Kenton Court Meadow
Encyclopedia
Kenton Court Meadow is a cricket
ground in Sunbury-on-Thames
, Surrey
(formerly Middlesex
). First established in 1957, the first recorded match on the ground was in 1967, when Sunbury played South Hampstead.
In 1972, the ground held its first List-A match when Surrey
played Gloucestershire
in the 1972 John Player League. The following season Surrey played Wsrwickshire
in the same competition, and in 1974 the ground held its final List-A match when Surrey played Leicestershire
in the 1974 version of the competition.
Between 1974 and 1977, the Surrey Second XI
played 4 Second XI Championship
matches at the ground.
In local domestic cricket, the venue is the home ground of Sunbury Cricket Club
who play in the Surrey Premier League, despite the club being located historically in Middlesex, it is only 50 yards north of Surrey
. The cricket pavilion
at the ground was opened in 1959 by Sir Leonard Hutton.
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 Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames, also known as Sunbury, is a town in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne, England, and part of the London commuter belt. It is located 16 miles southwest of central London and bordered by Feltham and Hampton, flanked on the south by the River Thames.-History:The earliest evidence of...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
(formerly Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
). First established in 1957, the first recorded match on the ground was in 1967, when Sunbury played South Hampstead.
In 1972, the ground held its first List-A match when Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
played Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in the 1972 John Player League. The following season Surrey played Wsrwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in the same competition, and in 1974 the ground held its final List-A match when Surrey played Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
in the 1974 version of the competition.
Between 1974 and 1977, the Surrey Second XI
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
played 4 Second XI Championship
Second XI Championship
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...
matches at the ground.
In local domestic cricket, the venue is the home ground of Sunbury Cricket Club
Sunbury cricket club
Sunbury Cricket Club, founded in 1938, is an amateur cricket club located in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey in the South East of England. The club were founder members of the Shepherd Neame Surrey Championship, which since 1999 has been an ECB accredited Premier League, the highest level of recreational...
who play in the Surrey Premier League, despite the club being located historically in Middlesex, it is only 50 yards north of Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
. The cricket pavilion
Cricket pavilion
A cricket pavilion is a pavilion at a cricket ground. It is the main building within which the players usually change in dressing rooms and which is the main location for watching the cricket match for members and others...
at the ground was opened in 1959 by Sir Leonard Hutton.
External links
- Kenton Court Meadow 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...
- Kenton Court Meadow 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...