 In a career that spanned from 1905 to 1936, he made 138 centuries in 700 matches and heads the list of Hampshire's great runmakers.Mead played on the ground 187 times, where he scored 14,504 runs at an average of 56.42.With the start of the Second World War in 1939, just like in 1914 first-class cricket was suspended, with matches not resuming at the County Ground until 1946.