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 | ||
| End names | |||
| Pavilion End Gresham Road End | |||
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| As of 29 October 2018 Source: CricketArchive | |||
The indoor cricket school
History
Fenner's has hosted first-class cricket since 1848. The ground was established on a former cherry orchard leased for the purpose by Francis Fenner, after whom the ground is named.[1][2]
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
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.[3]
See also
- The Parks, where first-class cricket is played in Oxford
- University Ground, Barnwell, a former Cambridge University cricket ground
References
- "Fenner's". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- Thomas Henry Case (1899). Memoirs of a King's College Chorister. W.P.Spalding. p. 45.
- 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fenner's. |
- Fenner's home page
- Matches played at Fenner's from CricketArchive
- Ground profile from Cricinfo
- Cambridge University Cricket Club
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