- Cheam Cricket Club Ground
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Cheam Cricket Club Ground Ground information Location Cheam, London Establishment 1864 Capacity 8,000 Domestic team information Surrey Cricket Board (1999 & 2001) As of 29 August 2010
Source: Ground profileCheam Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Cheam, London (formerly Surrey). The first recorded match on the ground was in 1940, when Cheam played London Counties.[1]
More recently, the ground has held Surrey Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and the Second XI Trophy.[2][3]
In 1968, the ground held a game for John Edrich against the International Cavaliers. The game attracted 8,000 people and was the first cricket match to be televised in colour by the BBC.[4]
The Surrey Cricket Board played 2 List-A matches at the ground, the first of which came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. Their second List-A match at the ground came in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Huntingdonshire.[5]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Cheam Cricket Club.[6]
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Coordinates: 51°21′14″N 0°13′13″W / 51.35379°N 0.22015°W
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