Bat & Ball

Colourful characters

<p>Mike Beardall and Gerry Northwood return to explain how the Preservation Trust charity was established to protect the ground for the future. In doing so it ensures that the ground is available to a diverse range of cricketers, including women's, youth and disability cricket.</p><p>They also pay tribute to the late and great Christopher Bazalgette and discuss the trials and tribulations of facing "The Gettes" above the eye line parabolic seamers.</p>

The very first First Class cricket match took place at Broadhalfpenny Down in 1772. The ground was home to the legendary Hambledon Club, the acknowledged authority on the Laws of Cricket. It is one of the most beautiful grounds in England and cricket, of all standards, is still played today.
This tells the stories of how the game of cricket we know today evolved, how laws such as the third stump, the width of the bat, and overarm bowling came to be, the characters who played the game both today and in the eighteenth century, as well as news about the current cricket being played at Broadhalfpenny Down.
Featuring Mike Beardhall &amp; Gerry Northwood, produced by David Henderson.