| Ground Name: | Fenner's |
| Country: | England |
| Location: | Cambridge, England |
| Establishment: | 1848 |
| Owner: | Cambridge University Cricket & Athletics Company Ltd |
| End1: | Pavilion End |
| End2: | Gresham Road End |
| Year1: | 1848 - present |
| Club1: | Cambridge University Cricket Club |
| Date: | 5 May |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/374.html CricketArchive |
Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground.
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]
Fenner's is also home to the Cambridge MCC University side, a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and the Marylebone Cricket Club established ahead of the 2010 season.
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]