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It's January, it's cold and wet; here's a look back at some of the best bits from Summer 2025 at Broadhalfpenny Down. You'll see some familiar faces, some cricket action, and some behind-the-scenes footage courtesy of our friends at Spice Productions. Annual 2025

On a balmy day in 2022, we hosted a match with a "pink ball on a plastic pitch" and where, as Ivo Tennant described, "history filled the...

Pathe News was on hand to capture the famous match between The Eskimos and The Invalids in 1929 ... the match was interrupted by horses...

A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all Brigands, players, and supporters! Since the end of the playing season, the pavilion has been deep-cleaned, and the kitchen is now fully equipped and able to meet the required hygiene standards for events. Next is improving plumbing and electrics, and huge thanks to Tracy Murley for leading this work. Mark Smith, Dennis Blake, and Pete Tomkins have done a superb job on the square and the outfield, having given both a major end-of

Local photographer Dan Bennett from Havant, shared this incredible shot of star trails in the night sky that he took at Broadhalfpenny Down. The light from the Bat & Ball helped to illuminate the pavilion, and the camera mounted on a tripod and looking North was, as Dsan describes, on a "particularly cold evening". A beautifully composed shot.

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Bryan Burns profiles the legendary Bernard Marshall, the Brigands great all-rounder At the end of the season, with the ground put to bed, and cricketers are getting ready to hibernate. At the end-of-season dinner at the Bat and Ball, the statisticians having completed their analysis, club trophies are presented; best bowler, best batter, yes, but no one has matched the all-round performance of Bernard Marshall in 1977 when he took 30 wickets and scored 300 runs in a season.

Portsdown View, part of Connaught Care, is thrilled to be forging a relationship with Broadhalfpenny Down. Many of their residents have enjoyed cricket in their earlier years, and this collaboration will provide opportunities for them to enjoy seasonal matches and help them feel socially connected with club members.

Broadhalfpenny Down has hosted Blind & Viusally Impaired cricket for many years. The Primary Club Memorial Cup Final was played in 2017...

The season closed in style at the Bat & Ball in Hambledon, where a good-humoured crowd gathered for the end-of-season awards dinner....

At this year's Club Dinner, Clive Barnett, President, said the following grace. With profuse apologies to Sir Henry Newbolt:   There's a...

On 23 September 1771, amidst the flint and flannel of Georgian Surrey, a bat was raised, not in triumph, but in challenge. It was wider...

A warmer summer and a series of flatter wickets produced a season more suited to the Brigands batters. Across the campaign, they amassed...

For over 25 years, the Broad Halfpenny Down Association (BHDA) and the Preservation Trust (BDPT) have been charged with the promotion and...

A guest story by a Friend of the Brigands, Ray Mead I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Evershed’s blog on these pages back in May (The Great Grey...