The Oval (London)
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| place | London , England |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ N , 0 ° 6 ′ 54 ″ W |
| owner | Duchy of Cornwall |
| operator | Surrey County Cricket Club |
| start of building | 1845 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 25,500 |
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The Oval , or more precisely: The Oval Cricket Ground , is the name of one of the most famous cricket stadiums in the world and home of the Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC). It is located in the London borough of Kennington and is therefore often referred to as the Kennington Oval .
The official name is after the current sponsor Kia Oval , formerly the Brit Oval , Fosters Oval and AMP Oval . Oval is also the name of the nearest subway station .
history
The Surrey CCC was founded in 1845. The site belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall and was an orchard and vegetable garden until 1845. On March 10, 1845, the SCCC signed a lease to convert the site into a cricket stadium. The agreed rent was £ 140. The first area of grass was created by Tooting Common and had to be bought for the proud sum of £ 300. The first building - a pavilion - was built in 1858, this had to give way to a larger building in 1898 as cricket became increasingly popular.
The first international match ( test match ) in England was played here in 1880 against Australia . England also lost a home game against Australia for the first time here in 1882, giving birth to the Ashes legend. In addition, the oval was also used to host football matches , so the FA Cup finals were played in the oval in 1872 and from 1874 to 1892 . In addition, between 1870 and 1872, five “original international matches” between English and Scottish players took place in the oval, as well as the first official international match on English soil in 1873. By 1889, a total of ten official international football matches were played in the oval.
In 1907 South Africa was the second country to play a test match against England in the oval . The West Indies were added in 1928, followed by New Zealand in 1931. The English federation was able to welcome the team from India in 1936 as the fifth nation . After the Second World War , Pakistan (1954) and Sri Lanka (1998) were guests in the oval. Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are the only test nations that have never completed a test in the oval before.
The first one-day international ( One-Day International ) in the oval was played on September 7, 1973 between England and the West Indies. It was also the venue for all the Cricket World Cup tournaments held in England in 1975 , 1979 , 1983 and 1999 . Five of the 15 games of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy , including the final, took place in the oval. Games at the Champions Trophy events in 2013 and 2017 were also held here, with the latter also hosting the final. Curiously, the oval has not yet played any international matches under floodlights, although Surrey has played floodlit matches a few times.
During the Second World War the oval was intended as a prisoner of war camp, but was never used accordingly. A renovation took place between 2005 and 2006, and parts of the grandstand were roofed over.
In June 2017 it was announced that the Surrey CCC is planning to expand the stadium's capacity to up to 40,000 seats. The background to this is the contract for test games in the oval, which expires in 2022, and the newly created possibility of playing cricket games with a capacity of over 60,000 spectators in the London Stadium . The estimated cost is £ 50 million.
Web links
- Surrey County Cricket Club (English)
- KIA Oval (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kiaoval.com
- ↑ Kennington Oval ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ↑ cf. Andy Mitchell: First Elevens: The birth of international football and the men who made it happen . Andy Mitchell Media, Scotland 2012, ISBN 978-1-4752-0684-5 .
- ↑ englandfootballonline.com: Surrey Cricket Ground , accessed September 4, 2019
- ↑ Nick Hoult: Exclusive: Surrey plan £ 50m redevelopment to make Oval biggest cricket ground in the country ( English ) Telegraph. June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.