About Rod Bransgrove
Rod Bransgrove was a businessperson.
Roderick Granville Bransgrove (born 1950) is an English entrepreneur, cricket administrator and the current chairman of Hampshire County Cricket Club. A position he has held since being elected to the post in 2000, a move seen by many as saving Hampshire from insolvency. His daughter, Lucy, is married to the Hampshire cricketer, Chris Wood.
Personal life Bransgrove's father served in the Royal Air Force, meaning he was brought up in a number of places, including abroad in Singapore and at home in London and Kent.
Hampshire cricket
Music career Bransgrove (as Bestie Rote) features in Southampton-based six-strong soft rock band, Strapped for Cash, which released a Christmas single for four charities including Children in Need, in 2013. In 2014 the band released a debut EP, Kick Me When I'm Down, and played at the Ageas Bowl and in July 2015 supported Eric Clapton at a charity gig in Wormsley.
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Who was Rod Bransgrove?
British cricket administrator
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Rod Bransgrove was born in Ramsgate.
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Rod Bransgrove was a businessperson.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Rod Bransgrove. https://biography.guide/rod-bransgrove/
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