What is the purpose and function of the Hampshire Cricket Heritage Archive Room? 

• To curate a Library which is to stay permanently in the Archive Room

• To maintain a Hampshire Cricket Memorabilia Collection 

• To create a Research Area for use by supporters of  Hampshire Cricket Heritage 

What is in the Library collection relating to Hampshire Cricket? 

• all Hampshire handbooks

• all Hampshire benefit brochures

• Wisdens for every year

• all books on Hampshire cricket

• all books and publications with relevant sections on Hampshire cricket

• articles relating to all aspects of Hampshire cricket  from Playfair Cricket Monthly and the Cricketer Magazine organized chronologically

Why is it so important to look after and grow the Library Collection for the stated aims of Hampshire Heritage? 

The Library Collection will be a key part of how we maintain a written record of cricket in Hampshire, as well as how we help to sustain and engender research, meeting the needs of academic communities, constituencies of interest, and of the general public. Some of the contents can be used on specific occasions for exhibitions, events, publications, online engagement, and educational and community resources, in order to support the public understanding of social and sporting history across Hampshire’s communities. 

By making some materials available online at a future date, we can seek to promote the past, present and future value of cricket to Hampshire’s communities, making a wider range of people aware of its potential and importance.The Collection will undoubtedly celebrate the contribution that cricket, the county club and its great players, past and current have made to the identity of Hampshire and some of its contents may serve physically or digitally to support education in schools, colleges and universities through access to or the display of archival items.

What other items of Hampshire memorabilia are stored in the Archive Room? 

• Photographs relating to all aspects of Hampshire cricket

• Scorecards 

• Match Day programmes

• Scrapbooks and statistical analysis records

• Framed Pictures

• Cricket equipment including bats, balls, stumps etc.

• Cricket related clothing

• Porcelain, trophies, player and fan memorabilia

• Northlands Road Ground items

What other items are in the Library about other aspects of international and domestic cricket?

• Books on the history of the county championship and other first class counties 

• Books on Test Cricket

• Books on the history of the game

Who is responsible for ensuring the Archive Room is properly curated and looked after securely?

The Archive Room is run by the Sub-Committee of Hampshire Cricket Heritage which was established in November 2023 and which meets twice formally each year to review progress and set new targets to improve the use of the room. The current members of that sub-committee are  Dave Allen, Richard Griffiths, Ray Stubbington, Glen Williams and John Winter.