Hampshire Cricket Board
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The Hampshire Cricket Board (HCB) was formed in 1996 and is the governing body for all recreational cricket
in the historic county
of Hampshire
. Following a restructuring in January 2010, the HCB now operates as a limited company
.
Three years after the HCB was formed, the England and Wales Cricket Board
(ECB) reformed the NatWest Trophy by allowing all twenty Minor counties and the cricket boards of all first-class
English counties. These matches held List A status, with the HCB defeating Suffolk
in its first match in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
. The HCB played eight List A matches before the ECB reduced the competitions size, which resulted in the cricket boards being excluded from future competitions. It won three of its eight matches. The HCB employed the services of future international players Graeme Smith
and Chris Tremlett
, and played its home matches at the County Ground, Southampton
, Grasmere Road, Cove
, the Rose Bowl, and The Quarters, Hursley Park
. The Board was also permitted to take part in the Minor counties one-day competition
between 1998 and 2002.
As part of its role to develop the game in Hampshire the HCB offers a number of ECB accredited courses involving coaching, physical training, umpiring and scoring. Qualified coaches are then able to join the HCB Coaches Association and ECB Coaches Association, with both associations helping coaching communication and individual pratical development. The HCB Association is run by a management committee which consists of officials from local cricket clubs which are affiliated with the HCB.
and Scorer
s) Committee. At the HCB Annual General Meeting
in January 2010, it was decided that it would become a limited company, in doing so becoming the Hampshire Cricket Board Ltd.. This required the structure of the HCB to be changed to accommodate this change. The Executive Committee was replaced with a Board of Directors. This currently comprises of:
The Board of Directors oversees the four year development strategy which covers the period from 2007–2011, as well as delivering an improvement action plan each year which has agreed aims with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Successful implementation of the improvement action plan and reaching quantitative targets, secures funding from the ECB. In its new form the sub committees have been resturctred. These are the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee, HCB Coaches Association and Hampshire Association of Cricket Officials.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in the historic county
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
of Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. Following a restructuring in January 2010, the HCB now operates as a limited company
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
.
History and role
The Board's aim is to nuture the game of cricket at a recreational level, increase the levels of participation in cricket, identify and nuture future county players, and provide players with the opporunities to advance to the highest level of the game.Three years after the HCB was formed, the England and Wales Cricket Board
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
(ECB) reformed the NatWest Trophy by allowing all twenty Minor counties and the cricket boards of all first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
English counties. These matches held List A status, with the HCB defeating Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
in its first match in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
1999 NatWest Trophy
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999...
. The HCB played eight List A matches before the ECB reduced the competitions size, which resulted in the cricket boards being excluded from future competitions. It won three of its eight matches. The HCB employed the services of future international players Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...
and Chris Tremlett
Chris Tremlett
Christopher Timothy "Chris" Tremlett is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is 6 ft 8 in tall and is a fast bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces. He is a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class fifties to his name...
, and played its home matches at the County Ground, Southampton
County Ground, Southampton
The County Ground in Southampton, England was a former cricket and football ground. It was the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club from the 1885 English cricket season until the 2000 English cricket season...
, Grasmere Road, Cove
Grasmere Road Ground
Grasmere Road is a cricket ground in Cove, Hampshire. The ground was used by the Hampshire Cricket Board in a single List-A match in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, when the Board played Huntingdonshire who defeated the Board by 28 runs. The ground currently plays host to Cove Cricket Club's home...
, the Rose Bowl, and The Quarters, Hursley Park
The Quarters, Hursley Park
The Quarters, Hursley Park is a cricket ground near Winchester, Hampshire. The ground was used by the Hampshire Cricket Board in two List-A matches in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, when the Board played Wiltshire who they defeated by 84 runs and Staffordshire, who the Board lost to by...
. The Board was also permitted to take part in the Minor counties one-day competition
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
between 1998 and 2002.
As part of its role to develop the game in Hampshire the HCB offers a number of ECB accredited courses involving coaching, physical training, umpiring and scoring. Qualified coaches are then able to join the HCB Coaches Association and ECB Coaches Association, with both associations helping coaching communication and individual pratical development. The HCB Association is run by a management committee which consists of officials from local cricket clubs which are affiliated with the HCB.
Structure
Prior to 2010 the HCB was run using an Executive Committee which had a number of sub committees linked to it, which included the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee and Officiating (UmpiresUmpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
and Scorer
Scorer
A scorer in the sport of cricket is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, number of overs bowled. In professional games, in compliance with the Laws of Cricket, two scorers are appointed, most often one provided by each team.The scorers have no say...
s) Committee. At the HCB Annual General Meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
in January 2010, it was decided that it would become a limited company, in doing so becoming the Hampshire Cricket Board Ltd.. This required the structure of the HCB to be changed to accommodate this change. The Executive Committee was replaced with a Board of Directors. This currently comprises of:
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeff Levick | (Chairman) |
| Colin Savage | (Company Sceretary) |
| Mark Readman | (Chairman - Finance Committee) |
| Zac Toumazi | (Hampshire Cricket Commercial Director) |
| Ben Thompson | (Cricket Development Manager) |
The Board of Directors oversees the four year development strategy which covers the period from 2007–2011, as well as delivering an improvement action plan each year which has agreed aims with the England and Wales Cricket Board. Successful implementation of the improvement action plan and reaching quantitative targets, secures funding from the ECB. In its new form the sub committees have been resturctred. These are the Senior Cricket Committee, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee, HCB Coaches Association and Hampshire Association of Cricket Officials.
List A players
- See List of Hampshire Cricket Board List A players and :Category:Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers
Grounds
Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Hampshire Cricket Board representative side when it was permitted to play List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.| Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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| List A | MCCA Trophy MCCA Knockout Trophy The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket... |
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| Ripsley Park | Liphook Liphook Liphook is a large village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.1 miles west of Haslemere, on the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.Liphook has its own railway station, on the Portsmouth Direct Line.... |
– | – | 0 | 24 May 1998 v Kent Cricket Board Kent Cricket Board The Kent Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Kent.From 1999 to 2004 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament.-Structure:... |
9 July 2000 v Berkshire Berkshire County Cricket Club Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy.... |
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| Burridge Sports Ground |
Burridge Burridge Burridge is a small village in the borough of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. It lies approximately 14 miles south of Winchester on the A3051 between Botley and Park Gate, to the north east of Sarisbury and to the west of Whiteley... |
– | – | 0 | 7 June 1998 v Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play... |
18 June 2000 v Dorset Dorset County Cricket Club Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy... |
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| Grasmere Road Grasmere Road Ground Grasmere Road is a cricket ground in Cove, Hampshire. The ground was used by the Hampshire Cricket Board in a single List-A match in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, when the Board played Huntingdonshire who defeated the Board by 28 runs. The ground currently plays host to Cove Cricket Club's home... |
Cove Cove, Hampshire Cove is an ancient village forming the western part of Farnborough in the county of Hampshire in the south-east of England, located 33 miles south west of London... |
only match: 2 May 2000 v Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire... |
1 | only match: 13 June 1999 v Sussex Cricket Board Sussex Cricket Board The Sussex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Sussex.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*... |
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| County Ground County Ground, Southampton The County Ground in Southampton, England was a former cricket and football ground. It was the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club from the 1885 English cricket season until the 2000 English cricket season... |
Southampton Southampton Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest... |
only match: 23 June 1999 v Glamorgan Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County... |
1 | only match: 20 June 1999 v Berkshire Berkshire County Cricket Club Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy.... |
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| The Quarters, Hursley Park The Quarters, Hursley Park The Quarters, Hursley Park is a cricket ground near Winchester, Hampshire. The ground was used by the Hampshire Cricket Board in two List-A matches in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, when the Board played Wiltshire who they defeated by 84 runs and Staffordshire, who the Board lost to by... |
near Winchester Winchester Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of... |
29 August 2002 v Wiltshire Wiltshire County Cricket Club Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.... |
12 September 2002 v Staffordshire Staffordshire County Cricket Club Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy... |
2 | only match: 20 May 2001 v Sussex Cricket Board Sussex Cricket Board The Sussex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Sussex.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*... |
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| Rose Bowl (Nursery Ground) |
West End West End, Hampshire The Parish of West End in Hampshire is situated within the borough of Eastleigh, and to the north east of the city of Southampton. As well as the village itself, the parish contains the Chartwell Green suburb of Southampton.... |
– | – | 0 | 17 June 2001 v Dorset Dorset County Cricket Club Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy... |
19 May 2002 v Channel Islands Channel Islands cricket team The Channel Islands cricket team was a cricket team which was formed from the combined teams of Jersey and Guernsey and representative of the Channel Islands as a whole. The team briefly played Minor counties cricket when it played in the MCCA Knockout Trophy in 2001 and 2002. The team played... |
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Rose Bowl |
West End West End, Hampshire The Parish of West End in Hampshire is situated within the borough of Eastleigh, and to the north east of the city of Southampton. As well as the village itself, the parish contains the Chartwell Green suburb of Southampton.... |
only match: 13 September 2001 v Ireland |
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| Havant Park |
Havant Havant Havant is a town in south east Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. It gives its name to the borough comprising the town and the surrounding area. The town has rapidly grown since the end of the Second World War.It has good railway connections to London,... |
– | – | 0 | only match: 16 June 2002 v Surrey Cricket Board Surrey Cricket Board The Surrey Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Surrey.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*... |
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