Handball – The Story of Wales’ First National Sport

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Mae cyfrol y cyn-chwaraewr a’r swyddog Kevin Dicks yn dangos ôl ymchwil manwl iawn wrth iddo olrhain datblygiad y gamp werinol ‘handball’ o’i gwreiddiau canoloesol ym mynwent yr eglwys, trwy gyfnod llewyrchus y 18fed a’r 19eg ganrif hyd at y cyfnod modern. Dros 60 o luniau du-a-gwyn.
200 years ago handball was a national obsession. People travelled to watch matches and won or lost fortunes through illegal gambling. Welsh player/official Kevin Dicks’ meticulous research traces the long history of this folk sport from its medieval churchyard roots, through its glory years in the 18th and 19th centuries to its modernisation today. Over 60 images.