New Ground, Norwich
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New Ground was a cricket
ground in Norwich
, Norfolk
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1829 when pre-county club Norfolk played pre-county club Suffolk in a non first-class match. The ground held 2 first-class
matches during its existence. The first came in 1834 and was between pre-county club Norfolk and pre-county club Yorkshire. The second first-class match held on the ground was between the same sides in 1836.
The final recorded match held on the ground came in 1888 between the Gentlemen of Norfolk and the Parsees cricket team
during their 1888 tour of England
.
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 Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1829 when pre-county club Norfolk played pre-county club Suffolk in a non first-class match. The ground held 2 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...
matches during its existence. The first came in 1834 and was between pre-county club Norfolk and pre-county club Yorkshire. The second first-class match held on the ground was between the same sides in 1836.
The final recorded match held on the ground came in 1888 between the Gentlemen of Norfolk and the Parsees cricket team
Parsees cricket team
The Parsees cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament. The team was founded by members of the Zoroastrian community in Bombay....
during their 1888 tour of England
Parsee cricket team in England in 1888
The Parsees made their second tour of England in 1888. The fifteen member team played mostly against amateur teams and was more successful than the tourists of 1886.-The tour:...
.
External links
- New Ground 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...
- New Ground 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...