and overseas, and undertakes performances on radio, television and at national events. Other choirs include Morriston RFC Male Choir, formed in 1979 by members of the local rugby club, and Morriston Ladies Choir, formed in 1941 by Miss Lillian Abbot and members of the Local First Aid Defence Group. The Wales Book of the Year-winning novelist Stevie Davies was born in Salisbury, England, but her family moved to Morriston when she was a week old. Although her RAF family left Morriston two years later, Davies would return there to stay with her grandmother every summer and still considers it her hometown. Sport Morriston R.F.C. is a rugby club founded in 1876 and based at Maes Collen. It is one of the founder clubs of the current Welsh Rugby Union and feeder club to the Ospreys region. The club caters for all age group rugby from age 6 to youth & senior sides and has produced many players who have achieved international honours, including Ross Moriarty. Morriston has several amateur association football clubs, most of which play in the Swansea Senior League: Morriston Town is a former Welsh Football League team based at The Dingle. Morriston Athletic and C.R.C. Olympic are also based in Morriston. Before they merged, games between Morriston Olympic and C.R.C (Cwmrhydyceirw) Rangers were fiercely contested, with scores of supporters lining the pitch at Tir Canol whenever the two sides met. Morriston Cricket Club was formed in 1865 and is the oldest sporting organisation in Morriston. The club plays its home matches at Tir Canol adjacent to the Rugby Club and is affiliated to the South Wales Cricket Association. A number of notable sportspeople have links with Morriston, either through residency or from the fact that Morriston Hospital once housed the maternity ward for Swansea and its surrounding areas. Welsh rugby international Shane Williams was born in Morriston, for example, but grew up in Glanamman in the Amman Valley. Other Welsh international rugby players with stronger links to Morriston include William Richard Arnold, Tony Clement, Richard Moriarty, Paul Moriarty and Ross Moriarty. Footballer James Thomas, who played in the English Football League for Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City (amongst others), was born and bred in Morriston and played youth football for Morriston Town. Listed buildings Grade I listed buildings: Capel Tabernacl on Woodfield Street designed by Architect John Humphrey, whose story has been captured in