Hampshire Cricket Pays Tribute To Tom Mottram

Hampshire Cricket would like to express their great sadness at the passing of former Hampshire bowler Tom Mottram, aged 74.

Tom Mottram was born in Liverpool in 1945 and played a total of 118 first-class and list a matches for Hampshire between 1971 and 1977, picking up 246 wickets for the Club with career-best bowling figures of 6-63.

A tall, accurate pace-bowler, the right-armer played a key role in Hampshire second Championship title in 1973 just one year on from his first-class debut against the Australians in 1972, in which he claimed 3-45.

Mottram featured in 17 of the 20 matches in the victorious 1973 campaign, taking 57 wickets at an average of just 22.00 as part of a formidable opening partnership with Bob Herman.

He continued in good form for the next two seasons and continued to play in limited-overs matches until the end of 1977, including as Hampshire won the Sunday League in 1975 - Mottram himself took 5-21 in the decisive match against Derbyshire at Darley Dale that season - before retiring from the game.

Tom's funeral will be held at the Wessex Vale Crematorium on Wednesday 31st July at 3:15pm.