Edenside
Encyclopedia
Edenside is a cricket
ground in Carlisle, Cumbria
. The ground is the primary home ground of Cumberland
.
The first recorded match on the gound was in 1850, when Carlisle played an All-England Eleven
. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Cumberland played the Yorkshire Second XI
in 1955. From 1955 to present, the ground has hosted 45 Minor Counties Championship matches. To date the ground has not hosted any MCCA Knockout Trophy
matches.
The ground has hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which saw Cumberland play Middlesex
in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
. The second List-A match played on Edenside saw Cumberland play Kent
in the 2000 NatWest Trophy
. The home county lost both of these matches against their professional, first-class
opponents.
In local domestic cricket, Edenside is the home ground of Carlisle Cricket Club. who play in the North Lancashire & Cumbria League Premier Division.
, the ground has suffered incidents of flooding in its history. The ground was flooded to a depth of several feet in 2005, which resulted in the destruction of its facilities and a subsequent replacement and improvement of facilities The ground was once again flooded during the 2009 floods which hit Cumbria
, covering the ground in 3-4 feet of water.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Carlisle, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. The ground is the primary home ground of Cumberland
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
The first recorded match on the gound was in 1850, when Carlisle played an All-England Eleven
All-England Eleven
In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Cumberland played the Yorkshire Second XI
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in 1955. From 1955 to present, the ground has hosted 45 Minor Counties Championship matches. To date the ground has not hosted any MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
matches.
The ground has hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which saw Cumberland play Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
1996 NatWest Trophy
The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996...
. The second List-A match played on Edenside saw Cumberland play Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
in the 2000 NatWest Trophy
2000 NatWest Trophy
The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 version. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 2000...
. The home county lost both of these matches against their professional, first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
opponents.
In local domestic cricket, Edenside is the home ground of Carlisle Cricket Club. who play in the North Lancashire & Cumbria League Premier Division.
Flooding
Being situated on the banks of the River EdenRiver Eden, Cumbria
The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England on its way to the Solway Firth.-Course of river:The Eden rises in Black Fell Moss, Mallerstang, on the high ground between High Seat, Yorkshire Dales and Hugh Seat. Here it forms the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North...
, the ground has suffered incidents of flooding in its history. The ground was flooded to a depth of several feet in 2005, which resulted in the destruction of its facilities and a subsequent replacement and improvement of facilities The ground was once again flooded during the 2009 floods which hit Cumbria
2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods
The 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods was a weather event that affected parts of Great Britain and Ireland throughout November and into December 2009. November was the wettest month across the United Kingdom since records began in 1914 and was well above average temperatures. The worst affected...
, covering the ground in 3-4 feet of water.
External links
- Edenside on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Edenside on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...