Broadhalfpenny Down News

In 1951, Henty & Constable published a book about The Hambledon Club and The Bat & Ball Inn written by Dianna Rait Kerr. It described...

The highs and lows of a cricket season, at Broadhalfpenny Down, where the Brigands play social cricket throughout the Summer.

Congratulations to Harry Bates on being presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hampshire Cricket Board for his services to...

The Annual General Meeting of the Broadhalfpenny Brigands Cricket Club will take place on Sunday 6 October 2024 at 1100 in the Pavilion...

The Brigands have had a tradition of fathers and sons playing for the Club since its inception in 1959, and that continues to this day....

A monument, made of Cornish granite, to the glory of cricket and the contribution made by The Hambledon Club was erected at...

Cricket lovers gathered for a match that marked both the end of the season and the end of an era. After almost four decades of dedicated...

A recently unearthed manuscript from the National Archive has sparked a re-evaluation of cricket's origins. The document, dating back to...

Earlier this Summer, we were delighted that Fenella and Jack from Exton decided to host a pre-wedding afternoon of cricket followed by...

Hampshire County Cricket Club Pitch Advisors Nigel Gray & Lee Padwick, with the Grounds Management Association’s Phil Jeggo, share their...

Broadhalfpenny Down from the air, taken during The Authors match.

Harry Bates shows how a forward defense might have looked at Broadhalfpenny Down when the first games of cricket were being played here....

Four years ago we embarked on a plan to source beautiful photographs of Broadhalfpenny Down and put them on Wikipedia, Bing, Google and...

Today we host the cricket-loving Authors CC. Expect brilliant writers, eloquent podcasters, and enthusiastic cricketers enjoying a Sunday...

Some distinguished lunchtime guests at Lord's were treated to a Broadhalfpenny Down souvenir handkerchief. The fundraising event was...

There is now a YouTube channel dedicated to showing off the various forms of cricket played at, and the history of, Broadhalfpenny Down....

Our Honorary Groundsperson, Harry Bates, declared that "the bloody badgers are back" and that they are causing a fair bit of damage to...

The Times published a special edition on 25 May 1937 to celebrate 150 years since the formation of the M.C.C, featuring stories from the...

The sun is about to come out and the cricket season will be soon upon us. The two most popular items in the Broadhalfpenny Down shop,...

Many of the cricket clubs who visit Broadhalfpenny Down take a souvenir photo before, or after, their match at the cradle of cricket....

As some of you may have seen on the television news, vandals have removed the top of The Monument from the base at Broadhalfpenny Down....

The halfpenny was a common coin used during the reign of King George III when Broadhalfpenny Down was at the heart of cricket in England....

Cricket was unloved by 18th-century moralists. By the middle of the century, it had become a popular spectator sport. Much was drunk;...

A lovely summer cricket ground is made in the winter and spring! Our magnificent Paul Jackson and Harry Bates were busy at work today,...

There are some new clubs visiting the cricket ground at Broadhalfpenny Down during the Summer of 2024, and that means a handful of new...

There are lots of jobs to do in order to get Broadhalfpenny Down ready for the season. Volunteers are needed to help prepare the ground...

2009 was the Golden Jubilee of Broadhalfpenny Brigands Cricket Club and celebrations began with a country walk and pub lunch in Hambledon...

Obituary for Christine Pardoe who was the Grand Daughter of Edward Whalley Tooker who helped organise the 1908 Grand Match & Monument

On 30 May 1953, a special match was played at Broadfhalfpenny Down, the cradle of cricket, featuring a team from Commercial Union,...

Commemorative postage stamps have long been used to celebrate sporting events, including cricket, to provide a unique visual narrative of...

With just 100 days to go until the 2024 season, here are some of the memories from the past 2 seasons at Broadhalfpenny Down.

One of the nicest men in cricket, Harry Bates, has decided to retire from his Honorary Groundsperson role at Broadhalfpenny Down at the...

Unlike in 1929, 2000, and 2022 ... there is no New Year's Day cricket at Broadhalfpenny Down in 2024 but we would like to wish all...

Scottish explorer Susan Calman visited Broadhalfpenny Down as part of her Grand Days Out series on Channel 5. She was given a quick...

Our friends at Cricket District have produced a stunning Calendar for 2024 featuring the 12 most beautiful grounds they have visited....

There is an art to curating a fixture list for a cricket season. Welcoming back old cricketing friends and foes, making the ground...

We were recently asked where the Broadhalfpenny Down logo came from. It was updated in 2021 as part of the preparations for the 250th...

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With Christmas coming, there are some special gifts available at the Broadhalfpenny Down shop during November. If you enter code...

Edited from an article first published in The Telegraph by Scyld Berry The Bat and Ball Inn was a most hospitable hostelry when grand...

Length: 6-7 miles The Bat & Ball pub is about halfway on this route; ideal for a lunch break or drink. This walk starts out along East...

The Bat & Ball, 14th October 2023 Members and Friends of Broadfhalfpenny Brigands are invited to The Hambledon Club Autumn 2023 Lunch....

We were delighted to welcome back, for this year's Whitchurch match, the esteemed journalist Elgan Alderman. Elgan was asked by The Times...

After a summer of absorbing Ashes series tests for both the men’s and the women’s teams it seems that the classic sporting rivalry...

Congratulations to Harry Bates on his recent recognition from Hampshire Cricket Board