Spicer's Sports Ground
Encyclopedia
Spicers Sports Ground is a cricket
ground in Sawston
, Cambridgeshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1950, when Cambridgeshire
played Huntingdonshire
. The first Minor Counties Championship match held on the ground was in 1951, when Cambridgeshire played Hertfordshire
. From 1951 to 1967, the ground hosted 16 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties fixture seeing Cambridgeshire entertain Hertfordshire.
The ground has also held a single List-A match when Cambridgeshire played Essex
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
. This match was Cambridgeshire's first List-A match.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Sawston Cricket Club who play in the Tucker Gardner Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cricket League First Division.
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 Sawston
Sawston
Sawston is a large village in Cambridgeshire in England, situated on the River Cam seven miles south of Cambridge. It has a population of 7,150...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1950, when Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...
played Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
. The first Minor Counties Championship match held on the ground was in 1951, when Cambridgeshire played Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. From 1951 to 1967, the ground hosted 16 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties fixture seeing Cambridgeshire entertain Hertfordshire.
The ground has also held a single List-A match when Cambridgeshire played Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in the 1964 Gillette Cup
1964 Gillette Cup
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. This match was Cambridgeshire's first List-A match.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Sawston Cricket Club who play in the Tucker Gardner Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cricket League First Division.
External links
- Spicers Sports 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...
- Spicers Sports 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...