Brackenhurst Cricket Ground Explained

Ground Name:Brackenhurst Cricket Ground
Country:England
Location:Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Establishment:1846 (first recorded match)
Year1:1846
Club1:Gentlemen of Southwell
Date:31 August
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/753.html Ground profile

Brackenhurst Cricket Ground is a cricket ground near Southwell, Nottinghamshire on the east side of the A612 road.[1] The first positive mention of the ground was on the Ordnance Survey map which appeared after the 1830s survey. It was used by the Nottinghamshire Gentlemen as well as by local clubs. In 1846, the Gentlemen of Southwell with Five men given and A. Mynn, played England in what is the ground's only first-class fixture.[2] The ground held six Second XI Championship matches for the Nottinghamshire Second XI between 1967 and 1995, the last of which saw the Nottinghamshire Second XI play the Sussex Second XI.[3]

The ground was bought by Nottinghamshire County Council in 1947[4] and is today surrounded by Nottingham Trent University Brackenhurst Campus. It is still in use to this day and is the home venue of Southwell Cricket Club,[5] who until 2004 played in the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board Premier League.

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Notes and References

  1. Cricket Grounds of Nottinghamshire P.Wynne-Thomas ACS 1984 p.15
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/753_f.html First-Class matches played on Brackenhurst Cricket Ground
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/753_sec.html Second XI Championship Matches played on Brackenhurst Cricket Ground
  4. Cricket Grounds of Nottinghamshire P.Wynne-Thomas ACS 1984 p.15
  5. http://www.southwellcc.co.uk/index.html Southwell Cricket Club