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West Indies star Gordon Greenidge andSouth African ace Barry Richards providedthe county with a sprinkling of magic dust atthe top of the order, writes S,MO ,CARTER.

Greenidge ended as top runscorer with1,620 with Richards second on 1,239.

Between them, they compiled nine of the12 Hampshire centuries in the title-winningcampaign.

Two of those came in the very last game ofthe season against Kent at Southampton'sCounty Ground.

Richards struck 143 and Greenidge 1 18 inan opening stand of 334 after Kent had beenbowled out lor 322 in their first innings.

Greenidge's top score of the summer camein the third match against Yorkshire atSouthampton, where he cracked an unbeat-en '196 in the first innings of a seven-wicketwrn.

Greenidge had made his debut forHampshire three years earlier and would con-tinue to star for the county until his departurein 1987.

Richards, meanwhile, had made his firstHampshire appearance in 1968 and wouldstay at the county until 1 978.

His final appearance came againstLeicestershire where he opened the inningswith someone who was making hisHampshire debut - Paul Terry.

Richard Gilliat's men were the 1973 sea-son's unbeatables as Hampshire won 10 anddrew 10 of their 20 outings.

The nearest they came to a defeat was inthe fourth game of the campaign againstGloucestershire at Bristol.

Skittled for 82 in reply to the hosts' 326-8declared, Hampshire avoided defeat by mak-ing 244-8 in their second innings.

Bowling wise, Bob Herman - in his secondsummer at Hampshire after leavingMiddlesex - and Mike Taylor both bagged 63wickets.

New Zealand slow left-armer David .O'Sullivan, meanwhile, took 54 wickets eventhough he played seven fewer games thanever presents Herman and Taylor.

The Kiwi claimed astonishing match figuresof 11-41 in Hampshire's 295-run romp.

O'Sullivan finished the season with anotherfive-wicket haul against Kent in what tumedout to be his last game for Hampshire.

Even though he carried on playing firstclass cricket until 1985, O'Sullivan neverplayed for any English county again.

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