“The Cradle of Cricket”

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 four adult league teams on Saturdays. We play friendly matches on Sundays, and occasionally mid-week. We also have a thriving Youth section, with over 150 junior playing members.

Hambledon CC provides cricket coaching for men, women, boys and girls aged 6 upwards. We also give them the opportunity to represent the club in competitive cricket matches in the various Hampshire Leagues.

The club has achieved ECB Clubmark accreditation. ECB Clubmark is the ECB’s club accreditation scheme for cricket clubs with junior sections.

We are always looking for keen players, so if you are interested please get in touch!

Hampshire Cricket League structure for 2025

The divisions have been drawn up for the re-vamped Hampshire Cricket League for 2025. The new structure sees 10 teams per division, with each team playing all the others home and away.

Below are the divisions that Hambledon will be playing in:

2nd XI: Division 4D

  • Compton & Chandler’s Ford 2
  • Hambledon 2
  • Liphook & Ripsley 2
  • Trojans 2
  • Bishop’s Waltham 2
  • Froxfield 1
  • Fair Oak 3
  • Ropley 1
  • Medstead
  • Rowledge 3

3rd XI: Division 5J

  • Kerala 3
  • Compton
  • Hambledon 3
  • Clanfield 1
  • Petersfield 2
  • Waterlooville 3
  • Portsmouth 4
  • Steep 2
  • Bedhampton 2
  • United Services

4th XI: Division 6F

  • Froxfield 2
  • Bishop’s Waltham 3
  • Locks Heath 4
  • Sarisbury 5
  • Petersfield 3
  • Tichborne Park 2
  • Burridge 5
  • Hambledon 4
  • Clanfield 2
  • Purbrook 3

Daniel Oliver, 1974–2024

It is with great sadness that we share news of the sudden death of Daniel Oliver, Hambledon committee member and occasional player, and father to Jonty, at the age of 50.

Daniel loved cricket, and was heavily involved with the sport in Sussex, serving on the board of the County Club for a number of years, more recently becoming vice-chairman. He also previously chaired the Sussex Premier Cricket League.

Our sincere condolences go out to Daniel’s family and friends at this difficult time.

A full obituary can be found on the Sussex Cricket website.

Fantasy League 2024: The Results

The results are in, the numbers have been crunched, and we have a winner – congratulations to Joel Lewis!

Going into the final week with a lead of only 6 points, Joel managed to extend that lead to a comfortable winning margin of 126 points. Second place goes to Simon de Fraine, with Jamie Lockwood rounding out the podium in third place. Prizes will be given out at Friday’s presentation evening...

# Team Points
1 Rings Abell
Joel Lewis
7330
2 Tino Bests Glazing Company
Simon de Fraine
7204
3 Slip In My Crease
Jamie Lockwood
6969
4 Lewis Legends
Elliot Lewis
6904
5 Jimsters XI
Jamie Lewis
6828

View full standings

Just as a bit of fun, here is the best possible team you could have chosen if you’d picked 11 players and stuck with them throughout the season – which would have earned you 7969 points...

Player Price Points
Justin Behrens 6 1569
Chris Pratt 5 1298
Kevin Wingham 2 765
Joel Lewis 2 725
Lewis Le-Clercq 2 720
Zakariya Chaudhry 2 696
Peter Grennan 2 658
James Restell 2 517
Jamie Lewis 2 503
Toby Wingham 1 357
Attish Das 1 161

1st XI secure Division 2 title and promotion

Congratulations to our 1st XI, who on Saturday secured the SPL Division 2 title – with 2 fixtures still to play – with a comprehensive victory at New Milton.

A great effort from the team to bounce back straight away after the disappointment of relegation last season; Division 1 awaits us in 2025!

Meanwhile, the 2nd XI still have an outside chance of promotion, but it will require a couple of good wins and other results to fall favourably. There are currently too many permutations to work out any specifics...

Next home fixture

Saturday 19 April, 12:00pm

Friendly v Calmore Sports

Ridge Meadow

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Upcoming fixtures

Sun 8 Dec

Adult Indoor A v Fareham & Crofton

Away,

Sun 15 Dec

U16 Indoor v Sarisbury Athletic

Away,

U13 Indoor v Sarisbury Athletic

Home,

Sun 5 Jan

Adult Indoor A v Waterlooville B

Home,

Adult Indoor B v XIIth Men A

Home,

Adult Indoor C v Havant

Away,

Sun 12 Jan

Adult Indoor A v Waterlooville B

Away,

U16 Indoor v Fareham & Crofton

Home,

U13 Indoor v Fareham & Crofton

Away,

Latest results

Sun 22 Sep
Sat 21 Sep
Sun 15 Sep
Sat 14 Sep

1st XI: SPL Div 1

Team P Ave
Hambledon 18 19.67
Fair Oak 18 14.62
Portsmouth & Southsea 18 14.47
Langley Manor 18 14.31
New Milton 18 12.93
Sway 18 12.73
Liphook & Ripsley 18 11.38
Hartley Wintney 18 10.07
Gosport Borough 18 9.50
St Cross Symondians 2 18 8.73

Calendar

Thu 16 Jan

Committee meeting

Sun 23 Feb

Indoor Duty: Hambledon C

Sun 9 Mar

Indoor Duty: Hambledon A

Thu 20 Mar

Committee meeting

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