Hampshire Cricket Heritage Publications
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)
Simply the Best? Kyle Abbott 17-86 (2020) Dave Allen - available in the Club Shop
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 in the Club Shop
8. Hampshire's Naval Cricketers (2025) Stephen Saunders - available in the Club Shop
Newly Published January 2025
Number 8 in the HCH Booklet Series
Newly published in January 2025 and available now in the Club Shop, or by contacting Hampshire Cricket Heritage at hantscccheritage@gmail.com
Published in August 2024
Number 7 in the HCH Booklet Series
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
Newly published in August 2024 and available now in the Club Shop or by contacting Hampshire Cricket Heritage at hantscccheritage@gmail.com
Published in 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 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.
Published in April 2024
Number 5 in the HCH Booklet Series
Number Five in the Series
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.
Copies are available for £5 in the Hampshire Shop at the Utilita Bowl or by contacting Hampshire Cricket Heritage at hantscccheritage@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.
Copies are available for £5 in the Hampshire Shop at the Utilita Bowl or by contacting Hampshire Cricket Heritage at hantscccheritage@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.
