The last Official South Wales Police set of Cop Cards was issued in 1991 and featured “Sportacards” in conjunction with local Leisure centres. However, in 1992 the Rumney Police Division, together with a local firm of Chartered Accountants, RITCHIE from Butetown, Cardiff, went ahead with its own cards. Unlike previous issues, these cards were not given out individually to children, but were presented as complete framed prizes in a local schools crime prevention competition. The first such prizes when presented were featured in local media articles. However, it would appear that the use of the South Wales Police logo on these cards was never formally sanctioned and very few sets were ever actually presented as prizes, thus this series cannot really be called a true Cop Card.
However, these cards do exist with a Police reference and for that reason I list and detail them below.
One small point, all of these issues are available with alternative backs. They exist with the Police reverse but also exist with a Ritchie back, and both types have identical fronts.
Fairway Favourites | 25 | 1992 |
Cricketers of the Middle | 25 | 1992 |
Maulers | 29 | 1993 |
Lewis & Bruno (Overprinted) | 4 | 1993 |
Lewis & Bruno (No overprint) | 4 | 1993 |
Welsh Wizards | 25 | 1993 |
Golfers British Open Winners (Overprinted) | 3 | 1993 |
Golfers British Open Winners (No Overprint) | 3 | 1993 |
Golfer | 1 | 1993 |
Cricketer Ian Botham (Overprinted) | 1 | 1993 |
Cricketer Ian Botham (No overprint) | 1 | 1993 |
County Cricket | 20 | 1994 |
Deadly Duos | 10 | 1994 |
Deadly Duos (pairs) | 5 | 1994 |
American Indians | 25 | 1995 |
Ryder Cup 1993 | 25 | 1995 |
Global Greats | 25 | 1995 |
Sporting Records (Lara) | 3 | 1995 |
Heroes of the Zulu Wars | 25 | 1995 |
Arms Par Heroes | 25 | 1995 |
Sporting Records (Stewart) | 3 | 1995 |
American Military History | 25 | 1995 |
Premier Cricketers | 1 | 1995 |
Rorkes Drift VC winners | 1 | 1995 |
Sir Evelyn Wood KCB | 1 | 1995 |
Footballers (of the English Premiership) | 20 | 1995 |
Village Cricket | 12 | 1995 |
Golfing Majors | 4 | 1995 |
Sporting Records (Cork) | 3 | 1995 |
Global Greats | 25 | 1995 |
Fabulous Four (boxers) | 4 | 1996 |
Golfers | 12 | 1996 |
Cricketers | 10 | 1996 |
Historic Figures | 10 | 1996 |
Zulu Wars | 10 | 1996 |