Fenner's
Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground.
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| Location | Cambridge, England | ||
| Establishment | 1848 | ||
| Owner | Cambridge University Cricket & Athletics Company Ltd | ||
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| Pavilion End Gresham Road End | |||
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| As of 5 May 2023 Source: CricketArchive | |||
History edit
Cambridge University Cricket Club had previously played at two grounds in Cambridge, the University Ground and Parker's Piece. In 1846, Francis Fenner leased a former cherry orchard from Gonville and Caius College for the purpose of constructing a cricket ground.[1][2] In 1848 he sub-let the ground to Cambridge University Cricket Club.[3] Fenner's first hosted first-class cricket in 1848, with Cambridge University playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[4]
A 40-foot wooden pavilion, painted blue, with a slated roof had been erected by the 1856 season.[5]
Fenner's is also home to the Cambridge MCC University side, a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and the Marylebone Cricket Club established ahead of the 2010 season.
Facilities edit
As well as the cricket ground, there is a 3-lane indoor cricket school.
The groundsman pioneered the art of mowing grass in strips to create patterns, a technique now common in sports stadiums around the world.[6]
See also edit
- The Parks, where first-class cricket is played in Oxford
- University Ground, Barnwell, a former Cambridge University cricket ground
References edit
- ^ "Fenner's". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ Thomas Henry Case (1899). Memoirs of a King's College Chorister. W.P.Spalding. p. 45.
- ^ Powell, William (1989). The Wisden Guides To Cricket Grounds. London: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd. pp. 393–6. ISBN 009173830X.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Cricketers' Chronicle". Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 31 May 1856. p. 8.
- ^ Allen, Peter (1999). The Invincibles: The Legend of Bradman's 1948 Australians. Mosman, NSW, Australia: Allen and Kemsley. ISBN 1-875171-06-1. p. 103
External links edit
- Matches played at Fenner's from CricketArchive
- Ground profile from Cricinfo
- Cambridge University Cricket Club