Founded in 1750, Hambledon Cricket Club was once the most powerful club in the country and earned its reputation as the “cradle of cricket”.
The club now plays at the idyllic Ridge Meadow – its home since the 1780s – and fields three adult league teams on Saturdays. We play friendly matches on Sundays, and occasionally mid-week. We also have a thriving Colts section, with over 150 junior playing members.
We are always looking for keen players, so if you are interested please get in touch!
Indoor training starts on Sunday 16 January, at Crookhorn College, Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville PO7 5UD.
New players are welcome!
Sundays on Jan 16 & 30, Feb 27, Mar 13 & 27
12.30pm to 2.00pm
Sundays on Jan 16 & 30, Feb 27, Mar 13 & 27
2.00pm to 3.30pm
Now that results for all our league games are submitted to Play-Cricket, and we are doing an increasing amount of scoring using the Play-Cricket Scorer app, the ECB are encouraging as many club players as possible to get registered on the Play-Cricket website.
This has benefits for the ECB, of course, but also for us as a club (makes it easier for us to manage the scoring and keep everything consistent) and for players as individuals (you can create a link between your cricket at Hambledon, and performances in the past or future at other clubs, should you ever leave...).
To get registered, go to our Play-Cricket site and click on Sign in at the top right. If you already have an ECB user account, log in with that and you'll be taken back to the Hambledon site; if not, click on the Register button below the login form and you'll be walked through signing up.
Once you're back at the Hambledon page, click on the User account icon at the top right and choose Join this site*. That's it - we'll then approve your membership of the site ASAP, and you may get a confirmation email (I'm not sure).
Thanks in advance - I hope to see registration requests from lots of you!
* If you don't see that link, it probably means you're one of the 20 or so who are already registered.
The ever popular Sunday morning cricket sessions for boys and girls aged 5 to 9 (in School Years 1 to 4) will be starting at Hambledon Cricket Club on Sunday 18 April 2021 from 10:00 to 11:30.
These are magical sessions for the youngsters in a most beautiful location, in the fresh air, and learning to play the most English of games. If you wish to attend, please book a place with the Colts Co-ordinator, Theresa Pratt.
Hambledon Cricket Club is at Ridge Meadow, Brook Lane, Hambledon, just to the North East of the village.
*UPDATE* Due to numbers, Under 15 training has been rescheduled to Monday evenings
All the details of Colts cricket for the 2021 season have now been updated on the website.
This includes training schedules, coach contacts and membership rates and forms. We hope to have a full schedule of cricket this season, so please get your membership forms in as soon as possible!
As the outdoor season comes to a close - with more cricket having been played than looked likely at one stage - it's now the time when the indoor cricket season should be starting.
However, due to the latest COVID-19 restrictions, the South-East Hampshire (Fareham) Indoor League has been put on hold. The official line is that all fixtures up to Christmas have been cancelled, with a view to commencing a shortened season (4/5 matches per team, no promotion/relegation) on 3rd January, subject to the current restrictions being lifted.
So, we shall simply have to wait and see what indoor cricket we might get this winter...
