Lawrence Coleman has very kindly donated two framed pictures this month on behalf of the estate of Dudley Carpenter. They are a limited edition print by Terry Harrison of May's Bounty and a print of Lord's by Arthur Weaver, commemorating the Centenary Test Match between England and Australia in 1980 and dedicated to the batsmen who have scored over 7,000 runs in Test Cricket. It  is signed by 14 players. Both pictures are new to our collection. Our sincere thanks to HCH Supporter Lawrence for this wonderful donation.

More supporters than ever are giving us donations of books for us to re-sell at the two Book Sales we hold in the Club Shop each year. Our sincere thanks to one and all who have again donated in recent weeks.

We are always delighted when one of our own HCH Directors has another clear out at home and parts with another valued piece of their own Hampshire Cricket related collection to enhance the bigger HCH Collection in our Archive Room. Dave Allen is always dropping off more of his own "treasures" for Glen and Ray, our Archive Room Curators, to find the best place to display or file away in the Archive Room. Dave has donated a number of Arlott books recently and his second edition of Padwick's A Bibliography of Cricket now resides in our Collection. This month, regular donor, David Ackland, also passed over the whole of his own scorecard collection, as well as some superb scrapbooks covering each Hampshire season from 1967 to 1971. These complement our fine collection of scrapbooks dating back to the early 1960's. John Winter will look to feature the 1969 season, using David's scrapbook for that year, in the coming months in his monthly 2025 Season Journal. This can be found under the Memories Tab at the top of this screen. David's favourite game is also from the 1969 season and appears as number 18 in the My Favourite Game Series on this site again under the Memories Tab.  

We were delighted when Nigel Roberts contacted us here at HCH to donate this Philip Mead Stand sign from the old Northlands Road ground. It came together with a tile from the Pavilion Roof and both now take their place proudly in the Archive Room Collection in the Shane Warne Stand.  The right hand picture below shows Chris Smith warming up in front of the Philip Mead Stand, with the sign clearly visible back then.

We were pleased to receive a significant number of Hampshire Handbooks, dating right back to 1953, from the Potter family in Basingstoke. When Glen drove up to take receipt of these on behalf of HCH, he paid an early Spring visit to May's Bounty which brought back many happy memories. Our sincere thanks to Sarah for contacting us and making this donation on behalf of her family. Sarah wrote to us about how her father, Philip, who very sadly passed away in September, was a lifelong member of Hampshire Cricket and devoted supporter.