In playful retaliation against football encroaching on the cricket season by beginning in August, Mr. J. C. Squire, the well-known writer, organised a winter cricket match on New Year’s Day between his team of “Invalids” against the "Hampshire Eskimos,” on Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon, Hants, the famous pitch where the first recorded cricket match took place in 1750. A matting wicket was used, while scoring was done from a closed motor owing to the bitterly cold weather. An interesting feature was the meet of the Hambledon Hunt on the Down while the match was in progress. The picture shows cricketers waiting while the Hambledon Hunt moves across the field to draw.

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 6

In playful retaliation against football encroaching on the cricket season by beginning in August, Mr. J. C. Squire, the well-known writer, organised a winter cricket match on New Year’s Day between his team of “Invalids” against the "Hampshire Eskimos,” on Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon, Hants, the famous pitch where the first recorded cricket match took place in 1750. A matting wicket was used, while scoring was done from a closed motor owing to the bitterly cold weather. An interesting feature was the meet of the Hambledon Hunt on the Down while the match was in progress. The picture shows cricketers waiting while the Hambledon Hunt moves across the field to draw.