Cemetry Road was a

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ground in

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. The ground was known as Field Lane from 1826 to 1854 and was later known as the West Suffolk Cricket Ground. Today, the location of the ground would be along King's Road in Bury St Edmunds, with the stretch of the A1302 named Parkway bisecting the site.

History

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1827, when the Suffolk played the

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

. The ground held two first-class matches, the first in 1830 when Suffolk played the Marylebone Cricket Club and in 1847 when Suffolk played the same opposition. After many decades of use by Suffolk, the ground hosted its first

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match in 1904 when Suffolk played

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. From 1902 to 1914, the ground hosted eight Minor Counties Championship matches, the last which saw Suffolk play

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. It switched from being a cricket ground to a

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ground during World War II, with it being the home ground of

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up until the end of the 1970s. The ground is no longer in existence, having been built over.

Records

First-class

* Highest team total: 159 by

, 1847 * Lowest team total: 42 by Suffolk v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1847 * Highest individual innings: 60 by

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for Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk, 1847 * Best bowling in an innings: 7-? by

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for Marylebone Cricket Club v Suffolk, 1847 * Best bowling in a match: 11-? by Jemmy Dean, as above

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History

Records

First-class

See also

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