hampshire has won the county championship twice.
how many time have hampshire won the county championship?
twice
wilson was educated at brighton college, where he played cricket for the college team in 1911. his first-class debut for sussex came against northamptonshire in the 1914 county championship, with him scoring an unbeaten 78 on debut. he made a further appearance in that season's county championship against gloucestershire, before the season was curtailed by the start of the first world war. following the conclusion of the war, wilson returned to playing first-class cricket for sussex in the 1919 county championship, making seven appearances in that season, with the season including his only first-class century with a score of 134 against northamptonshire. he played twice for sussex in the 1920 county championship against warwickshire and middlesex, as well as playing a first-class match for the gentlemen of the south against the players of the south. his next first-class appearances for sussex came in two university matches in 1923 against oxford university and cambridge university, before making two further appearances for the county in the 1925 county championship against hampshire and somerset. following a nine-year absence from first-class cricket, wilson played one final first-class match for sussex in the 1934 county championship against kent, scoring 69 in his final match.
keith wilson (cricketer)
in 2000 australian great shane warne was signed as the club's overseas player. the 2000 county championship was to be the last season that hampshire would play at the county ground southampton before they moved in 2001 to the new rose bowl ground just outside southampton. 2001 also saw current club chairman take over the running of the club, after a period of financial difficulty. in the 2002 county championship hampshire were relegated back to division two, finishing third bottom in division one. it was during this season that the club signed former england batsman john crawley from lancashire. in the 2003 season hampshire and england great robin smith retired from all forms of cricket after 23 years with the club. in 2005, hampshire performed well in both first-class and one-day forms of the game. the side narrowly missed out on winning the county championship division 1 by just 2.5 points to nottinghamshire. in the 2005 cheltenham & gloucester trophy hampshire progressed to the final thanks to a century in the semi-final against yorkshire by sean ervine. in the final at lord's against warwickshire ervine repeated the feat scoring 104 runs as hampshire won by 18 runs; hampshire's first silverware in 13 years. two years later, hampshire progressed to the final of the newly renamed 2007 friends provident trophy at lord's after finishing top of the south division. in the final the club played durham where they lost by 125 runs as the match went into a reserve day due to rain. in 2007 hampshire chairman rod bransgrove announced plans for the redevelopment of the rose bowl to bring test cricket to the ground. prior to the 2008 county championship season australian legend and club captain shane warne reiterated his commitment to the club. but shortly before the start of the season warne announced his retirement from first-class cricket. former captain shaun udal also announced his retirement, having played for hampshire since 1989, though he later joined middlesex. dimitri mascarenhas was named warne's replacement as captain for the 2008 season. in 2008, hampshire struggled and were near the foot of the division 1 table for the majority of the season. midway through the season coach paul terry stood down and was replaced by giles white. a series of strong performances helped hampshire go from relegation favourites to title outsiders going into the final round of matches. the club ended up finishing in third place, twelve points behind winners durham. on 25 july the club won the 2009 friends provident trophy final at lord's, beating rivals sussex thanks to a man-of-the-match performance from dominic cork, with him taking 4/41. hampshire created history by winning the 2010 friends provident t20 in front of home support after defeating somerset – the first team to win a twenty20 trophy on home turf in england and wales. on 14 september 2011, in their four-day game against warwickshire at the rose bowl, hampshire were officially relegated to the county championship second division. the 2012 season though, under new captain jimmy adams after the retirement of cork, would prove to be highly successful for hampshire with the county winning both the 2012 friends life t20 – their 2nd twenty20 title, and the 2012 clydesdale bank 40 where a final ball dot ball from kabir ali led to hampshire winning as a result of losing less wickets than opponents warwickshire. club legend dimitri mascarenhas played in both finals but retired at the end of the 2013 season.
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