The University Ground was a
cricket
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ground in
Barnwell, a suburb in northeast
Cambridge
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, England. The ground was located off
Mill Road and served as the
University of Cambridge
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's main ground from 1821 to 1830. It was surrounded on three sides by open countryside and on one side by the New Barnwell Church. Today the ground no longer exists, with the vast majority of it becoming the
Mill Road Cemetery in 1847.
History
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club, established in 1820, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. The club was recognised as holding first-class cricket, first-class status until 2020. The university played ...
moved from
Parker's Piece
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to the University Ground by 1821.
The university played its first match at the ground in that year, in a
first-class fixture against the
Cambridge Town Club
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.
Further first-class matches against the same opposition were held there in 1822, 1825, and 1826.
Three first-class matches played in 1827, 1828, and 1829 featured the
Cambridge Union Club
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as the opposition. The final first-class match played there came in 1830, with the Cambridge Town Club returning as the opposition. Cricket ceased to be played at the ground following 1831, with the ground at Parker's Piece improved by levelling, the cricket club returned to playing there. Following abandonment, the location later became the
Mill Road Cemetery.
Records
First-class
* Highest team total: 252 by
Cambridge University
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v
Cambridge Union Club
Cambridge Town Club (CTC) was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1817. Among List of Cambridge Town Club and Cambridgeshire cricketers, notable players who represented CTC were Thomas Hayward (cricketer), Tom Hayward sen ...
, 1829
* Lowest team total: 47 by Cambridge Union Club v Cambridge University, 1827
* Highest individual innings: 97
* by
George Hume for Cambridge University v
Cambridge Town Club
Cambridge Town Club (CTC) was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1817. Among notable players who represented CTC were Tom Hayward senior, Robert Carpenter and George Tarrant. It co-existed with Cambridge University Cr ...
, 1821
* Best bowling in an innings: 6-? by
Smith
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for Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club, 1825
See also
*
Parker's Piece
Parker's Piece is a flat and roughly square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, England, regarded by some as the birthplace of the rules of association football. The two main walking and cycling paths across it run diagonally, a ...
*
Fenner's
Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground.
History
Cambridge University Cricket Club had previously played at two grounds in Cambridge, the University Ground and Parker's Piece. In 1846, Francis Fenner leased a former cherry orc ...
*
List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
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References
External links
University Ground
at CricketArchive
as ESPNcricinfo
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