Hampshire County Cricket Club

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Hampshire County Cricket Club
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 In 1886, after a series of problems, first-class status was withdrawn and only granted again at the beginning of the 1895 season .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

Hampshire County Cricket Club's performance in First Class, One-Day and T20 cricket in the English National Competitions.

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
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
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
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

official website

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Sam Collins: A brief history of Hampshire ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  2. The time period refers to the corresponding cricket season in which the first or last game of the time as captain took place
  3. Most runs for Hampshire ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  4. Most wickets for Hampshire ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved June 28, 2015.