County Cricket Ground (Derby)

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County Cricket Ground
The County Cricket Ground In Derby
The County Cricket Ground IN Derby
Data
place United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derby , UK
Coordinates 52 ° 55 '39 "  N , 1 ° 27' 40"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 55 '39 "  N , 1 ° 27' 40"  W.
opening 1863
surface Natural grass
capacity 9,500 seats
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Events

The County Cricket Ground , usually short- County Ground called, is a Cricket - Stadium in Derby . Also known as the Racecourse Ground , it has been the home of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club since 1871. The stadium opened in 1863 and initially served as a racecourse.

history

The South Derby Cricket Club, which has existed since 1835, moved after a few years of its existence to the Derby Racecourse , which had existed since 1848, to find a new home there. When the Derby County Cricket Club was founded, it took over the playing field. The two ends are called Grandstand End and Scoreboard End.

Soccer

In the early days, the playing area was also used to play football games. The Derby County soccer team played at this stadium between 1884 and 1895 before moving to the baseball ground . In addition, the FA Cup final was held in the County Cricket Ground in 1886, which was the first FA Cup final outside of London . The English national football team played here in 1895 as part of the British Home Championship an international match against the Irish selection.

Cricket

After the Derbyshire CCC regained its first-class status , cricket was played on the playing field at national level. In 1939 the surrounding racecourse was closed and the field moved. The stadium's equipment was generally considered poor, so it did not have its own changing rooms, but the previous quarters of the jockeys were used. A renovation took place in 1982. The following year a preliminary round match of the Cricket World Cup 1983 took place here. At the next staging of the Cricket World Cup in England in 1999 , a preliminary round match was also played here. These are the only one-day internationals that have been held in this stadium to this day. After Derbyshire considered leaving the stadium for financial reasons, it received planning permission in 2014 to modernize the stadium's facilities and integrate a conference and event area. In February it was announced that the stadium would host the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Proud history of characters and cricketers all began at the Guildhall ( English ) Derby Telegraph. July 12, 2010. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 18, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.derbytelegraph.co.uk
  2. Derbyshire CCC History Timeline ( English ) Derbyshire CCC. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  3. County Ground ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  4. Derbyshire get go ahead for development ( English ) Cricinfo. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  5. Women's World Cup: Five venues named for 2017 tournament ( English ) Cricinfo. February 8, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.