Cricket Club in a charity benefit match for Allan Watkins against Abergavenny Cricket Club, playing alongside players such as Gilbert Parkhouse, Jim Pressdee and Harold Gimblett. His Wales international teammates Billy Lucas and Alf Sherwood were also due to play in the match. In August 1968, at the age of 44, Ford, who had represented Wales at schoolboy level at cricket, briefly acted as a substitute fielder for Glamorgan in their County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at St. Helen's, Swansea in the match during which Sir Garfield Sobers hit his world record six sixes from an over bowled by Malcolm Nash. Holidaying in South Wales at the time and a spectator at the game, Ford volunteered to field for Glamorgan after Ossie Wheatley left the match due to injury during the lunch interval. Ford remarked to Glamorgan captain Tony Lewis "Give me some kit and I'll play". Ford entered the field of play following the resumption of the game and fielded for half-an-hour. After football Following his retirement, Ford entered the car trade and worked in garages in Cardiff, Swansea and Sunderland. He died at Singleton Hospital in his native Swansea on 29 May 2003 at the age of 79 and was buried in Oystermouth Cemetery. Career statistics Club Honours Cardiff City Welsh Cup: 1955–56 References Swansea City A.F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players PSV Eindhoven players Newport County A.F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Romford F.C. players Welsh footballers Welsh expatriate footballers Wales international footballers 1923 births 2003 deaths English Football League players Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sports scandals in Wales Footballers from Swansea Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players Association football forwards British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery soldiers