B. M. Close's Ground
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| Location | Southborough, Kent | ||
| Coordinates | 51°09′22″N 0°15′11″E / 51.156°N 0.253°E (approx.) | ||
| Establishment | 1859 | ||
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| As of 9 September 2010 Source: CricketArchive | |||
B. M. Close's Ground was a
New All-England Eleven.[5]
A
Gentlemen of Kent at around the same period, but appears to have gone out of use soon afterwards, with Southborough matches transferring to Southborough Common.[6]
The final recorded match held on the ground saw Southborough play a team of Surrey Professionals in 1879.[5] In the 1930s the site of the ground, which was probably to the west of the centre of Southborough, was built on and a housing estate covers the general area of the ground today.[3][6]
Cricket is still played on the Common in the town by Southborough Cricket Club. Their ground was used by Kent Women a number of times between 1957 and 1971 and remains in use today.[8][9] Kent have played over 200 matches at the Nevill Ground in Tunbridge Wells 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south and 106 matches at the Angel Ground in Tonbridge 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north.[10][11]
References
- ^ BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28. (subscription required)
- ^ Milton H (1979) Kent cricket grounds, in The Cricket Statistician, no. 28, December 1979, pp. 2–10.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78531-661-6
- ^ Bell's Life in London, 1862, quoted in Milton, 1979 op. cit.
- ^ a b Other matches played on BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Milton H (1992) Cricket Grounds of Kent, pp. 66–67. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online. Retrieved 2023-01-20.)
- ^ First-Class Matches played on BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28. (subscription required)
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, August 2003. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ Other matches played on The Common, Southborough, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-12-09. (subscription required)
- ^ Grounds Records in Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2017, pp. 210–211. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
- ^ Explorer Map 147 – Sevenoaks & Tonbridge (Royal Tunbridge Wells & Westerham), Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16.
External links
- B. M. Close's Ground on Cricinfo