Hampshire Seniors Cricket Club

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TOUR TO LA MANGA - SPAIN

3rd - 10th OCTOBER 2010

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Contact Gil Collins if you would like to go.

West Indies include - C.King, J. Gardner, M. Holding, A. Kalicharan & R. Hedley. Spain - F. Engineer.

HSCC GOLF SOCIETY

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FIXTURES LIST 2010

Click here to view the fixtures for 2010 which have started to come in. As yet we do not have venues but we do have dates.

ANNUAL PRESENTATION AWARDS 2009

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BARBADOS TOUR 2009

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See photographs courtesy of Mike Vimpany below...

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Hampshire 50's v Trinidad & Tobago Seniors

Jan Bridle

Jan Bridle - Wicketkeeper of the Competition

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Dick at work and at play

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Hampshire Seniors Friendly v Isolation Cavaliers

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Pete Doust with one of his "Man of the Match" Awards

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Stan is presented with a bottle of Mount Gay Rum by the owner to mark his excellent 75th. year playing cricket.

STAN RUDDER - A LEGEND WAS BORN ON October 17th 1934
Happy Birthday

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Yes, its true, Stanley is definitely 75 years old. I have seen his date of birth written down and I joined all his family and friends at his Happy Birthday Party in Portsmouth a few weeks ago.

Its funny how the word "legend" follows the word "leg-bye" in the dictionary. Stanley bowls so straight that if he hits your legs you're LBW out - no leg byes to him. But he is a legend. His name is famous not only in Hampshire cricketing circles but -through Seniors cricket - in many other counties as well. Even in Barbados he is remembered affectionately as a cricketing legend.

Many of our Seniors are of Stanley vintage. It is lovely to see pictures of Mike Swain - top of the Southern League bowling averages in 1986 sporting a very full beard and moustache - playing Representative and Gosport matches with Stanley. Also our distinguished former Havant opening bat and successful Captain Geoff Owen played alongside Stanley in the 80s. Stanley was a vital part of Havant and South Hants championship sides at the time. Jan Bridle, Pete Tapper, Neil Trestrail, Chris Wood, Jim Smallbone, John Harris Tony Wharton and Geoff Prouton can all recall Stanley in his younger days.

From his early start with EEM cricket club in Portsmouth Stanley went on to get 621 Southern League wickets with a best 8 - 13 v Waterlooville in 1977. And can you imagine; a bowling economy rate of 2.53 over 30 years cricket. Hampshire C.C. you missed a bargain. But Stanley's cricket took off in the late 80s when he became a regular and very successful Hampshire Seniors player- he moved on to the over
Sixty XI and was very proud of his selection for England v Australia "Test" match this summer. He did though deny himself a Windies Test shirt by playing for England. Stanley, the Seventy + XI waits for you in 2010.

In wishing you a Happy Birthday Stanley we want to include Shirley, Eve, Philip and Clayton in our best wishes. There's only one question in my mind . You said "I played with Gary Sobers when we lived in the south east side of Barbados. To be honest he couldn't bat. I would say I was the better batsman than him" Ask him Stanley when you see him soon.

Many Happy returns, Stan

John Rickard
Chair Hampshire Seniors Cricket Club

Spitfire National 60+ Championship Final

Norfolk 60+ v Hampshire 60+

Norfolk won by 2 wickets