Racecourse Ground, Swaffham
Encyclopedia
The Racecourse Ground was a cricket
ground in Swaffham
, Norfolk
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1797, when the Earl of Winchilsea's XI played C Lennox's XI in the grounds only first-class
match.
Pre-county club Norfolk played on the ground from 1844 to 1850, with the final recorded match on the ground between pre-county club Norfolk and the Marylebone Cricket Club
. The location of the ground is unknown.
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 Swaffham
Swaffham
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1797, when the Earl of Winchilsea's XI played C Lennox's XI in the grounds only 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.
Pre-county club Norfolk played on the ground from 1844 to 1850, with the final recorded match on the ground between pre-county club Norfolk and the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. The location of the ground is unknown.
External links
- Racecourse 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...