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 Recreation Ground. Both sites offer two cricket pitches with pavilion provision. ’s cricketing legacy For more information telephone 01962 848 231 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 by To see local clubs in action please using a catapult instead of a bowler. Regular matches between Winchester, Eton and Harrow began in 1825. contact the organisations direct. The in the city of Winchester closely mirrors For a full listing of all local clubs the changes in its evolution. At the time that Robert Matthew simply contact Winchester & wrote his poem in 1647 which refers to Winchester’s College District Cricket Clubs Association pupils playing on St Catherine’s Hill, it was a casual sport on 01264 390 100 or visit: played by boys. www.sporthampshireiow.co.uk

Bishop’s Waltham Cricket By the 1770s, Winchester was regularly fielding adult cricket When Club looked into renovating The Ashton Brothers Roger Winlaw OBE Mansur Ali Khan ‘Tiger’ ‘And when the game's 01489 877 670 teams: it is recorded that in 1774 Winchester refused to allow (1900-1958) (1912-1942) (b.1925) Pataudi (b.1941) Southampton’s in 1987, it was agreed that ‘We thank thee, we praise o'er, and our fate shall www.bishopswaltham-cc.co.uk Bishop’s Waltham to finish a match on Twyford Down As an English cricketer and thee, we bless thee O Lord, for The decade after Claude Hubert Doggart was Born into an Indian royal the demands placed upon the pavilion and grounds had captain of the cricket Hubert, Percy, Gilbert and Ashton left Winchester educated at Winchester household, Mansur Ali Khan draw nigh (for the Chawton Cricket Club although only six runs were needed. Rather than throw the team in the early 1930s, Claude,’ - so goes the old College, Winlaw became a College and King's College, a Pataudi completed his outgrown the facilities. Thirteen years and £24m later, The Rose 01420 855 19 Jardine, an Old Wykehamist Winchester College song, and high profile member of the Cambridge blue in five education at Winchester heroes of cricket, like match away, the Waltham players stayed overnight and (the name given to for good reason. Sporting Winchester College cricket different sports and captain College after inheriting the Bowl opened. others, must die), St Cross Symondians ‘Let's join in the praise of the bat and the , subsequently warned other teams against playing such Winchester College alumni) is prowess ran in the Ashton eleven. in four. titular dignity of Nawab of perhaps best known for family - all four brothers were Pataudi upon his father’s Our bats we'll resign, The Rose Bowl has been home to many international cricketers [email protected] and sing in full chorus the patrons of cricket...’ unreasonable opponents. captaining the English squad Blues at Cambridge and also Between 1928 and 1931, he He taught at Winchester death. during its 1932-33 Ashes excelled in football. Gilbert, won the Public Schools College (1950-1972) while neither troubled nor since the move from the old County Ground in 2001. The www.stcrosscc.co.uk tour of Australia. Hubert and Claude all Doubles with HJH Lamb, the maintaining a successful After playing for Oxford, he first Wykehamist pair to do amateur cricket career for went on to captain the Indian vex'd, and give up our legendary played with Hampshire from 2000- Hambledon Cricket Club In 1796 we know that a match took place between the captained the university team His team employed the in the three consecutive so. He captained in his last Cambridge University and national side at 21 and to those that 2007. Club captain for four years, Warne was joined by fellow [email protected] Games akin to cricket have been played on the fields of tradesmen of Winchester and the tradesmen of controversial ‘body line’ seasons from 1921 to 1923. two seasons, heading the Sussex Cricket Clubs. Doggart played 310 matches, scoring technique (where the bowler and went on to represent England 15,425 runs, his highest come next.’ Australian internationals , Shane Watson and www.hambledoncricketclub.com England since the middle ages, but a game called 'crecket' Southampton, marking the shift in the game from a deliberately aimed the cricket Awarded the Military Cross in averages in 1930. Winlaw in two Test matches in 1950 being 203 (not-out). Mansur first appears in 1598. ball at the body of the the first world war, Hubert went on to play for and has held many offices in Khan made his Test debut . Old Alresford Cricket Club children’s game to an adult’s sport, popular with working batsman), tactics employed (1898-1979) went on to play Cambridge University and sports administration, such as against England at Delhi in 01962 733 612 to neutralise the opposing for Essex scoring more than later Surrey and, like Ashton President of the MCC (1981- December 1961. Following Hampshire also has a strong history of developing England Hampshire’s own cricketing history owes much to the men. Another match between local tradesmen was recorded Australian batsmen, 1,000 runs in both 1921 and before him, also played 1982). his retirement, Mansur Ali legacy of the Hambledon and Alresford cricket clubs and in 1856 at Oliver’s Battery when a team representing the particularly , 1922. He was knighted in football for Corinthians. In a Khan Pataudi became the players: the likes of Robin Smith, Shaun Udal, Chris Tremlett West Meon Cricket Club and which caused a veritable 1959 in recognition of his final tragic coincidence, Indian national cricket coach 01730 829 689 the pre-eminent players educated at Winchester College. town north of the High Street played against another from storm in the cricketing world. services as an MP. Winlaw died in the same (1974-75) and later refereed and Dimitri Mascarenhas have all represented their country. fatal plane crash that took ICC matches. www.westmeon.org.uk the south side. In 1923, Claude (1901- 1942, the life of Claude Ashton who After joining Hampshire in 2004, broke into the This leaflet offers you an opportunity to trace the history of pictured above) succeeded was piloting. Wickham Cricket Club Percy as captain of the England set up, leading to a controversial period as captain of the development of the sport across the county. Why not 01329 834 398 university’s cricket team the national side. As the game became more popular, its following among the amassing 916 runs and make Winchester your base as you uncover the fascinating gentry grew and this is reflected in the number of Winchester claiming 50 wickets with his Winchester City Council's tourism service would like to thank the following landmarks of cricket dotted across Hampshire? medium-pace bowling, In 2006 The Rose Bowl hosted the international individuals and organisations for their help in producing this leaflet: Graham College pupils who rose to prominence in the sport. We take together with 21 catches. He * Scobie, Winchester City Council's Historic Information Officer; Dave Savage, played for Essex between against Sri Lanka and, following a successful planning Winchester City Council's Sports Facilities Officer; Charles Inglis; Guy Ashton; a look at some of these noted players… 1934 and 1938, his career application, was awarded Test venue status by the England and Penny McPherson and her colleagues at Winchester College; the marketing team at cut tragically short when he The Rose Bowl. The two excerpts from a poem featured on the front cover and in died in a mid-air training Wales Cricket Board. It will host its first Test match, England vs the Winchester College feature are taken from a work written in 1776 by The accident during the Second Reverend Reynell Cotton (1717-1796) School Master of Hyde School, World War. Sri Lanka, in 2011 to a crowd of up to 25,000 people. Winchester and President of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774.

For more information, including forthcoming music and CUS0071-28576 April 2009 Produced by Winchester City Council’s Corporate sporting events, please visit www.rosebowlplc.com. Communications Team in association with Byron Elliott and printed by www.cricketingwinchester.co.uk Culverlands Press, Winchester. © Winchester City Council 2009 Alton Hambledon remained the pre-eminent club until the M3 It is the place where How to plan your visit to The Hambledon era formation of Cricket Club and the Rules and regulations 4 a 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 your Hambledon is the earliest of which we have origins behind and was founded in the 1760s. The actual players were hired professionals from the sport into its modern recognisable form. visit to Winchester and district and is 1 New Alresford Odiham, Alresford, Farnham, Alton and Sussex - teams generally played for substantial knowledge, thanks to the recollections of numbered to sequence the developmentsof showed signs of five hundred guineas a side (plus travel expenses) - a fortune at the time. John Nyren (see picture), Richard’s son, entitled The Bowling: of the ball changed from a Cricketers of my Time. the sport chronologically. It’s up to you how becoming a national Bets taken at the grounds added to the high financial stakes at play. fast, underhand bowl all along the ground, to Winchester 5 an overarm bowl where the ball pitched up you plan the itinerary of your personal homage A272 Hambledon remained the focal point of the game from the 1770s to the 1782: Early matches were played on Broadhalfpenny to cricket. You’ll notice strong links between inns sport. Down. By 1782 the site of play had moved to Windmill Down, then the before the batsman. This was finally ratified St Catherine’s 1790s. Between 1772 and 1796 the club met ‘All England’ in 66 matches and the game - offering you a legitimate opportunity to Hill Excerpt from a framed and won 38 of them. site shifted again between 1808 and 1875 when Ridge Meadow (a level in 1864. explore some of Hampshire’s oldest and finest hostelries field between and Windmill Down) came into use. West Meon tribute to Hambledon in In its heyday, Hambledon Cricket Club was run by Richard Nyren, landlord of Wicket: The third (middle stump) was from The Bat & Ball in Hambledon to The in The club still plays here today. The Bat & Ball Inn. The Bat & Ball Inn (see map). By 1771 Nyren moved to The George Hotel introduced in 1775. Before this if the ball passed West Meon, a thriving restaurant showcasing the best of 2 where the club held its meetings. through the two stumps the batsman was deemed . local food. M3 B3035 B2177 3 Bats: The original bats had been of crooked or ‘hockey-stick’ design tunity to visit Winchester and stroll B2150 And there’s also an oppor but evolved into a flat-faced type to cope with the new bowling style. up St Catherine’s Hill (site of a cricket match between College 6 Bishop’s In 1776 the width of the bat was defined as 4¼ inches. But noted boys in 1647) or take a tour of Winchester College itself where M27 Waltham cricketer ‘Shock’ White emerged onto the pitch one September day so many cricketers, including the controversial Douglas The Bat & Ball Inn A3M Hambledon with a bat the full width of the wicket. Southampton Jardine, honed their skills. As Hampshire is now Horndean the county of The Rose Bowl, this strong tradition This unsporting behaviour led the Hambledon Club to minute: ‘In view The Rose Bowl Wickham is clearly continuing with pride - in fact Test Denmead of the performance of one White of Ryegate on September 23rd that matches will be played here from 2011, if you’re interested… 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. Early days 1622: The first record of cricket ever being played is The Lord legacy in a legal case in , Surrey. Two men were accused of playing cricket in the church grounds. 1 Winchester College 2 St Catherine’s Hill 3 Hambledon 4 Alresford 5 West Meon 6 The Rose Bowl (1755-1832)

The churchwardens stated that it was ‘contrarie th Visit the college to find out A Latin poem refers to a Visit The Bat & Ball Inn In the 18 century the noted Thomas Lord, founder of It seems Hampshire is not Thomas Lord, founder of Lord’s to the seventh article (Sabbath) and for that more about where Douglas match played on this unspoilt whose famous landlords cricketer Thomas Taylor was Lord’s Cricket Ground, retired going to give up its (1914-1991) they use to breake windowes with the ball’. Jardine, the famous Ashton beauty spot overlooking have included Robert Nyren landlord of The Globe on the to West Meon in the reputation as a centre of r and oadcaster Cricket Ground in is buried lish crickete ricket br Their defence was that the game they were Alresford’s Hambledonmous Players Eng The c John brothers and Hubert Doggart Winchester in 1647. The view who ran Hambledon Cricket Lake in Alresford. Why not Winchester district. The Arts cricketing excellence. This fa and is ntator in the church yard of St. John's n Club and comme rd playing ‘was not cricket’, hence the origins himself all learned to play of the city has changed over Club, and Andrew Freemantle, walk the well preserved and Crafts public house in The multi-million pound aylor (1753-1806) the Hambledo in Alresfo Thomas T layed for layers of the 18th lott lived Church in West Meon. He retired cricket - and see for yourself the centuries, but remains a player who Nyren himself Georgian town’s circular river the village was renamed stadium will start playing The Alresford Connectionresford resident p anding p e Ar d 1981. of the phrase ‘it’s not cricket’. ar right), Al Alresford tst He was th n 1961 an the immaculately kept breathtaking. For information admired. Cross the road and trail? Alresford’s cricketing ‘The Thomas Lord’ in 1955 host to Test series in 2011. lott, (see f ams ne of the most ou innkeeper. betwee to the village in 1830 – an award- n Ar ricket te rded as o ricketing ap, left) grounds overlooking the on self-guided walks that you’ll see a statue and the connections continued to th Visit www.rosebowlplc.com rding to Joh rongest c rega other c to mark the 200 anniversary Acco ne of the st any r was an Alresford (see m own winning Arts and Crafts inn has 1647: A Latin poem by Robert Matthew as o cket than ntury. Taylo ake in Alresford T l water meadows where they include St Catherine’s Hill go cricket pitch that was once recent times - The Old Sun on of his birth. Today it’s a to find out more about the Cricket Club w igher in cri ce n the l . d counci anding ‘h game’ rd of The Globe o rd in 1806 nership an been trading there as The contains a reference to a cricket match played. For more information, to www.visitwinchester.co.uk home to the famous pavilion. East Street was once home to events taking place here. ngland, st istory of the landlo resfo eck Part Hampshire Hospitality Award- in E ne in the h ried in Old Al resford, V sed the involving Winchester College pupils on or to book a guided tour call or call 01962 840 500. Call 023 9263 2692 to book legendary commentator John Postcode: SO30 3XH. ize has do and was bu in New Al have organi Thomas Lord public house and winning eatery that serves town its s . Born n a plaque to 01962 621 209 or email a table. Postcode: PO8 0UB. Arlott. Enquire about lunch and 1795 eck (1756-1823) r the Hambledo rection of St Catherine’s Hill. Although cricket was 99% local produce to its clientele. between 1770 n was well rances fo shire e nce at 52 restaurant since 1955. [email protected]. bookings at either The Globe reputatio Richard Aubrey V ass appea ar Hamp is reside View Lord’s tombstone at the ricketing s. 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He met the 9th Earl of Winchilsea, George at The Thomas Lord 1774 ing n pl with a commemo Cricketers Inn in nearby Easton appeared to be los d Chawto apparently to set u in the New the team n an age 28, . atch Finch and the future Duke of Richmond, Charles Lennox, who (SO23 1EJ), 01962 779 353. call 01730 829 244. parishes of Alto n to ied in 1823 tton, cricket m 1654: During Oliver Cromwell’s the united e not kee re he d Bishop’s Su round. Postcode: GU32 1LN. layers wer whe Born in Alresford G offered him the financial backing he needed to build his first resford p the same ark for Protectorate the playing of cricket was the Al ext day on eemantle (1768-1837) ade his m play the n practice. Fr antle m as in the cricket ground off Dorset Square. When the lease ran out on prohibited on the Sabbath, and in this year continue erally the Andrew rd, Freem is debut w This leaflet shows only a selection of the public houses in the district s was gen er ide Alresfo n era. H jor If you would like this leaflet in a ground a newspap just outs ambledo nown ma this, Lord purchased two fields in St John's Wood, and a the penalty fine was doubled to two shillings. rding to the ring the H ade 136 k that have a cricketing background or theme. Acco not ampshire du ad m as also a larger format please contact the ause, ‘ H d by 1810 he h antle w ground was completed there in 1809. In 1813 plans were See www.cricketingwinchester.co.uk for more details or this was bec ason an r John Freem r the tourist information centre on a match the 1788 se . His brothe n to play fo 1660s: The Restoration of the monarchy in England having lost re appearances iles went o all agreed to transect this site with the Regency Canal so the www.visitwinchester.co.uk/site/things-to-do/food-and-drink r, they we match d their fam n The Bat & B 01962 840 500 or e-mail e player an ew took o lifted the sanctions although the church continued to whole summ rve ambledon ons. Andr ground was moved again to its present site where it to find a wider selection of eateries to suit every taste. ed to prese H r generati disapprove of the playing of the game on Sundays. [email protected] determin ghout rd club fo . ire throu Alresfo his thirties opened in 1814. fame ent n in their Inn in Hambledo For more information on planning your visit to the area call Winchester Tourist Information Centre on 01962 840 500 or see www.visitwinchester.co.uk n.’ the seaso www.cricketingwinchester.co.uk