Beverley Ground
Encyclopedia
Beverley Ground was cricket
ground in Canterbury
, Kent
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1841, when Kent
played England in the grounds first first-class
match. From 1841 to 1846, the ground held 10 first-class matches for Kent, the last of which saw them play England. The ground was also used in first-class cricket by the Gentlemen of Kent, who first played there in 1842 against the Gentlemen of England. From 1842 to 1846, the ground held 5 first-class matches for the Gentlemen of Kent. All 5 of their first-class matches there involved them playing the Gentlemen of England. The 1986 fixture between the sides was the final recorded match on the ground.
The exact location of the ground is unknown, but it was most likely off the Sturry Road.
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 Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1841, when Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
played England in the grounds first 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. From 1841 to 1846, the ground held 10 first-class matches for Kent, the last of which saw them play England. The ground was also used in first-class cricket by the Gentlemen of Kent, who first played there in 1842 against the Gentlemen of England. From 1842 to 1846, the ground held 5 first-class matches for the Gentlemen of Kent. All 5 of their first-class matches there involved them playing the Gentlemen of England. The 1986 fixture between the sides was the final recorded match on the ground.
The exact location of the ground is unknown, but it was most likely off the Sturry Road.
External links
- Beverley Ground 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...
- Beverley Ground 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...