Bank of England Ground is a
cricket
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ground in
Roehampton,
London (formerly
Surrey
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). The ground is owned by the
Bank of England
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, and is part of the Bank of England Sports Centre. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1949, when South Women Second XI played the
Women's Cricket Association.
The ground hosted its only
first-class match in 1967, when
Oxford University played the touring South African Universities team.
The ground also hosted a number of Second XI matches for both the
Surrey Second XI and the
Middlesex Second XI in the
Second XI Championship between 1971 and 1982.
During the
1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
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, the ground held a single
Women's One Day International between
Ireland women and
Australia women.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of
Bank of England Cricket Club
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Because ...
.
Bank of England Cricket Club
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is also played the ground in between cricket seasons.
References
External links
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Bank of England Ground
on CricketArchive
on Cricinfo
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1949 establishments in England
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Cricket grounds in London
Roehampton
Sport in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Sports venues completed in 1949
Bank of England
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