Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The Oval in Kennington has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1846 against the Marylebone Cricket Club; in List A cricket in 1964 against Gloucestershire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Middlesex in 2003. Surrey have played home matches at fifteen grounds, but have played ...
Surrey's home ground The Oval, overlooked by the famous gasholders. Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Surrey, including areas that now form South London. Teams representing the county are ...
Get the Surrey, BC local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
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.
The present Surrey County Cricket Club was formed at a meeting which took place at the Horns Tavern in Kennington following a match between Gentlemen of Surrey and Players of Surrey at The Oval (in its initial season as a cricket ground) on 21 and 22 August 1845. [4]
Aram's New Ground† Walworth: Surrey and Middlesex (1797) Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI (1802) tbc Cheam Cricket Club Ground: Cheam: Surrey Cricket Board (1999–2001) [117] Epsom Down† Epsom: Epsom (1816–1819) tbc Guildford Bason† Guildford: Surrey (1774) tbc Holt Pound† Wrecclesham: Surrey (1791–1809) tbc J. W. Hobbs' Ground ...
Day/night cricket has been played in England and Wales since July 1997. Since then it has become a major part in the English cricket season with day/night matches played in the NatWest Pro40 League (40 overs), the main competition in which day/night cricket was played alongside day matches but also floodlit matches are played in the Twenty20 Cup (20 overs) and in the Friends Provident Trophy ...