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May 31, 2022, 5:25 pm
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I’ve been watching the live streams while doing other things (sound off) – I suspect there will be quite a few doing the same tonight.
If you’re interested in the history of this fixture – not awful for us despite ‘Fortress Chelmsford’ – check out:
https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/dave-allen-20-years-of-essex-away/
Let’s hope for a better result!
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Hampshire Cricket History 
any news on the dreaded weather.mind you a washout might mean us getting our first point ! its being so optimistic that keeps me going!
Comment by Clive Philipps May 31, 2022 @ 5:48 pmda is it okay to comment on other things apart from cricket?
would you know fellow pompey fan george francis?
these matches leave me cold.
Comment by Bill Seager May 31, 2022 @ 7:09 pmso you dont like tip it and run ?
Comment by Clive Philipps May 31, 2022 @ 7:11 pmHah! I’m not bothered either Bill although I did actually watch it from the earliest days. Now, claiming to be Hampshire’s Historian, I feel a sense of obligation. And I would always prefer Hampshire’s cricketers to be winning!
Comment by Dave Allen May 31, 2022 @ 7:35 pmsome people would say the shorter the better ! how about plying 5 day cricket ? just like test matches !
Comment by Clive Philipps May 31, 2022 @ 7:51 pmps just a thought !
Comment by Clive Philipps May 31, 2022 @ 7:53 pmLast year we won at Chelmsford after bowling them out for 142 – our only win in the first nine matches, so …
Comment by Dave Allen May 31, 2022 @ 8:42 pmBut not this year! Only the second time we’ve lost the first three (2018).
Comment by Dave Allen May 31, 2022 @ 9:49 pmumm hope less !
Comment by Clive Philipps May 31, 2022 @ 9:51 pmMuch sympathy tonight to Bobby Parks whose dad Jim has died. Bobby was the third generation in the family – Jim was a special cricketer in my early years as a cricket fan, mainly for Sussex & England (he was a key member when Sussex won the first two Cup Finals) – and Jim was not out for Somerset at the end of day two in Hampshire’s penultimate match in 1974, they never got back on the field and lost the Championship as a consequence. RIP
Comment by Dave Allen May 31, 2022 @ 10:07 pm