Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club | |
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One-day name | Hampshire Royals |
founded | 1863 |
Home stadium | Rose Bowl |
capacity | 25,000 |
Championship wins | 2 |
One Day Cup victories | FP Trophy : 3 National League : 3 B&H Cup : 2 ECB 40 : 1 RL Cup : 0 |
T20 Cup victories | 2 |
website | http://www.ageasbowl.com |
As of June 28, 2015 |
The Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the traditional county of Hampshire in the national championships of English cricket .
history
The beginnings
Cricket has been practiced in Hampshire since the late 16th century. First of all, the Hambledon Club, which was active in the 18th century, stood out, but its nationally important role was taken over by the newly founded Marylebone Cricket Club . In the 19th century, Hampshire took part in cricket championships, but played little role in them. It wasn't until the County Cricket Club was founded in 1863 that this would change. The first first-class match was played against Sussex in July 1884 . In 1886, after a series of problems, first-class status was withdrawn and only granted again at the beginning of the 1895 season . In the following years, the team did not manage to get beyond the back places of the County Championship. It was not until shortly before the First World War that they managed to penetrate the top half of the table, but a championship victory was still a long way off.
After the First World War
At first you started where you left off before the war, but couldn't maintain the level. A downward trend was evident up until the Second World War . Phil Mead was the outstanding batsmen of the time . Only then were the first positive signs recognizable. Bowler Derek Shackleton and Victor Cannings initiated the turnaround, but it would take until 1955 for the team to come third. From 1958 Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie took over the captain's role and immediately achieved second place in the county championship with the team. Eventually, after two disappointing seasons, the team won the first county championship in 1961 .
The road to the second title and one-day fame
After this championship, setbacks were initially recorded when the team fell back into midfield. It would take until the early 1970s for the team to become competitive again. With West Indian players Gordon Greenidge , Andy Roberts and Barry Richards , the new decade was a golden time for the club. First they won the second county championship in 1973 and played for the championship in the following two years. The introduced one-day championships offered the team new opportunities and so they won the Sunday League in 1975. Three years later, in 1978, they were able to repeat this, but at the same time fell far behind in the County Championship.
One-Day and Twenty20 titles
Only in the next decade was the team there again in the top half of the table, but it was not enough to win another title. There was this in the one-day area, where several successes could be achieved from 1986. The team won the John Player Special League in 1986, followed by winning the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1988 and 1992. The following period was marked by a serious crisis for the team. In the County Championship, the team was in the second half of the table and one-day championships were no longer within reach. In 2000 Rod Bransgrove took over the business of the club and provided a new foundation with his financial commitment and the move to the Rose Bowl . Initially, the team established itself in the midfield of the teams, so that it was repeatedly down ( 2000 , 2002 ) and up again ( 2001 , 2004 ). In 2005 the team succeeded in winning the C&G Trophy again, winning a one-day cup. This could be repeated in 2009 (now FP Trophy). In 2010 the Twenty20 Cup could be won, which was repeated in 2012 . In the meantime, the team rose again in 2011 to the second division of the county championship, from which she only managed to rise to the top class in 2014 .
Captains
To date, a total of 27 players have been the captains of the Hampshire County Cricket Club.
No. | Surname | Period |
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1 | George Ede | 1864-1869 |
2 | Clement Booth | 1875-1878 |
3 | Arthur Wood | 1879-1885 |
4th | Russell Bencraft | 1880-1895 |
5 | Teddy Wynyard | 1896-1899 |
6th | Charles Robson | 1900-1902 |
7th | Edward Sprot | 1903-1914 |
8th | Lionel Tennyson | 1919-1933 |
9 | Geoffrey Lowndes | 1934-1935 |
10 | Dick Moore | 1936-1937 |
11 | Cecil Paris | 1938 |
12 | George Taylor | 1939 |
13 | Desmond Eagar | 1946-1957 |
14th | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie | 1958-1965 |
15th | Roy Marshall | 1966-1970 |
16 | Richard Gilliat | 1971-1978 |
17th | Bob Stephenson | 1979 |
18th | Nick Pocock | 1980-1984 |
19th | Mark Nicholas | 1985-1995 |
20th | John Stephenson | 1996-1997 |
21st | Robin Smith | 1998-2002 |
22nd | John Crawley | 2003 |
23 | Shane Warne | 2004-2007 |
24 | Dimitri Mascarenhas | 2008-2009 |
25th | Dominic Cork | 2010-2011 |
26th | Jimmy Adams | 2012-2015 |
27 | James Vince | 2015– |
Stages
The only home stadium used today is the Rose Bowl in Southampton, built between 1997 and 2001 . Previously, but rarely now, many playgrounds were used across the county, including the County Ground (Southampton), United Services Recreation Ground ( Portsmouth ), Dean Park ( Bournemouth ) and May's Bounty ( Basingstoke ).
successes
County cricket
Winning the County Championship (2): 1961 , 1973
Second division (1) win: 2014
One-day cricket
Gilette / NatWest / C & G Trophy / FP Trophy (1963-2009) (3): 1991, 2005, 2009
Sunday / National / Pro40 League (1969-2009) (3): 1975, 1978, 1986
Benson & Hedges Cup (1972-2002) (2): 1988, 1992
ECB 40 / Clydesdale Bank / Yorkshire Bank 40 (2010-2013) (1): 212
Royal London One-Day Cup (2014-present) (0): -
Twenty20
Twenty20 Cup / Friends Life t20 / NatWest t20 Blast (2): 2010 , 2012
statistics
Runs
Most of the first-class cricket runs were scored by the following players:
player | Playing times | Runs |
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Phil Mead | 1905-1936 | 48,892 |
Roy Marshall | 1953-1972 | 30.303 |
George Brown | 1908-1933 | 22,962 |
Jimmy Gray | 1948-1966 | 22,450 |
Johnny Arnold | 1929-1954 | 21,596 |
Wickets
Most of the wickets in first-class cricket were scored by the following players:
player | Playing times | Runs |
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Derek Shackleton | 1948-1969 | 2,669 |
Alex Kennedy | 1907-1936 | 2,549 |
Jack Newman | 1906-1930 | 1,946 |
Stuart Boyes | 1921-1939 | 1,415 |
Peter Sainsbury | 1954-1976 | 1,245 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Sam Collins: A brief history of Hampshire ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ The time period refers to the corresponding cricket season in which the first or last game of the time as captain took place
- ↑ Most runs for Hampshire ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Most wickets for Hampshire ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved June 28, 2015.