County Championship - Season 1976

County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
28 Apr	Somerset	Taunton	Match Drawn (6 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 258-6 (Rice 73, Moseley 5-43) Somerset 299-8 (Close 74, Southern 3-44) Hants 289-9 (Stephenson 100no, Burgess 3-49) Somerset 127-1 (Rose 75no, Herman 1-20)
12 May	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss unknown	Notts 250-7 (Smedley 76, Sainsbury 2-43) Hants 314-9 (Gilliat 112, Stead 4-100) Notts 82-0 (Todd 53no)
19 May	Sussex	Basingstoke	Won by 6 wkts (15 pts) Toss won by Sussex	Sussex 237 (Long 60, Jesty 3-59) Hants 190 (Gilliat 51, Snow 6-62) Sussex 124 (Snow 56, Herman 5-43) Hants 172-4 (Jesty 45no, Snow 4-62)
29 May	Kent	Southampton	Match Drawn (8 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 307 (Richards 159, Underwood 3-53) Kent 309 (Shepherd 73, Sainsbury 3-32) Hants 300-6 (Richards 108, Underwood 4-78) Kent 229-5 (Luckhurst 69, Rice 2-40)
05 Jun	Essex	Chelmsford	Lost by 9 wkts (3 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 163 (Jesty 91no, Acfield 4-21) Essex 302-6 (East 113, Sainsbury 3-61) Hants 214 (Gilliat 44, East 4-36) Essex 78-1 (Gooch 27, Richards 1-22)
12 Jun	Yorkshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (8 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 391-9 (Jesty 83, Cope 4-135) Yorks 228 (Johnson 39, Mottram 5-51) Yorks 389-4 (Leatbeater 140no, Sainsbury 1-40) Hants 49-1 (Richards 24no)
16 Jun	Lancashire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss won by Lancashire	Lancs 150 (Pilling 49, Jesty 5-47) Hants 153 (Richards 83, Ratcliffe 4-31) Lancs 163 (Pilling 57, Sainsbury 5-32) Hants 100-7 (Jesty 46, Simmons 3-18)
26 Jun	Middlesex	Lords	Won by 6 wkts (17 pts) Toss won by Middlesex	Middx 237 (Brearley 79, Southern 4-49) Hants 265 (Gilliat 65, Edmonds 4-65) Middx 275 (Brearley 128no, Taylor 5-24) Hants 248-4 (Turner 116no, Edmonds 2-74)
30 Jun	Gloucestershire	Southampton	Lost by 79 runs (8 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 391-9 (Stovold 83, Sainsbury 8-114) Hants 393-5 (Jesty 134, Gilliat 130, Brain 2-39) Glos 282 (Shepherd 92, Sainsbury 4-70) Hants 201 (Jesty 37, Gilliat 37, Graveney 5-48)
03 Jul	Kent	Maidstone	Won by 29 runs (18 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 315 (Richards 179, Underwood 5-83) Kent 255-9 (Knott 68, Sainsbury 3-90) Hants 174 (Richards 43, Shepherd 5-69) Kent 205 (Knott 54, Sainsbury 7-60)
10 Jul	Glamorgan	Bournemouth	Won by an innings and 119 runs (18 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 495 (Turner 127, Richards 111, Gilliat 101, Richards 4-103) Glam 166 (Majid Khan 58, Southern 4-47) Glam 210 (Majid Khan 53, Cowley 4-43)
17 Jul	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Lost by 51 runs (6 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 240 (Hignell 88, Sainsbury 3-50) Hants 222-9 (Sainsbury 53no, Brown 5-76) Glos 154 (Hignell 43, Southern 3-39) Hants 121 (Richards 51, Childs 5-39)
21 Jul	Sussex	Hove	Lost by 6 wkts (7 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 358 (Richards 136, Marshall 4-90) Sussex 213-8 (Barclay 81, Sainsbury 2-32) Hants 165-5 (Cowley 62no, Spencer 2-29) Sussex 311-4 (Javed Miandad 135no, Sainsbury 2-62)
24 Jul	Somerset	Bournemouth	Lost by 16 runs (6 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Somerset 301-8 (Rose 91, Sainsbury 3-101) Hants 296 (Jesty 159no, Botham 6-16) Somerset 215 (Denning 62, Southern 5-79) Hants 204 (Turner 55, Breakwell 4-57)
31 Jul	Surrey	The Oval	Lost by 5 wkts (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 245 (Richards 120, Jackman 8-79) Surrey 219 (Butcher 57, Sainsbury 5-40) Hants 118 (Stephenson 41, Pocock 4-39) Surrey 145-5 (Howarth 52, Sainsbury 2-35)
07 Aug	Worcestershire	Southampton	Lost by 9 wkts (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 174 (Gilliat 55, Imran Khan 6-70) Worcs 233 (D'Oliveira 51, Jesty 7-75) Hants 137-9 (1 abs) (Southern 28no, Gifford 3-23) Worcs 81-1 (Turner 54no)
14 Aug	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Lost by an innings and 197 runs (1 pt) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 107 (Turner 25, Sarfraz Nawaz 5-47) Nhants 497-5 (Mushtaq Mohammad 204no, Virgin 124, Jesty 1-50) Hants 193-9 (1 abs) (Jesty 84, Sarfraz Nawaz 3-64)
21 Aug	Leicestershire	Bournemouth	Lost by 96 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Leicestershire	Leics 327-8 (Tolchard 88no, Jesty 2-35) Hants 234-9 (Pocock 68, Higgs 3-20) Leics 217-4 (Davison 91, Taylor 2-45) Hants 214 (Jesty 71, Balderstone 4-31)
25 Aug	Warwickshire	Bournemouth	Lost by 18 runs (6 pts) Toss won by Warwickshire	Warwick 414-6 (Jameson 144, Rice 3-64) Hants 390 (Richards 101, Hemmings 6-145) Warwick 262-6 (Rouse 93, Taylor 4-64) Hants 268 (Turner 130no, Hemmings 7-92)
08 Sep	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss won by Derbyshire	Derby 239-9 (Swarbrook 80, Rice 3-46) Hants 151-9 (Turner 30, Hendrick 6-56) Derby 142 (Sharpe 32, Jesty 5-48) Hants 91-5 (Turner 43no, Barlow 3-29)

Totals
Runs scored 8679 for 325 wkts at an average of 26.70 per wkt.
Runs against 9198 for 294 wkts at an average of 31.28 per wkt.
Played 20, Won 4, Drawn 6, Lost 10, Points 159
Points System: WIN: 10 pts, TIE: 5 pts, DRAW: no points, LOST: no points. BONUS POINTS (first 100 overs): Batting: 1 point for every 50 runs over 100 (max 4 pts, 300 runs), Bowling: 1 point for 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th wicket. Position decided by Total points, won.
Finish - 12th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
		P Barrett	4	7	0	0	0	26	103	14.71	1	0	4	0	0	0	0-4	4.00	--
6		NGC Cowley	10	19	4	1	0	62no	328	21.86	197.4	44	542	9	0	0	4-43	2.74	60.22
23		RMC Gilliat	20	37	1	5	3	130	988	27.44
3		RS Herman	9	11	2	0	0	30	164	18.22	249.4	62	708	16	1	0	5-43	2.83	44.25
5		MJ Hill *	3	3	2	0	0	27no	37	37.00
15		TE Jesty	20	37	3	6	2	159no	1211	35.61	456	124	1087	39	3	0	7-75	2.38	27.87
8		RV Lewis	11	20	0	2	0	60	397	19.85
1		TJ Mottram	7	9	5	0	0	9	21	5.25	193.2	50	496	17	1	0	5-51	2.56	29.17
2		AJ Murtagh	7	13	0	0	0	47	161	12.38	72	11	292	5	0	0	2-46	4.05	58.40
		NEJ Pocock *	3	5	1	1	0	68	109	27.25	15	4	61	1	0	0	1-40	4.06	61.00
25		JM Rice	19	33	2	2	0	73	508	16.38	511.2	127	1411	38	0	0	3-46	2.75	37.13
32		BA Richards	18	34	2	3	7	179	1572	49.12	69	22	192	6	0	0	2-28	2.78	32.00
		DJ Rock *	3	6	0	0	0	21	69	11.50
10		PJ Sainsbury	15	24	4	3	0	69no	476	23.80	572.3	228	1236	66	4	2	8-114	2.15	18.72
7		JW Southern	19	28	13	0	0	28no	137	9.13	756	290	1828	56	1	0	5-79	2.41	32.64
33	6	GR Stephenson	17	28	4	0	1	100no	379	15.79
9		MNS Taylor	14	25	5	0	0	41no	266	13.30	301	67	908	31	1	0	5-24	3.01	29.29
		TM Tremlett *	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	4.00	10	1	33	1	0	0	1-27	3.30	33.00
11		DR Turner	20	38	5	5	3	130no	1252	37.93
		Extras/run outs							497				400	9
190	6	TOTALS	220	378	53	28	16		8679		3404.3	1030	9198	294	11	2

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
179	BA Richards	Kent	Maidstone
159	BA Richards	Kent	Southampton
159no	TE Jesty	Somerset	Bournemouth
136	BA Richards	Sussex	Hove
134	TE Jesty	Gloucestershire	Southampton
130	RMC Gilliat	Gloucestershire	Southampton
130no	DR Turner	Warwickshire	Bournemouth
127	DR Turner	Glamorgan	Bournemouth
120	BA Richards	Surrey	The Oval
116no	DR Turner	Middlesex	Lords
112	RMC Gilliat	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge
111	BA Richards	Glamorgan	Bournemouth
108	BA Richards	Kent	Southampton
101	BA Richards	Warwickshire	Bournemouth
101	RMC Gilliat	Glamorgan	Bournemouth
100no	GR Stephenson	Somerset	Taunton

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
8-114	PJ Sainsbury	Gloucestershire	Southampton
7-60	PJ Sainsbury	Kent	Maidstone
7-75	TE Jesty	Worcestershire	Southampton
5-24	MNS Taylor	Middlesex	Lords
5-32	PJ Sainsbury	Lancashire	Portsmouth
5-40	PJ Sainsbury	Surrey	The Oval
5-43	RS Herman	Sussex	Basingstoke
5-47	TE Jesty	Lancashire	Portsmouth
5-48	TE Jesty	Derbyshire	Chesterfield
5-51	TJ Mottram	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
5-79	JW Southern	Somerset	Bournemouth

10 Wkt Matches

Returns	Player	Opponents	Venue
12-184 (8-114 & 4-70)	PJ Sainsbury	Gloucestershire	Southampton
10-150 (3-90 & 7-60)	PJ Sainsbury	Kent	Maidstone

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	140	BA Richards and RV Lewis	Kent	Southampton
	134	BA Richards and JM Rice	Warwickshire	Bournemouth
	114	RV Lewis and DR Turner	Middlesex	Lords
2nd	136	BA Richards and DR Turner	Kent	Southampton
	123	RV Lewis and DR Turner	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
	122	BA Richards and DR Turner	Glamorgan	Bournemouth
3rd	237	TE Jesty and RMC Gilliat	Gloucestershire	Southampton
	151	BA Richards and TE Jesty	Sussex	Hove
4th	181	DR Turner and RMC Gilliat	Glamorgan	Bournemouth
	119	TE Jesty and AJ Murtagh	Northamptonshire	Northampton
	104	TE Jesty and RMC Gilliat	Yorkshire	Portsmouth
	102	DR Turner and RMC Gilliat	Kent	Southampton
5th	105	BA Richards and RMC Gilliat	Kent	Maidstone
6th	141	PJ Sainsbury and JM Rice	Somerset	Taunton
	114	PJ Sainsbury and NGC Cowley	Sussex	Hove
7th	136	TE Jesty and PJ Sainsbury	Somerset	Bournemouth
	109	DR Turner and GR Stephenson	Somerset	Taunton
8th	46	GR Stephenson and RS Herman	Somerset	Taunton
9th	109	JM Rice and GR Stephenson	Sussex	Hove
10th	44	MNS Taylor and JW Southern	Warwickshire	Bournemouth