County Championship - Season 1968

County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
01 May	Sussex	Hove	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss won by Sussex	Sussex 140 (Graves 45, Cottam 6-79) Hants 135-9 (Wheatley 61no, MA Buss 3-31) Sussex 183-7 (MA Buss 71, Shackleton 3-35) Hants 91-3 (Richards 53no, Snow 1-14)
04 May	Yorkshire	Harrogate	Match Drawn (1 pt) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 122 (Richards 70, Wilson 3-21) Yorks 41-2 (Sharpe 18, Cottam 2-13)
11 May	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Warwick 118-4 (Jameson 39, Shackleton 3-33)
15 May	Glamorgan	Southampton	Lost by 2 wkts (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 155 (Timms 44no, B Lewis 4-46) Glam 82 (Morris 26, Shackleton 5-38) Hants 106 (Reed 24, B Lewis 7-28) Glam 180-8 (Walker 37, Shackleton 5-51)
18 May	Middlesex	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (2 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 148 (Turner 68no, Price 4-43) Middx 111-5 (Harris 32, Shackleton 2-29) Hants 139-8 (Richards 50, Latchman 4-55) Middx 59-3 (Parfitt 25no, White 2-21)
22 May	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Won by 5 wkts (13 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 251-9 (Procter 101, White 4-60) Hants 221 (Timms 81no, Mortimore 5-60) Glos 109 (Nicholls 42, Cottam 6-35) Hants 140-5 (Sainsbury 43no, Mortimore 2-32)
29 May	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Match Drawn (8 pts) Toss won by Northamptonshire	Hants 336-8 (Richards 130, Durose 3-61) Nhants 251 (Milburn 74, Crump 74, White 4-82) Hants 154-1 (Richards 104no, Durose 1-41) Nhants 92-4 (Ackerman 39no, Cottam 2-5)
01 Jun	Kent	Southampton	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss won by Kent	Kent 148 (Asif Iqbal 51, White 4-39) Hants 230 (Sainsbury 62, Graham 4-62) Kent 342-8 (Shepherd 106no, Castell 3-89)
05 Jun	Somerset	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 227 (Reed 59, Chappell 3-33) Somerset 236 (Burgess 57, Holder 5-96) Hants 206-6 (Richards 62, Langford 3-44) Somerset 114-8 (Alley 29, Sainsbury 2-4)
08 Jun	Glamorgan	Cardiff	Lost by an innings and 16 runs (4 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 145 (Reed 59, Cordle 7-43) Glam 213-9 (Majid Khan 91, Cottam 6-54) Hants 52 (Marshall 14, Walker 5-9)
15 Jun	Somerset	Bath	Won by 9 wkts (17 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Somerset 181 (Clarkson 57, Shackleton 4-46) Hants 316 (Richards 71, Robinson 3-74) Somerset 153 (Virgin 44, Cottam 5-60) Hants 22-1 (Reed 11no, Burgess 1-13)
19 Jun	Warwickshire	Basingstoke	Won by 6 wkts (19 pt) Toss won by Warwickshire	Warwick 145 (Kanhai 33, White 4-35) Hants 272 (Richards 133, Hemmings 6-90) Warwick 186 (Amiss 67, Cottam 7-61) Hants 60-4 (Marshall 35no, Bannister 2-16)
22 Jun	Lancashire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (1 pt) Toss won by Hampshire	Lancs 92-3 (Wood 38no, White 1-14) Hants 29-3 (Richards 20no, Statham 3-17)
29 Jun	Leicestershire	Leicester	Won by 78 runs (16 pt) Toss won by Leicestershire	Hants 187 (Marshall 54, Cross 4-50) Leics 82 (Norman 15, Barratt 15, Shackleton 5-20, White 5-54) Hants 195-5 (Livingstone 102no, Cross 3-35) Leics 222 (Booth 47, Cottam 6-55)
06 Jul	Kent	Gillingham	Lost by 120 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Kent	Kent 223 (Luckhurst 111, White 5-52) Hants 136 (Richards 29, Reed 29, Underwood 4-47) Kent 91-9 (Asif Iqbal 21, Shackleton 4-32) Hants 58 (Reed 17, Underwood 7-17)
10 Jul	Surrey	Southampton	Match Drawn (3 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 119 (Richards 39, Cumbes 6-47) Surrey 109-6 (Smith 29, Shackleton 3-35) Hants 140-7 (Reed 54, Pocock 4-69) Surrey 106-5 (Younis Ahmed 50no, Shackleton 3-18)
13 Jul	Gloucestershire	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (2 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 206-9 (Green 60, Castell 4-38) Hants 180-9 (Reed 62, Brown 3-8) Glos 149-9 (Allen 51, White 3-17)
17 Jul	Essex	Bournemouth	Won by 114 runs (20 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 318 (Marshall 90, Lever 4-59) Essex 169 (Fletcher 74, Cottam 5-44) Hants 114-7 (Lewis 31, East 4-45) Essex 149 (Fletcher 80, Richards 3-25)
20 Jul	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	Won by an innings and 14 runs (21 pt) Toss won by Essex	Essex 95 (Barker 30, Shackleton 5-17) Hants 301-4 (Richards 176, Edmeades 1-19) Essex 192 (Irvine 53, White 4-61)
24 Jul	Nottinghamshire	Worksop	Won by 87 runs (15 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 135 (Marshall 49, Forbes 6-51) Notts 85 (Bolus 22, Cottam 6-14) Hants 207-8 (Richards 58, Sainsbury 58, Halfyard 4-61) Notts 170 (Sobers 67, White 4-42)
27 Jul	Worcestershire	Portsmouth	Lost by 115 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Worcs 104 (Barker 30, Cottam 6-33) Hants 163 (Reed 49, D'Oliveira 5-49) Worcs 257-6 (Ormrod 123no, Sainsbury 2-20) Hants 83 (Richards 20, D'Oliveira 6-29)
31 Jul	Sussex	Portsmouth	Won by 7 wkts (12 pts) Toss won by Sussex	Sussex 225-5 (Suttle 98, Shackleton 3-48) Hants 129-5 (Richards 82no, A Buss 2-31) Sussex 80-6 (Parks 25no, Sainsbury 2-16) Hants 177-3 (Richards 83, Greig 2-41)
03 Aug	Middlesex	Lords	Match Drawn (2 pts) Toss won by Middlesex	Middx 264-7 (Murray 104no, White 3-35) Hants 163 (Richards 82, Latchman 5-48) Middx 69-1 (Parfitt 39no, White 1-27)
14 Aug	Leicestershire	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (5 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 315-8 (Richards 67, Cotton 2-35) Leics 166-4 (Norman 51no, Shackleton 2-42)
17 Aug	Northamptonshire	Bournemouth	Lost by 65 runs (5 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Nhants 85 (Scott 17, Cottam 4-30) Hants 91-2 (Richards 51no, Durose 1-5) Nhants 173-8 (Milburn 51, Sainsbury 2-24) Hants 102 (Livingstone 45, Mushtaq Mohammad 5-45)
28 Aug	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (9 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 411-6 (Richards 206, Taylor 2-81) Notts 331-6 (Bolus 117, Shackleton 3-95) Hants 122-5 (Richards 30, Taylor 3-24) Notts 116-5 (Bolus 47, Cottam 3-37)
31 Aug	Derbyshire	Derby	Match Drawn (7 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 243 (Marshall 51, Ward 5-50) Derby 167 (Taylor 52, Cottam 4-51) Hants 137-8 (Sainsbury 43no, Ward 3-23) Derby 184-8 (Harvey 61, Sainsbury 4-92)
04 Sep	Surrey	The Oval	Match Drawn (3 pts) Toss won by Surrey	Surrey 227-4 (Edrich 123, Shackleton 3-76) Hants 175-6 (Gilliat 46, Waller 2-22) Surrey 134-4 (Younis Ahmed 41no, Castell 2-28) Hants 133-8 (Richards 87, Knight 2-4)

Totals
Runs scored 7840 for 359 wkts at an average of 21.83 per wkt.
Runs against 8057 for 392 wkts at an average of 20.55 per wkt.
Played 28, Won 8, Drawn 15, Lost 5, Points 215
Points System: WIN: 10 pts, DRAW: no points, LOST: no points. BONUS POINTS (first 85 overs): Batting: 1 point for every 25 runs over 150, Bowling: 1 point for every 2 wkts. Position decided by Total points, won.
Finish - 5th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
9		AT Castell	12	14	5	0	0	37no	191	21.22	188	33	575	15	0	0	4-38	3.05	38.33
15		RMH Cottam	27	24	12	0	0	16	87	7.25	955.2	289	1996	122	9	1	7-61	2.08	16.36
6		RMC Gilliat	18	26	0	2	0	64	588	22.61
2		JW Holder *	5	6	2	0	0	19	39	9.75	133	23	420	12	1	0	5-96	3.15	35.00
3		TE Jesty	3	4	1	0	0	22	27	9.00	10	2	22	0	0	0	0-6	2.20	--
6		RV Lewis *	10	18	1	1	0	51	219	12.88
16		DA Livingstone	14	20	5	2	1	102no	407	27.13	7	1	31	1	0	0	1-31	4.42	31.00
6		RE Marshall	27	42	3	6	0	98	898	23.02
9		BL Reed	28	47	1	7	0	73	990	21.52
36		BA Richards *	28	47	5	13	5	206	2039	48.54	55	20	125	4	0	0	3-25	2.27	31.25
31		PJ Sainsbury	28	44	7	2	0	62	836	22.59	593.3	276	1128	40	0	0	4-92	1.90	28.20
3		D Shackleton	26	28	4	0	0	39	126	5.25	1021.5	423	1758	101	4	1	5-17	1.72	17.40
52	3	BSV Timms	28	36	7	2	0	81no	446	15.37
16		DR Turner	21	32	9	1	0	68no	409	17.78
3		KJ Wheatley	9	11	2	1	0	61no	100	11.11	77.1	29	196	7	0	0	4-1	2.53	28.00
4		DW White	24	25	1	0	0	12	104	4.33	550.5	121	1357	75	2	0	5-52	2.46	18.09
		Extras/run outs							334				449	15
217	3	TOTALS	308	424	65	37	6		7840		3591.4	1217	8057	392	16	2

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
206	BA Richards	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth
176	BA Richards	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea
133	BA Richards	Warwickshire	Basingstoke
130	BA Richards	Northamptonshire	Northampton
104no	BA Richards	Northamptonshire	Northampton
102no	DA Livingstone	Leicestershire	Leicester

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
7-61	RMH Cottam	Warwickshire	Basingstoke
6-14	RMH Cottam	Nottinghamshire	Worksop
6-33	RMH Cottam	Worcestershire	Portsmouth
6-35	RMH Cottam	Gloucestershire	Bristol
6-54	RMH Cottam	Glamorgan	Cardiff
6-55	RMH Cottam	Leicestershire	Leicester
6-79	RMH Cottam	Sussex	Hove
5-17	D Shackleton	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea
5-20	D Shackleton	Leicestershire	Leicester
5-38	D Shackleton	Glamorgan	Southampton
5-44	RMH Cottam	Essex	Bournemouth
5-51	D Shackleton	Glamorgan	Southampton
5-52	DW White	Kent	Gillingham
5-54	DW White	Leicestershire	Leicester
5-60	RMH Cottam	Somerset	Bath
5-96	JW Holder	Somerset	Portsmouth

10 Wkt Matches

Returns	Player	Opponents	Venue
10-87 (3-26 & 7-61)	RMH Cottam	Warwickshire	Basingstoke
10-89 (5-38 & 5-51)	D Shackleton	Glamorgan	Southampton

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	182	BA Richards and BL Reed	Northamptonshire	Northampton
	118	BA Richards and BL Reed	Sussex	Portsmouth
2nd	120	BA Richards and PJ Sainsbury	Northamptonshire	Northampton
	106	BL Reed and BSV Timms	Gloucestershire	Bristol
3rd	207	BA Richards and RE Marshall	Nottinghamshire	Portsmouth
	123	BA Richards and RE Marshall	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea
	117	BA Richards and RE Marshall	Essex	Bournemouth
	105	BA Richards and RE Marshall	Somerset	Bath
4th	144	BA Richards and PJ Sainsbury	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea
5th	80	DR Turner and RMC Gilliat	Middlesex	Bournemouth
6th	134	DA Livingstone and DR Turner	Leicestershire	Leicester
7th	129	BA Richards and BSV Timms	Warwickshire	Basingstoke
8th	43	DA Livingstone and D Shackleton	Derbyshire	Derby
9th	45	AT Castell and D Shackleton	Leicestershire	Bournemouth
10th	47	DR Turner and RMH Cottam	Leicestershire	Leicester