The re-birth after this war took much longer. The younger element of London’s population had become more mobile and much of the pre-War membership had scattered. But, clearly, a club with a history like Hampstead’s could not just be allowed to die because the war had dispersed most of its members.

In 1946/47 the indomitable members Milsted and Sankey were respectively captaining Purley’s 1st and 2nd XI’s and several other stalwarts were tracked down by Ruari and encouraged to play pro tem for that very friendly club. This admirable nucleus of old members was working, with Purley’s support and encouragement, towards a Hampstead re-birth and, in the summer of 1950, a meeting was called under Ruari’s chairmanship attended amongst others, by John Sankey, ’Beaker’ Saunders, and Alec Reid (a subsequent Secretary). This meeting agreed that strenuous efforts should be made to re-start the Club the next season. But, by this time, the Richmond Athletic Ground was no longer available, having been taken over by the geographically much more appropriate Mid-Surrey Club. A Sub-Committee, consisted of Messrs. Milsted, Sankey and Saunders, went into negotiations with Hampstead Cricket Club and were pleased to report, in August, that the Club would re-start there, at its original home at Lymington Road, the following October. It would retain its own identity but ultimately, perhaps, would re-merge into the Cricket Club whence it was born 56 years before – years during which much glorious successful hockey had been played and several of the game’s all-time great players had adorned the Club’s ranks.