Following the re-signing of Australian duo Ben McDermott and Nathan Ellis for the Vitality Blast, Club historian Dave Allen has taken a look at the other Australians to play for Hampshire
Australian starred for Hampshire in 1997 - amassing over 2,500 runs - and on this day he scored yet another century, this time against Derbyshire
On this day - 6th June - twenty years ago the first ever competitive match was staged at the Rose Bowl
On this day - 1st June - twenty years ago Hampshire began a County Championship match against Surrey at the Oval, one Will Kendall, despite the result, speaks very highly of
Hampshire and Kent played out a memorable three-day Championship match across the Whitsun Bank Holiday in 1950 which ended in a thrilling tie on this day
West Indian legend tops two recent polls for Hampshire's greatest ever player
The impressive Bob Herman (4-20) and Peter Sainsbury (4-17) see Hampshire beat Gloucetershire in Benson & Hedges Cup match which took three days to complete
