Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.
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32 Facts About Hampshire Cricket Club
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Hampshire Cricket Club played their first one-day match in the 1963 Gillette Cup, but did not win their first one-day silverware until 1975 when they won the Sunday League which it won twice more, in 1978 and 1986.
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The Hambledon Club was in many respects a Hampshire county club for it organised Hampshire matches, although it was a multi-functional club and not dedicated to cricket alone.
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Hambledon produced some legendary Hampshire Cricket Club players including master batsman John Small and the two great fast bowlers Thomas Brett and David Harris.
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Hampshire County Cricket Club was founded on 12 August 1863 and played its first first-class match against Sussex at the Antelope Ground, Southampton on 7 and 8 July 1864.
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Hampshire Cricket Club was recognised as a first-class team from 1864 to 1885.
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In 1886, Hampshire Cricket Club lost its status after years of difficult circumstances and poor results.
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Hampshire Cricket Club recovered first-class status from the beginning of the 1895 County Championship season when the team was invited to join the now official County Championship.
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Between 1900 and 1905, Hampshire Cricket Club were almost continuously struggling as their key officer-batsmen, Major Poore and Captain Wynyard were faced with either moving to South Africa or increased military duties at home from the Boer War.
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From 1906 onwards, with the qualification of Phil Mead, Jack Newman and later George Brown, Hampshire Cricket Club became a much more competitive side, though not until 1910 did they win as many games as they lost in a season.
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In 1922, Hampshire Cricket Club won one of the most remarkable victories in County Championship history when, they defeated Warwickshire by 155 runs after having followed on when dismissed for just 15.
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From 1927, Hampshire Cricket Club declined severely as their stalwart professionals declined and the level of amateur support fell off alarmingly.
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Hampshire Cricket Club's 316 took just 380 minutes and contained 43 fours and three sixes.
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In 1955 Hampshire Cricket Club finished as high as third with Shackleton taking 160 wickets and Cannings and Peter Sainsbury around 100, with Roy Marshall was one of the few exciting batsmen of the time.
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Hampshire Cricket Club won 19 of their 32 matches, losing only seven matches all season.
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Again Hampshire were disappointing until Barry Richards joined the county in 1968, when they rose from tenth to fifth in the Championship and established themselves as a power in limited-overs cricket.
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In 1985 Hampshire Cricket Club finished second in the County Championship, finishing 18 points behind winners Middlesex.
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In 2005, Hampshire Cricket Club performed well in both first-class and one-day forms of the game.
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Two years later, Hampshire Cricket Club progressed to the final of the newly renamed 2007 Friends Provident Trophy at Lord's after finishing top of the South Division.
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In 2008, Hampshire Cricket Club struggled and were near the foot of the Division 1 table for the majority of the season.
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Hampshire Cricket Club created history by winning the 2010 Friends Provident t20 in front of home support after defeating Somerset – the first team to win a Twenty20 trophy on home turf in England and Wales.
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On 14 September 2011, in their four-day game against Warwickshire at The Rose Bowl, Hampshire Cricket Club were officially relegated to the County Championship Second Division.
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Hampshire Cricket Club brought instant success as Hampshire won promotion as champions to the County Championship First Division with victory over Glamorgan on 23 September 2014.
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On 14 January 2016, Hampshire Cricket was announced as one of six new teams in the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League.
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On 28 January 2016 Hampshire Cricket Club appointed former Wiltshire coach Nick Denning as their inaugural coach for their Women's team.
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However, on 3 October 2016 Hampshire Cricket Club were given a reprieve as Durham were relegated to Division Two after taking up a financial package from the ECB to help with their finances, with their relegation and a points deduction being the fine for taking this agreement.
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The Winter of 2017 saw Hampshire draw criticism over the signings of Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw on Kolpak deals, with these players giving up international cricket to represent Hampshire.
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However Hampshire performed better in Twenty20 cricket, qualifying for their 7th Finals Day in 8 years, although they lost in the Semi-final to eventual winners Nottinghamshire.
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Overseas player Mujeeb Ur Rahman though became the first Afghan to play for Hampshire Cricket Club, and the first player to be born in the 21st century to play for Hampshire Cricket Club.
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In Twenty20 cricket, Hampshire made Finals Day following a dramatic 2 run win over Nottinghamshire in the Quarter Final, but lost to Somerset in the semi-finals.
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