Fenner's
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Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground.
History
Cambridge University Cricket Club had previously played at two grounds in Cambridge, the University Ground and Parker's Piece. In 1846, Francis Fenner leased a former cherry orchard from Gonville and Caius College for the purpose of constructing a cricket ground.[1][2] In 1848 he sub-let the ground to Cambridge University Cricket Club.[3] Fenner's first hosted first-class cricket in 1848, with Cambridge University playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[4]
A 40-foot wooden pavilion, painted blue, with a slated roof had been erected by the 1856 season.[5]
Since 1894, Fenner's has been owned by the Cambridge University Cricket and Athletic Company; a private limited company whose Members comprise the full members of Cambridge University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Athletics Club.
Facilities
As well as the cricket ground, there is a 3-lane indoor cricket school.
The groundsman pioneered the art of mowing grass in strips to create patterns, a technique now common in sports stadiums around the world.[6]
Land deal
In August 2024 it was announced that the University had sold land on the edge of Fenner's to Hughes Hall.[7] Subsequently a petition was launched against development of that land.[8]
See also
- Template:Slink, where first-class cricket is played in Oxford
- University Ground, Barnwell, a former Cambridge University cricket ground
References
External links
- Fenner's home page
- Matches played at Fenner's from CricketArchive
- Ground profile from Cricinfo
- Cambridge University Cricket Club
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