Hampshire County Cricket Club
| Hampshire County Cricket Club | |
|---|---|
 | |
| One-day name: | Hampshire |
| Captain: |
 James Adams |
| Coach: |
Giles White |
| Overseas player(s): |
 Kyle Abbott |
| Colours: | Blue Gold |
| Founded: | 1863 |
| Home ground: | Rose Bowl |
| Capacity: | 25,000 |
| First-class debut: |
Sussex in 1864 at Antelope Ground, Southampton |
| Championship wins: | 2 |
| CB40 wins: | 1 |
| FP Trophy wins: | 3 |
| Friends Life t20 wins: | 2 |
| Official website: | Hampshire CCC |
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground, Southampton, from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground, also in Southampton, where it played from then until 2000, before moving to the purpose built Rose Bowl in West End which is in the Borough of Eastleigh. In 1864 the club played its first-class debut, losing to Sussex at the Antelope Ground. Hampshire was never a champion county before the County Championship was officially founded in 1889, more often than not the results for the county were poor. As a result of this it lost its first-class status in 1885, but regained it 1895, the season in which it first featured in the County Championship. The club won its first title in 1961 and its second in 1973. These remain its only Championship titles.
Hampshire played their first one-day match in 1963, but didn't win their first one-day silverware until 1975 when the club won Sunday League. The club won the Sunday League twice more in 1978 and 1986. It has twice won the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1988 and 1991, the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy once in 2005 and the Friends Provident Trophy once in 2009. Having first played Twenty20 cricket in 2003, Hampshire won the Friends Provident t20 in 2010. The County Championship was restructured in 2000, and at the end of the 2002 Hampshire was relegated for the first time. The club remained in the second division for three seasons and since 2004 had competed in the top tier. However, the club was relegated once more in 2011.
Phil Mead is the club's leading run-scorer with 48,892 runs in 700 matches for Hampshire between 1905 and 1936. Fast bowler Derek Shackleton took 2,669 wickets in 583 first-class matches between 1948 and 1969 which remains a club record. Alec Kennedy, whose career lasted from 1907 to 1936, was the first player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for Hampshire. Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie was both Hampshire last amateur captain and first professional captain.
Honours
- First XI honours
- Champion County[notes 1] (0)
- County Championship (2) – 1961, 1973
- Gillette/NatWest/C&G/Friends Provident Trophy/CB40 (4) – 1991,[1] 2005, 2009, 2012
- Twenty20 Cup (2) - 2010, 2012
- Sunday/National League (3) – 1975, 1978, 1986
- Benson & Hedges Cup (2) – 1988, 1992
- Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship (5) - 1967, 1971, 1981, 1995, 2001
- Second XI Trophy (1) - 2003
History
Earliest cricket
A Latin poem by Robert Matthew in 1647 contains a probable reference to cricket being played by pupils of Winchester College on nearby St. Catherine’s Hill. If authentic, this is the earliest known mention of cricket in Hampshire. But, with the sport having originated in Saxon or Norman times on the Weald, it must have reached Hampshire long before 1647. In 1680, lines written in an old Bible invite "All you that do delight in Cricket, come to Marden, pitch your wickets". Marden is in Sussex, north of Chichester, and interestingly close to Hambledon, which is just across the county boundary in Hampshire. Hampshire is used in a team name for the first time in August 1729, when a combined Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex XI played against Kent.
Hambledon and after
The origin of the legendary Hambledon Club is lost. There remains no definite knowledge of Hambledon cricket before 1756, when its team had gained sufficient repute to be capable of attempting three matches against Dartford, itself a famous club since the 1720s if not earlier. Hambledon had presumably earned recognition as the best parish team in Hampshire, but no reports of their local matches have been found. We do not know when the Hambledon Club was founded and it seems likely that some kind of parish organisation was operating in 1756, although there may well have been a patron involved. The Sussex v Hampshire match in June 1766 is the earliest reference to Hampshire as an individual county team. Whether the Hambledon Club was involved is unrecorded but presumably it was. Some historians believe it was at about this time that the club, as distinct from a parish organisation, was founded. The Hambledon Club was in many respects a Hampshire county club for it organised Hampshire matches, although it was a multi-functional club and not dedicated to cricket alone. Its membership attracted large numbers of sporting gentry and it dominated the sport, both on and off the field, for about thirty years until the formation of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787. Hambledon produced some legendary Hampshire players including master batsman John Small and the two great fast bowlers Thomas Brett and David Harris. Following the demise of the Hambledon Club towards the end of the 18th century, Hampshire continued to be recognised as a major county into the 19th century. But after the 1828 season, Hampshire had long spells without any important matches until the county club was founded in 1864. The county played some important fixtures during 1842 to 1845 and one match versus MCC in 1861 but was otherwise outside cricket’s mainstream through 1829 to 1863.
Origin of club
Hampshire County Cricket Club was founded on 12 August 1863[2] and played its initial first-class match versus Sussex at the Antelope Ground, Southampton on 7 and 8 July 1864, with Sussex winning by 10 wickets with James Lillywhite claiming ten wickets in the match for 80 runs, including taking his 100th wicket in first-class matches.[3] The club was recognised as a first-class team from 1864 and was a contender for the "Champion County" title. This was not a permanent state of affairs, however. In 1886, Hampshire ceased to be a first-class team after years of difficult circumstances and poor results. It did play matches against Surrey and Sussex in 1886 but these matches are not recognised as first-class. Hampshire did not recover first-class status until the beginning of the 1895 County Championship season when it was readmitted to the now official County Championship. Hampshire is thus recognised as first-class from 1864 to 1885 and from 1895 to the present day. In Hampshire's return to the County Championship, the club finished the season in tenth place, some 16 points behind winners Surrey.[4]
20th century
Between 1900 and 1905, Hampshire were almost continuously struggling as their key officer-batsmen, Major Poore and Captain Wynyard were faced with either moving to South Africa or increased military duties at home from the Boer War. The club finished last or equal last in 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, failing to win a single game in the first of those seasons; however in 1901, with the temporary acquisition of Captain Greig from India and the qualification of Charlie Llewellyn, Hampshire won as many games as it lost. From 1906 onwards, with the qualification of Phil Mead, Jack Newman and later George Brown, Hampshire became a much more competitive side, though not until 1910 did they win as many games as they lost in a season.
The period from 1912 to 1926, though they never got near County Championship honours, was to be the most successful for a long time in Hampshire’s history: in those eleven seasons they won 98 and lost 96 of 292 games – only once otherwise until 1954 did they win more games than they lost.[5] Mead, Brown, Kennedy and Newman were in the prime during this period, and they had the services of Lord Tennyson who captained the side from 1919–1932 as well as captaining the England team in three Tests, and the occasional aid of many other amateurs including the great C. B. Fry, who averaged an amazing 102 in seven games during 1912. In 1922, Hampshire won one of the most remarkable victories in County Championship history when, they defeated Warwickshire by 155 runs after having followed on when dismissed for just 15. They scored 521 after being invited to bat again, set Warwickshire 314 to win and bowled them out for 158. Brown, with 172, and Livsey who scored 110* at number 10, were the heroes.[6]
From 1927, Hampshire declined severely as their stalwart professionals declined and the level of amateur support fell off alarmingly. Only in 1932 and 1948 did they finish above tenth until 1955. With Stuart Boyes and Lofty Herman not fully adequate replacements as bowling mainstays for Kennedy and Newman, the bowling was never strong, and the batting generally uncertain especially when Mead declined from 1929 onwards. In 1937 Dick Moore set the individual scoring record for Hampshire against Warwickshire at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth. His 316 took just 380 minutes and contained 43 fours and three sixes.[7] After World War II, Derek Shackleton became an outstanding bowling mainstay well backed up by Victor Cannings, but not until 1955 did these two have enough support to rise the fortunes of the club. In 1955 Hampshire finished as high as third with Shackleton taking 160 wickets and Cannings and Peter Sainsbury around 100, with Roy Marshall was one of the few exciting batsmen of the time.
The following years were mixed: a rise to second in 1958 with Malcolm Heath replacing Cannings as Shackleton’s partner was followed by two disappointing years before Hampshire won the 1961 County Championship, their first ever County Championship success, finishing the season with 268 points, 18 ahead of Yorkshire. Hampshire won 19 of their 32 matches, losing only seven matches all season.[8] The club were led by Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie with Marshall scoring the most runs for the club with 2,455. Derek Shackleton took the most wickets for the club with 153, and Butch White’s tearaway speed was equally dangerous in a dry summer.
Again, however, Hampshire were disappointing until Barry Richards joined the county in 1968, when they rose from tenth to fifth in the Championship and established themselves as a power in limited-overs cricket. Bob Cottam was the second-highest first-class wicket-taker in 1968 and the highest in 1969, but did not maintain this excellence before joining Northamptonshire and in 1970 and 1971 Hampshire fell to mid-table. In the 1973 County Championship Hampshire won the County Championship for a second time, winning the competition by 31 points from Surrey.[9] The club won 10 of their 20 matches and drew the other 10. During this season they were led by Richard Gilliat with Gordon Greenidge scoring the most runs for the club with 1,620. Bob Herman and Mike Taylor both took 63 wickets. This remains Hampshires last success in the tournament. In 1979 West Indian Malcolm Marshall, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers to grace the game joined the club. This was to be the start of a 14-year stay with the club. During that time Marshall would go onto take 824 first-class wickets at an anverage of 18.64[10] and 239 wickets at 24.88 in one-day cricket.[11] 1984 also saw the arrival of another West Indian, Cardigan Connor who would spend 14 years with the club. Regarded as one of the best players not to play Test cricket, Connor took 614 first-class wickets for Hampshire at an average of 31.74[12] and 411 wickets at 25.07 in one-day cricket.[13] In 1985 Hampshire finished second in the County Championship, finishing 18 points behind winners Middlesex. Chris Smith led the way with the bat, scoring 1,720 runs.[14] and was well backed up by the bowling of Malcolm Marshall who took 95 wickets at the impressive average of 17.68.[15] Later in, 1988 the club won the Benson & Hedges Cup by beating Derbyshire by 7 wickets at Lord's, largely thanks to a five wicket haul by Stephen Jefferies. The 1990s brought about further success in the first half of the decade, and later struggles in the latter half. In the 1991 County Championship season Hampshire won the NatWest Trophy, defeating Surrey by 4 wickets, with Shaun Udal claiming the man of the match award. This was the clubs first one day honour in this competition. Hampshire again repeated their 1988 success in the Benson & Hedges Cup by winning the 1992 competition. In the final at Lord's they beat Kent by 41 runs, including 90 runs from Robin Smith and three wickets each from Malcolm Marshall and Shaun Udal. This marked Hampshire's second success in the competition. In 1996 Malcolm Marshall returned to coach the club. In 1997 work begun on Hampshire's long-awaited new ground. The realisation of this move almost led the club to financial ruin, as encouragement from financial partners Sport England and the hiring of architect Sir Michael Hopkins had led the then part-time voluntary committee running the club to lose control of the budget.[16]
21st century
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Players
Current squad
- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
-
denotes players with international caps. - * denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 2 | Will Smith | England | 28 September 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 4 | James Adams* | England | 23 September 1980 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium pace | Club captain |
| 8 | Liam Dawson* | England | 1 March 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 10 | Sean Terry | England | 1 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 14 | James Vince* | England | 14 March 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | |
| 15 | Michael Carberry* | England | 29 September 1980 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| − | Joe Gatting | England | 25 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 7 | Sean Ervine* |  Zimbabwe | 6 December 1982 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium pace | Irish passport |
| 78 | Matt Coles | England | 26 May 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 16 | Michael Bates | England | 10 October 1990 | Right-handed | – | |
| 31 | Adam Wheater | England | 13 February 1990 | Right-handed | — | |
| − | Lewis McManus | England | 9 October 1994 | Right-handed | — | Development Contract |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 12 | Ruel Brathwaite |  Barbados | 6 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK Passport |
| 19 | Danny Briggs* | England | 30 April 1991 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 21 | James Tomlinson* | England | 12 June 1982 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium pace | |
| 25 | Chris Wood | England | 27 June 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium pace | |
| 84 | David Balcombe* | England | 24 December 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 88 | Glen Querl | Zimbabwe | 4 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 93 | Brad Taylor | England | 14 March 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm Off spin | Development Contract |
| − | Kyle Abbott | South Africa | 18 June 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas Player |
| − | Tom Barber | England | 8 August 1995 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Development Contract |
Former players
- List of Hampshire CCC first-class players (1864-1885)
- List of Hampshire CCC first-class players (1895-1914)
- List of Hampshire CCC first-class players (1919-1939)
- List of Hampshire CCC first-class players (1946-1980)
- List of Hampshire CCC first-class players (1981-present)
- List of Hampshire CCC List A players
- List of Hampshire CCC Twenty20 players
International players
Captains
- 2012 James Adams
- 2010–2011 Dominic Cork
- 2008–2009 Dimitri Mascarenhas
- 2004–2007 Shane Warne
- 2003 John Crawley
- 1998–2002 Robin Smith
- 1996–1997 John Stephenson
- 1985–1995 Mark Nicholas
- 1980–1984 Nick Pocock
- 1979 Bob Stephenson
- 1971–1978 Richard Gilliat
- 1966–1970 Roy Marshall
- 1958–1965 Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie
- 1946–1957 Desmond Eagar
- 1939–1945 WWII – No county cricket
- 1939 George Taylor
- 1938 Cecil Paris
- 1936–1937 Dick Moore
- 1934–1935 Geoffrey Lowndes
- 1919–1933 Lionel Tennyson
- 1914–1918 WWI – No County cricket
- 1903–1914 Edward Sprot
- 1900–1902 Charles Robson
- 1896–1899 Teddy Wynyard
- 1895 Russell Bencraft
- 1886–1894 No first-class matches played by Hampshire
- 1883–1885 Arthur Wood
- 1880–1882 Russell Bencraft
- 1879 Arthur Wood
- 1875–1878 Clement Booth
- 1870–1874 No first-class matches played by Hampshire
- 1864–1869 George Ede
Records
For more details on this topic, see List of Hampshire CCC first-class cricket records, List of Hampshire CCC List A cricket records, List of Hampshire CCC Twenty20 cricket records.
Results summary
For more details on this topic, see Hampshire County Cricket Club first-class matches, Hampshire County Cricket Club List A matches, Hampshire County Cricket Club Twenty20 matches.
Grounds
The Rose Bowl
Hampshire play the majority of their home matches at The Rose Bowl. One reason for building the new Rose Bowl ground was to attract international cricket to the south coast of England. The old County Ground, Hampshire's home since 1885, no longer had the capability to do this. Land in West End, on the outskirts of Southampton was chosen as the location for The Rose Bowl. Construction began in March 1997 and was completed in time for the 2001 season. Hampshire's first first-class match on the ground was against Worcestershire, ending in a victory by 124 runs for Hampshire.[31] In July 2008 the ground hosted the Twenty20 Cup final, with Middlesex defeating Kent by 3 runs in the final. In August 2010, the ground hosted the Friends Provident t20 finals day, in which history was created when Hampshire became the first team to win the tournament at their home ground as they defeated Somerset in dramatic scenes off the last ball of the match.[32] In 2011, England played their first Test match at the Rose Bowl during their series with Sri Lanka.
The ends are called the Pavilion End and the Northern End.
Other grounds
Notes
- ↑ An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.
References
- ↑ "Hampshire v Surrey (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 7 September 1991. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ Guinness Book of Cricket Facts and Feats
- ↑ "Hampshire v Sussex, 1864". cricketarchive.com. 7 July 1864. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ↑ "1895 County Championship table". cricketarchive.com. 1895. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ↑ Wynne-Thomas, Peter; The Rigby A-Z of Cricket Records; pp. 55–59 ISBN 0-7270-1868-X
- ↑ "Warwickshire v Hampshire, 1922 (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 14, 15, 16 June 1922. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Warwickshire, 1937 (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 28, 29 July 1937. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "1961 County Championship Table". cricketarchive.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ↑ "1973 County Championship Table". cricketarchive.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ↑ "Malcolm Marshall first-class breakdown by team". cricketarchive.com. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Malcolm Marshall List A breakdown by team". cricketarchive.com. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Cardigan Connor first-class bowling record". cricketarchive.com. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Cardigan Connor List A bowling record". cricketarchive.com. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "1985 County Championship Hampshire batting averages". cricketarchive.com. 1985. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "1985 County Championship Hampshire bowling averages". cricketarchive.com. 1985. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Rod Bransgrove interview". rosebowlplc.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Rod Bransgrove interview". rosebowlplc.com. 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "2002 County Championship Division One table". cricketarchive.com. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ↑ "Robin Smith retires". ESPNcricinfo. 12 September 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ↑ "2005 County Championship Division 1 table". cricketarchive.com. 21 September 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Yorkshire (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Warwickshire (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "2007 Friends Provident Trophy South Division Table". cricketarchive.com. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Durham (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ The Rose Bowl – New Developments
- ↑ "Shane Warne retires from Hampshire". rosebowlplc.com. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Shaun Udal retires". rosebowlplc.com. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Dimitri Mascarenhas named Hampshire captain". rosebowlplc.com. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "2008 County Championship Division 1 table". cricketarchive.com. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Sussex (scorecard)". cricketarchive.com. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ "First match at the Rose Bowl". . 22 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ↑ "Hampshire Cricket Club | Wedding Venue | Exhibitions & Meetings | The Ageas Bowl - News". Rosebowlplc.com. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
Further reading
- Allen, David. Entertain or Perish: Hampshire County Cricket 1946–2006 (2007 ed.). Phillimore. ISBN 1-86077-448-2.
- Altham, H S. A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) (1962 ed.). George Allen & Unwin. ASIN B-003Y-7NDQ-Y.
- Birley, Derek. A Social History of English Cricket (1999 ed.). Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-941-3.
- Bowen, Rowland. Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development (1970 ed.). Eyre & Spottiswoode. ISBN 0-413-27860-3.
- Webber, Roy. The Playfair Book of Cricket Records (1951 ed.). Playfair Books. ASIN B-0000-CHVV-U.
- Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack – various editions
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