Beechgrove, Londonderry
Encyclopedia
Beechgrove is a cricket
ground in Derry
, Northern Ireland
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1963, when the ground hosted a first-class
match between Ireland and Scotland.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Brigade Cricket Club
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1963, when the ground hosted a first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match between Ireland and Scotland.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Brigade Cricket Club
Brigade Cricket Club
Brigade Cricket Club is a cricket club in Derry, Northern Ireland, playing in North West Senior League 1.Founded in 1909 and originally known as Church Lads' Brigade, the club adopted its current name in 1923...
.
External links
- Beechgrove on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Beechgrove on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...