A-Z (H9)

A-Z (H9)

February 2, 2018, 3:53 pm
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Busy day today, so just a couple – but one very long name

Herath, Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara (505) born Sri Lanka, 19.3.1978. Slow-left-arm bowler Herath has become one of the finest spin bowlers in the world with over 400 Test Match wickets, but his brief spell with Hampshire early in the 2010 season was not particularly successful. He played for Surrey in 2009, and then for Hampshire in four first-class matches, taking 10 wickets at 46.43, including 4-98 in a Somerset innings of 524 at the Rose Bowl. He played also in five limited overs matches, taking five wickets.

Herman, Oswald William (‘Lofty’) (252) born Oxford 18.9.1907, died Southampton 24.6.1987. Pace bowler ‘Lofty’ Herman was one of a number of good county cricketers who came from Oxford to Hampshire in the first half of the twentieth century, and in a career from 1929-1948 he played in 321 first-class matches and with 1,041 wickets, was one of only seven men to take more than a thousand for the county. He played briefly in Minor Counties cricket for his native county before making his Hampshire debut at Swansea in May 1929. He did not play regularly in that first month, then twice took six wickets in an innings, v Glamorgan and Surrey, and he ended that first season with 60 wickets for Hampshire at 25.01. There were just 38 wickets in 1930, although he recorded his best of 8-49 v Yorkshire at Bournemouth, and through that decade he was consistent, taking over 100 wickets in 1932, and 1936-1938. His 101 wickets in 1938 included a hat-trick v Glamorgan at Portsmouth, but surprisingly he left the county and in 1939 played in the Lancashire League for Rochdale.

After the war, he returned to Hampshire, taking 115 wickets at 20.51 in 1946; in the following two seasons there were a further 112 wickets but in 1949 he played only for the 2nd XI, as Derek Shackleton emerged and he retired, playing for Wiltshire, and coaching at Oxford University, Harrow, and in South Africa, before eventually becoming a first-class umpire (1963-1974). Although he will always be remembered as a pace bowler, he enjoyed his batting, scoring over 4,000 runs – often at a rapid rate – with a best at Leicester of 92 out of 125 while he was batting, in his final season.

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