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April 29, 2020, 9:02 pm
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Following on ref overseas players, I’m very grateful to Stuart who has sent a fascinating piece by Josh Burrows & Scyld Berry in the Telegraph. It shows two graphs across the last three first-class seasons 2017-2019, recording Runs scored and Wickets taken by “non-English players”.
I hope the link works but in case not, here are the top three figures:
RUNS SCORED:
Glamorgan 51%
Hampshire 39%
Durham 34%
WICKETS TAKEN:
Hampshire 74%
Glamorgan 63%
Essex 53%
(So, Glamorgan ‘beat’ us by 1%)
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Hampshire Cricket History 
I’m surprised that our bowling figure is not higher, although I suppose our England prospect Keith Barker boosted the home 26% last season.
Comment by pompeypop April 29, 2020 @ 9:05 pmAs the article relates, this is a poor reflection on the Academy system as far as producing bowlers is concerned
Comment by Peter Jeffs April 30, 2020 @ 8:17 amAlthough we’ve produced a fair few spinners – but the timing of the Championship games means they rarely get a bowl
Comment by Bloggy McBlogface April 30, 2020 @ 9:22 amQuite right ‘Bloggy’. There is a trail more than a century old, of Hampshire spinners that were not only brought through by us, but were actually born in the county – including some of our finest: Jack Newman, Jim Bailey, Gerry Hill, Charlie Knott, Peter Sainsbury, Mervyn Burden, Alan Wassell, Keith Wheatley up to 1970 – then came Larry Worrell and David O’Sullivan from abroad, Nigel Cowley (Dorset), John Southern (London), Raj Maru (via Middx) and back to local lads for a while: Shaun Udal, Darren Flint, Ian Turner followed by some chap from ‘down under’. Although born outside the county, it’s entirely reasonable to see Liam and Mason as ‘ours’.
Keepers have often been ‘ours’ too. Top batsmen? Neil McCorkell, Jimmy Gray, Trevor Jesty and Jimmy Adams from Hampshire, and to a large extent, Arnold, Brown, Rogers, Greenidge, Turner, Nicholas, Terry, Vince – maybe even Mead – came through our ranks. Pace bowlers? Not many (21st century Tomlinson and Tremlett).
Comment by pompeypop April 30, 2020 @ 10:34 amNot to mention Danny Briggs and Brad Taylor – and Felix Organ! But none of them get much of a bowl in the Championship (with notable exceptional events)
Comment by Bloggy McBlogface May 1, 2020 @ 11:24 amI note Surrey and Nottinghamshire are both very low in the tables as they don’t rely so much on non-English qualified players.
Instead they rely on English qualified players they poach from other counties. Is that any better I wonder?
Comment by James April 30, 2020 @ 10:21 amEntirely reasonable question – and in the case of Notts recently it’s not working either!
Comment by pompeypop April 30, 2020 @ 10:24 am