A brief history of clubs in and cricket in Winchester around Winchester Winchester City Council has two venues available for CRICKET cricket hire. These are King George V and North Walls Trace its evolution in Winchester and Recreation Ground. Both sites offer two cricket pitches with pavilion provision. ’s cricketing legacy For more information telephone 01962 840 222 or visit: www.winchester.gov.uk Bishop Ken, a scholar of the college, recorded that he was fond of the game when he was a boy in the 1650s and 60s. In 1845, a college team was reputed to have been surprised when they played a Basingstoke team who won the match To see local clubs in action please by using a catapult instead of a bowler. Regular matches between Winchester, Eton and Harrow began in 1825. contact the organisations direct. For The in the city of Winchester closely mirrors a full listing of clubs please visit the changes in its evolution. At the time that Robert Matthew www.getactivehampshireiow.co.uk wrote his poem in 1647 which refers to Winchester’s College or www.hants.gov.uk/shiow for pupils playing on St Catherine’s Hill, it was a casual sport more details about cricket in the played by boys. local area.

Bishop’s Waltham Cricket By the 1770s, Winchester was regularly fielding adult cricket When Hampshire Club looked into renovating William Lillywhite b1792* Harry Altham (b 1888) The Ashton Brothers Douglas Robert Jardine OBE Mansoor Ali Khan ‘Tiger’ www.bishopswaltham.play-cricket.com teams: it is recorded that in 1774 Winchester refused to allow (1900-1958) (b.1925) Pataudi (b.1941) Southampton’s in 1987, it was agreed Frederick William Lillywhite Harry was among the best "We thank thee, we praise Chawton Cricket Club Bishop’s Waltham to finish a match on Twyford Down was one of the great bowlers known personalities in the thee, we bless thee O Lord, for As an English cricketer and Hubert Doggart was educated Born into an Indian royal that the demands placed upon the pavilion and grounds had www.chawton.cc of the nineteenth world of cricket. He played, Hubert, Percy, Gilbert and of the England cricket at Winchester College and household, Mansur Ali Khan outgrown the facilities. Thirteen years and £24m later, The Did you know? 01420 562 294 although only six runs were needed. Rather than throw the legislated, test selected and Claude," - so goes the old team in the early 1930s, King's College, a Cambridge Pataudi completed his education He was coach to college teams Rose Bowl opened. match away, the Waltham players stayed overnight and was a historian and a coach Winchester College song, and Jardine, an Old Wykehamist blue in five different sports at Winchester College after Easton & Martyr Worthy Cricket Club in the early 1850s, including for 30 years. A master and for good reason. Sporting (the name given to and captain in four. inheriting the titular dignity of There is www.emwcc.co.uk “Let's join in the praise of the bat and the , subsequently warned other teams against playing such preparing the boys for their cricket coach in Winchester, prowess ran in the Ashton Winchester College alumni) is Nawab of Pataudi upon his In 2012 The Rose Bowl was renamed the Ageas Bowl and has also a annual end of term matches He taught at Winchester Jane Austen and sing in full chorus the patrons of cricket...” unreasonable opponents. he was also part of a family family - all four brothers were perhaps best known for father’s death. been home to many international cricketers since the move St Cross Symondians at Lords against Eton and of first class cricketers Blues at Cambridge and also captaining the English squad College (1950-1972) while tour then Harrow. maintaining a successful After playing for Oxford, he from the old County Ground in 2001. played available 01962 866 642 excelled in football. Gilbert, during its 1932-33 Ashes www.stcrosscc.co.uk In 1926, while in Winchester, Hubert and Claude all tour of Australia. amateur cricket career for went on to captain the Indian with an In 1796 we know that a match took place between the He lead the revolution which as a college master, he wrote Cambridge University and national side at 21 and played with Hampshire from 2000-2007. Club captain for four years, captained the university team itinerary Hambledon Cricket Club Games akin to cricket have been played on the fields of moved bowling from ‘The History of Cricket’, one of His team employed the Sussex Cricket Clubs. Doggart 310 matches, scoring 15,425 he was joined by fellow Australian internationals Simon that links to tradesmen of Winchester and the tradesmen of Southampton, underarm (‘Hambledon style’) in the three consecutive www.hambledoncricketclub.co.uk the earliest defintitive works seasons from 1921 to 1923. controversial ‘body line’ went on to represent England runs, his highest being 203 (not- this one. England since the middle ages, but a game called to round-arm where the ball and it is still a major reference in two Test matches in 1950 out). Mansur Khan made his Katich, and Stuart Clark. marking the shift in the game from a children’s game to an technique (where the bowler Old Alresford Cricket Club 'crecket' first appears in 1598. and hand must not be higher work today. His great legacy Awarded the Military Cross in deliberately aimed the cricket and has held many offices in Test debut against England at adult’s sport, popular with working men. Another match than the shoulder. With his is the formation of national the first world war, Hubert ball at the body of the sports administration, such Delhi in December 1961. Hampshire also has a strong history of developing England 01962 733 612 sons he founded Lilywhite’s (1892-1979) went on to play Hampshire’s own cricketing history owes much to the between local tradesmen was recorded in 1856 at Oliver’s coaching schemes. batsman), tactics employed as President of the MCC Following his retirement, players: the likes of Robin Smith, Chris Smith, Shaun Udal, Wickham Cricket Club in Piccadilly . for Essex scoring more than to neutralize the opposing (1981-1982). Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi 1,000 runs in both 1921 and and Dimitri Mascarenhas have all represented 01329 834 398 legacy of the Hambledon and Alresford cricket clubs and Battery when a team representing the town north of the High *Image by Unknown Artist Australian batsmen, became the Indian national 1922. He was knighted in particularly , cricket coach (1974-75) and c 1850, William Lillywhite. By their country. West Meon Cricket Club the pre-eminent players produced at Winchester College. Street played against another from the south side. 1959 in recognition of his permission of the Warden and and which caused a veritable later refereed ICC matches. services as an MP. storm in the cricketing world. 01730 829 639 Scholars of Winchester College This leaflet offers you an opportunity to trace the history In 2006 the Ageas Bowl hosted the international /activewinchester As the game became more popular, its following among the In 1923, Claude (1901- of the development of the sport across the county of 1942, pictured above) against Sri Lanka and, following a successful planning @activewinch gentry grew and this is reflected in the number of Winchester succeeded Percy as captain of Hampshire. Why not make Winchester your base as you “And when the game's o'er, and our fate shall draw nigh application, was awarded Test venue status by the England and College pupils who rose to prominence in the sport. We take the university’s cricket team (for the heroes of cricket, like others, must die), amassing 916 runs and Wales Cricket Board. It hosted its first Test match, England vs Winchester City Council's tourism service would like to thank the following for their uncover the fascinating landmarks of cricket dotted a look at some of these noted players… Our bats we'll resign, neither troubled nor vex'd, and claiming 50 with his help in producing this leaflet: Graham Scobie; Charles Inglis; Winchester College; the across Hampshire? give up our wickets to those that come next.” medium-pace bowling, Sri Lanka, in 2011 to a crowd of up to 25,000 people. marketing team at The Ageas Bowl; Stephen Baldwin. The excerpt from a poem together with 21 catches. He featured on the front cover on the Winchester College feature was written in 1976 played for Essex between The new Hilton Hotel at the Ageas Bowl offers 171 bedrooms by The Reverend Reynell Cotton (1717-1796) School Master of Hyde School, Winchester and President of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774. 1934 and 1938, his career for guests looking for a an indulgent and luxurious experience cut tragically short when he Designed by Winchester City Council and printed by Culverlands 2016 died during a mid-air training overlooking the pitch or the stunning golf course. accident just before the Second World War. For more information, including forthcoming music and sporting events, please visit www.ageasbowl.com. Alton 3 It is the place where a Hambledon remained the pre-eminent club until the M “ Rules and regulations How to plan your visit to 6 The Hambledon era formation of Cricket Club and the simple country the cradle of cricket 1750s: Formed as a private club by noblemen and country gentry, opening of Lord’s Cricket Ground in 1787. Although 1760-1771: During the period of Hambledon’s pastime finally left its Hambledon Parish Club grew in prominence and Hambledon Cricket Club not the first great cricket club in England, the primacy, several rule changes occurred that turned The map shown on the right is designed to help you plan 5 was founded in the 1760s. The actual players were hired professionals from Hambledon is one of the earliest of which we have the sport into its modern recognisable form. To Salisbu ry New Alresford origins behind and your visit to Winchester and the district and Odiham, Alresford, Farnham, Alton and Sussex - mixed teams of gentlemen substantial knowledge, thanks to the recollections of 1 Bowling: of the ball was pitched under- is numbered to sequence the developments showed signs of and professionals played together as equals, generally played for five (see picture), Richard’s son, entitled The arm, the ball was originally rolled along the of the sport chronologically. It’s up to you hundred guineas a side (plus travel expenses) - a fortune at the time. Bets Cricketers of My Time . Winchester becoming a national ground and then hit with bat shaped like a how you plan the itinerary of your personal 7 taken at the grounds added to the high financial stakes at play. A2 1782: Early matches were played on Broadhalfpenny hockey stick. In the 1820s William Lillywhite lead homage to cricket, you’ll notice strong links 72 sport. ” Down. By 1782 the site of play had moved to Windmill Down, then the 2 St Catherine’s Hambledon remained the focal point of the game for about thirty years a campaign to all round arm bowling. The laws between inns and the game - offering you a legitimate Hill Excerpt from a framed between the 1770s and the 1790s. Between 1772 and 1796 the club met site shifted again between 1808 and 1875 when Ridge Meadow (a level were changed to the over-arm style bowling we opportunity to explore some of Hampshire’s oldest and finest ‘All England’ in 66 matches and won 38 of them. field between and Windmill Down) came into use. West Meon tribute to Hambledon in have today in time for the 1864 season. hostelries from The Bat & Ball in Hambledon to The Globe in The club still plays here today. The Bat & Ball Inn In its heyday, Hambledon Cricket Club was run by Richard Nyren, landlord of Alresford. In West Meon a thriving gastro-pub named after Wicket: The third (middle stump) was introduced. Before this if the ball 3 The Bat & Ball Inn (see map). By 1771 Nyren moved to The George Hotel showcases the best of local food. 3 passed through the two stumps the batsman was deemed ; M B B3035 4 where the club held its meetings. 2 Bats: The original bats had been of crooked or ‘hockey-stick’ design but And there’s also an opportunity to visit Winchester and stroll 17 B 7 21 evolved into a flat-faced type to cope with the new bowling style. In up St Catherine’s Hill (site of a cricket match between college 5 8 Bishop’s 0 1771 the width of the bat defined as 4¼ inches when noted cricketer boys in 1647) or take a tour of Winchester College itself M Waltham M 27 3 ‘Shock’ White emerged onto the pitch one September day in 1771 with where so many cricketers, including the controversial Douglas The Bat & Ball Inn A Hambledon a bat the full width of the wicket. Southampton 1 Jardine, honed their skills. As Hampshire is now Horndean the county of The Ageas Bowl, this strong This unsporting behaviour led the Hambledon Club to minute: "In view of the The Ageas Bowl Wickham tradition is clearly continuing with pride. Denmead performance of one White of Ryegate on September 23rd that four and quarter inches shall be the breadth forthwith.” The ruling was accepted by most other clubs elsewhere, and recognised in the Code of 1774. 10 4 11 5 Early days NEW FOREST 12 1622: One of the first records of ‘cricket’ ever being played is in a legal case in , West Sussex. The Lord legacy 1 Winchester College 3 St Catherine’s Hill 4 Hambledon 6 Alresford 7 West Meon 8 The Ageas Bowl Two men were accused of playing cricket in the (1755-1832) church grounds. The churchwardens stated Visit the college to find out A Latin poem refers to a Visit The Bat & Ball Inn In the eighteenth century the Thomas Lord, founder of It seems Hampshire is not rlott John1 9A91) that it was "contrarie to the seventh article more about where Altham match played on this unspoilt whose famous landlords noted cricketer Thomas Taylor Lord’s Cricket Ground, retired going to give up its layers (1914- don P ter and Thomas Lord, founder of Lord’s coached cricket and Douglas beauty spot overlooking have included Richard Nyren was landlord of The Globe in to West Meon in the reputation as a centre of mble lish cricke oadcaster (Sabbath) and for that they use to breake d’s Ha mous Eng cricket br resfor 06) This fa and is The John Cricket Ground in London is buried Jardine, the famous Ashton Winchester in 1647. The view who ran Hambledon Cricket Alresford. Why not take in Winchester district. You can cricketing excellence. 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Cross the well preserved Georgian honour to enjoy local produce series in 2011. to John A est cricket d as one keting inn as between cricket’, hence the origins of the phrase ccording he strong regarde other cric ft) and w A s one of t cket than or was an e map, le to the village in 1830. An immaculately kept grounds on self guided walks that the road and you’ll see a town with its circular river from their kitchen garden. Visit www.ageasbowl.com Club wa her in cri tury. Tayl resford (se wn ‘it’s not cricket’. Cricket nding "hig cen lobe at Al lresford To overlooking the water include St Catherine’s Hill go statue and the cricket pitch walk that is remarkably View Lord’s tombstone at the to find out more about the gland, sta ory of the of The G A council award-winning Arts & Crafts Inn ms in En in the hist landlord in 1806 rship and meadows where they played. to www.visitwinchester.co.uk that was once home to the unchanged today. 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