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Hampshire's Early Championship Seasons 1895-1908 — Last Place and Llewellyn

Hampshire CCC

1908-08-31

Hampshire were promoted to first-class status in 1895, when Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire joined the County Championship. Their early years were grim — last or equal-last in 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905 — with a brief 1901 rally led by Charlie Llewellyn, the Natal-born all-rounder who later played five Tests for South Africa.

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Hampshire's Cricket Revival — From Decline to Respectability, 1840s

Hampshire and various opponents

1843-07-01

Hampshire county cricket, which had declined sharply from its Hambledon-era prominence in the late eighteenth century, began a modest revival in the 1840s centred on the Southampton and Winchester grounds. The county could not match Kent, Surrey or Nottinghamshire in professional depth, but fixtures against touring sides and neighbouring counties gave Hampshire cricket a renewed profile and attracted the attention that eventually led to the county club's re-founding in 1863.

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