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On this day, 1772 and 2022
Tuesday 23 June 1772 was market day in Hambledon, Hampshire and on that day the first designated first-class match was due to take place...
Brigands CC
Jun 23
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The Final Cut
A film about Harry Bates and the Spirit of Broadhalfpenny Down premieres The story follows Harry and his wife Nina through their final...
Dave Henderson
May 9
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Rock-a-bye Cricket
As a prelude to the World Cup tournament being held in England in 2019, Indian journalist Harit Joshi visited Broadhalfpenny Down for the...
Broadhalfpenny Down
Feb 15
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Horsted Keynes
A recently unearthed manuscript from the National Archive has sparked a re-evaluation of cricket's origins. The document, dating back to...
Dave Henderson
Aug 28, 2024
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Broadhalfpenny Down hits 10,000 Viewers Milestone
Four years ago we embarked on a plan to source beautiful photographs of Broadhalfpenny Down and put them on Wikipedia, Bing, Google and...
Dave Henderson
Jul 24, 2024
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Brigands v Rioteers, 30 June 2024
The Rioteers is a wandering club with a long history of cricket in the South of England; indeed this was their 60th Anniversary match...
Dave Henderson
Jul 1, 2024
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The Times, 1937
The Times published a special edition on 25 May 1937 to celebrate 150 years since the formation of the M.C.C, featuring stories from the...
Dave Henderson
May 25, 2024
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Urban Betrayal in Cricket
Cricket was unloved by 18th-century moralists. By the middle of the century, it had become a popular spectator sport. Much was drunk;...
Broadhalfpenny Down
Mar 5, 2024
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First Class Cricketers Buried In Hambledon
In the fourth of his six-part series, esteemed crickety historian Stephen Saunders tells tales of the famous cricketers who are buried...
Brigands CC
Apr 8, 2022
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