the Minor Counties Championship for many years and then applied for first-class status after the First World War. ...