- Fenner's
Infobox cricket ground
ground_name = Fenner's
nickname =
country = England
location =Cambridge ,England
establishment = 1848
owner =Cambridge University
end1 = Pavilion End
end2 = Gresham Road End
year1 = 1848 – present
club1 =Cambridge University Cricket Club
date = 16 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/374.html CricketArchiveFenner's is the
University of Cambridge 's cricket ground.Fenner's has hosted
first-class cricket since 1848, and many of the world's great players have graced the wicket. The ground was established on land leased for the purpose byFrancis Fenner , after whom the ground is named.cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56861.html|title=Fenner's|publisher=CricInfo|language=English|accessdate=2008-09-22]Playing for Cambridge University has launched many careers. Such names as Peter May,
David Sheppard ,Ted Dexter , andMike Brearley to Jahangir Khan,Derek Pringle ,John Crawley , Steve James and, most recently, former captain of the England teamMike Atherton .Fenner's is home to the recently-established ECB
Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , a partnership between theUniversity of Cambridge ,Anglia Ruskin University and the ECB.Real tennis is also played on the site.The curator pioneered the art of mowing grass in strips to create pattens, a technique now common in sports stadiums around the world.cite book |last= Allen |first= Peter |title= The Invincibles: The Legend of Bradman's 1948 Australians |year=1999 |publisher= Allen and Kemsley |location=Mosman, NSW, Australia |isbn= 1-875171-06-1 p. 103.]
Notes
References
* [http://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/facilities/fennerscricketandtennisground.html Fenner's home page]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/374.html Matches played at Fenner's] fromCricketArchive
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56861.html Ground profile] fromCricinfo
* [http://www.cucc.net Cambridge University Cricket Club]
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