MONMOUTH’S list of star players is probably topped by Keith Jarrett, the ‘schoolboy prodigy’ who took England to the cleaners on his Wales debut in 1967.
The son of former Glamorgan cricketer Hal Jarrett, he was a standout cricketer and rugby player at the school, captaining both teams. In one season for Glamorgan Second XI he topped the batting and bowling averages with his fast medium pace claiming 39 wickets at 12.
For the First XV he starred mainly as a strong, long-striding centre although he did play at 15 in his final season. Up in north Gwent, Abertillery had...