Hampshire Cricket Heritage  Publications

New Publication for August 2024

Number 7 in the HCH Booklet Series 

New for August 2024 in the Club Shop  

2014: Going Up!

Hampshire's Division Two Title and Promotion

Dave Allen

with Jimmy Adams, James Tomlinson, 

Giles White and Chris Wood


Cost £5 and signed by the author, Dave 






Available in the Club Shop from 22nd August 2024

New Publication for June 2024

Number 6 in the HCH Booklet Series 

A Glorious Week

Hampshire in Portsmouth August 1974

John Winter

with

Bob Stephenson, Bob Herman, Trevor Jesty and Mike Taylor

Copies of the Limited Edition of 200 are available for £5 in the Hampshire Shop at the Utilita Bowl from June 30th 2024 or by contacting Hampshire Cricket Heritage at hantscccheritage@gmail.com 

From the remarkable summer exactly 50 years ago, John Winter recalls with the help of four former stars of the 1974 Hampshire team a memorable Portsmouth Cricket Week where close rivals Warwickshire and Worcestershire were both beaten by an innings.


Strengthened by the arrival of Andy Roberts in 1974, reigning County Champions Hampshire were the best side in the country and they were at the height of their powers for the two games featured in this latest publication by HCH.


John sat down with former players Bob Stephenson, Bob Herman, Trevor Jesty and Mike Taylor to talk about his first time at a game watching Hampshire back in August 1974 as an eleven-year old. It was a cricket week to remember for all who were lucky enough to be there. 

Hampshire Cricket Heritage's Own Recent Booklets 

All Priced £5 in the Club Shop or £7.50 by post 

(email request to HCH at hantscccheritage@gmail.com)


2*. Hampshire County Cricketers update 2019-2021 (2022) Dave Allen - available in the Club Shop

3. Derek Shackleton; the Ageas Bowl Display (2023) Dave Allen - available in the Club Shop

4. Champions: Hampshire's County Championship 1973 (2023)Dave Allen - available in the Club Shop

5. Ordained Hampshire Cricketers (2024) Stephen Saunders  - available in the Club Shop

6. A Glorious Week - Hampshire in Portsmouth August 1974 (2024) John Winter - available in the Club Shop

7. 2014: Going Up! Hampshire's Division Two Promotion Season (2024) Dave Allen - available from 22nd August in the Club Shop


*Please note Number 2 has now been reprinted and so there are still some copies of all six available. 

New Publication for April 2024

Number 5 in the HCH Booklet Series 

Number Five in the Series

The very latest publication and the fifth booklet from HCH is called "Ordained Hampshire Cricketers." Written by Stephen Saunders, it features the 29 church men who have played at least one game for Hampshire,  starting in 1805.  Entries in this fascinating collection of biographies of ordained vicars include Rev. Canon John Glennie Grieg  (Hampshire Career 1901-22) who leads the way with 77 games.

Rev. Gilbert Laird Osborne Jessop was the only child of "The Croucher" - of 1902 Oval fame - and his 3 appearances came in 1933 after he joined Havant CC. All original research undertaken by Stephen and a welcome addition to the collection.

Anyone wishing to purchase a copy for £5 (including postage) should contact Dave Allen at

: davehccc@gmail.com

Number Four in the Series 

50 years on from the brilliant championship win against all the odds (66-1 at the start of that season in 1973), Dave’s account of that triumph became available to buy for £5 last March. It is a limited edition of 100 - with a few still left to buy, if you contact Dave at: davehccc@gmail.com


Number Three in the Series 

The third one on DEREK SHACKLETON complements the new Shackleton display in the Pavilion which Dave organised in conjunction with the club. Dave wrote in his book "Hampshire County Cricketers", in his entry for Derek, "By a number of statistical measures, pace bowler Derek Shackleton was the greatest of all Hampshire bowlers".


Number Two in the Series 

In 2022, Dave Allen wrote this booklet as an update to the second edition of his book Hampshire County Cricketers. It includes those that played in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy and covers the years 2019-2021. It has now been reprinted and is available to buy again.

Number One in the Series

SIMPLY THE BEST ?

Kyle Abbot’s 17-86 against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl in September 2019 were the finest figures - by a pace bowler - ever recorded in a first class fixture in the history of cricket in this country. The achievement prompted Dave in 2020 to launch the first monograph produced by Hampshire Cricket Heritage.