Tasmania University Cricket Club

Latest News (5th. December 2006)
Rivalry and Heritage.

The TCA has decided to highlight certain fixtures of special interest to players and supporters during the cricket season and have introduced a Rivalry Round and a Heritage Round into the 2006/07 TCA Grade Cricket roster.

To commemorate this initiative the Tasmania University Cricket Club have established perpetual trophies for the matches, named in honour of a player who has made a significant contribution to the Clubs involved, as a celebration of the common heritage of the Clubs.

HERITAGE ROUND

University (1961/62) and Clarence (1956/57) entered the TCA competition within 5 seasons of each other.

As such, the Tasmanian Cricket Association has designated the annual University versus Clarence two-day match in the TCA competition as a "heritage" match.

Graeme Farrell captained both clubs during the 1970s. As a Tasmanian player, and VCA player and captain with North Melbourne, Graeme is a distinguished Tasmanian cricketer. The Committee believed he was a worthy nominee for the perpetual trophy and approached Graeme about the matter.

The Committee is delighted to announce that the perpetual trophy will henceforth be called the "Graeme I Farrell Cup", in recognition of his past outstanding contribution as a player and captain of each of the two respective clubs. Graeme has also generously agreed to donate the cost of the trophy.

Graeme first played for University as a student in 1967/68 and played in a losing grand final team in that season. Incidentally, he played with John Hampshire in that season but John returned to England and missed the grand final.

Graeme played for University for 12 seasons and in that time compiled 3666 runs at 29.80 and took 137 wickets at 23.91 in first grade. Graeme captained Clarence in the 1977/78 season - the season that University defeated Clarence in the final. Graeme returned to University and captained University for two seasons (1978/79 and 1979/80) and was captain and coach for the following two seasons (1980/81 and 1981/82).

The 1980s proved to be a great period of time in the history of both clubs. In that decade Clarence won the premiership eight times, in two sequences of four-in-row, broken up by back-to-back flags by University in 1985/86 and 1986/87. Graeme was a member of the University team which won the back-to-back flags and retired as a player at that point in time.

The University players will wear replica caps to those worn during Graeme's time playing for the Club.

The players from University and Clarence will, no doubt, revel in the challenge of competing for the "Graeme I Farrell Cup".

The Heritage Round match this season will be played at the Bellerive Oval on Saturday/Sunday, 16th and 17th December 2006. The "Graeme I Farrell Cup" will be awarded to the winner at the conclusion of the match.


RIVALRY ROUND

The match between close neighbours University and South Hobart-Sandy Bay has been identified by the Tasmanian Cricket Association as a fixture having a special identity to both clubs; Rivalry.

The player that immediately sprung to mind for recognition for this game was John Hampshire. Our Patron, Bob Cotgrove, contacted John and following the confirmation of John's consent and the consent of the South Hobart-Sandy Bay Cricket Club, the Committee is delighted to announce that the perpetual trophy will henceforth be called the "John H Hampshire Cup", in recognition of his past outstanding contribution as a player, captain and coach of each of the two respective clubs. John also kindly agreed to donate the cost of the trophy.

John Hampshire played 3 seasons with our club from 1966/67 until 1968/69 and played 3 seasons for Sandy Bay a decade later.

John was captain and coach of University for the 3 seasons he played for us and in that time he scored 1103 runs at an average of 40.85 with a highest score of 133. He also took 21 wickets at an average of 21.57.

John was a popular member of the Tasmanian team for more than a decade. John represented England and played 8 test matches and 3 one-day internationals and scored a test match century. He made his test match debut against the West Indies at Lords in 1969.

After retiring as a player, John became a first-class umpire in 1985 and was appointed to the Test list in 1989. In 1999 he was added to the ICC panel of umpires and remained a high quality umpire on the county circuit until 2005. John stood in 21 test matches as an umpire.

The honour of competing for the "John H Hampshire Cup" is sure to give our players an extra incentive to perform to their best ability.

The Rivalry Round match this season will be played at the University Oval on Saturday, 13th January 2007. The "John H Hampshire Cup" will be awarded to the winner at the conclusion of the match.


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