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This new and unique feature about a special season in Hampshire's past will be written with the help of a former Hampshire player or avid Hampshire supporter.
Where better to start this new series than with former captain Richard Gilliat and his own personal reflections on the 1969 season when he won his county cap? In a special interview conducted this summer by HCH's John Winter, Richard talks at length about the year he made six first-class hundreds - one more than Barry Richards! Modest and the ultimate team-man, Richard recalls his breakthrough summer which also saw the introduction of the John Player League.
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Content to be posted in October 2025