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The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, [2] [3] is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. [4] The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845.
English: Diagram of The Oval Cricket Ground showing the pitch and stands. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres. Derived from Google ...
Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is the part of Kennington around The Oval cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the southeast of Charing Cross . History
Oval is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Northern line between Kennington and Stockwell stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2 . [ 7 ] It opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the City and South London Railway and is named after The Oval cricket ground, which it serves.
The Oval was the first ground in the United Kingdom to host Test cricket, was the location for the England v Scotland representative matches, the first ever international football match, the first FA Cup final in 1872, and held the second ever rugby union international match between England and Scotland in 1872.
A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: perfect circles, elongated ovals, rounded rectangles, or irregular shapes with little or no symmetry – but they will have smooth boundaries without sharp corners, almost without exception.
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. [2] The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Canterbury used the ground infrequently from then through until the 1920s, but hardly stopped during World War I. [clarification needed]
The Queen's Park Oval is a sports stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, used mostly for cricket matches.It opened in 1896. Privately owned by the Queen's Park Cricket Club, it is currently the second largest capacity cricket ground in the West Indies with seating for about 20,000 spectators.