Hampshire had won the Montague Jones Cup the previous two years, and would have come into this season as the favourite to win for the third time. But the fell short, losing to the eventual winners Hertfordshire in the semi-final. Before this, they had won the first two rounds, but had lost a friendly against … Read more
The SCCU made further changes for the 1932-33 season with the introduction of the Stevenson Trophy. At this time this was really a Plate competition, for the losers of the 1st round of the Montague Jones Cup. The main aim for the competition was to ensure that “minor” counties were not limited to one match … Read more
Hampshire had a new president for the 1932/33 season, with CF Chapman replacing JH Blake. Mr Chapman sponsored a new tournament for the summer. This was named the President’s Prize Tournament, and the format was a knock-out, with 68 entries. It was mentioned that this had been held before, but I think think this was … Read more
Another tweak to the competition in 1933 saw two sections of six players with the top two players moving to the final. There was a much larger percentage of Southampton and Portsmouth players in this years championship.