- Woodbridge Road
The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road is a
cricket ground inGuildford ,Surrey . The ground was given to the town in trust in 1911 by Sir Harry Waechter, Bart.Guildford Cricket Club play their home matches on the ground.Surrey CCC play oneCounty Championship match and oneList A one-day match there each season, as well as some second XI fixtures. Until comparatively recently, hockey was played on the ground in winter.The ground capacity is 4,500. The two ends of the ground are known as the Pavilion End and the Railway End.
Surrey first used the ground in 1938, against Hampshire from 13th to 15th July, winning by an innings. They have played there in most seasons since.
The ground is on the small side, so that some high scores have been made there. The highest individual innings played on the ground in first-class matches is
Justin Langer 's 342 for Somerset in 2006. Somerset made 688-8 declared in their first innings in this match, but Surrey responded with 717 - the highest total made on the ground - and the match was drawn.The most notable bowling feat is
Martin Bicknell 's against Leicestershire in 2000. He had match figures of 16-119, the second best match figures ever returned for Surrey. His figures in the second innings were 9-47. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89125.html]The highest individual innings in a
List A one-day match on the ground is 203 byAlastair Brown in a 40 overs a side AXA Life League match against Hampshire in 1997. This remains the highest score in any 40 oversList A match played in England.The
English women's cricket team have played two Test Matches on the ground, against New Zealand in 1996 [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62487.html] and against Australia in 1998. [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/66/66305.html]The Woodbridge Road groundsman,
Bill Clutterbuck , won the Ransomes Jacobsen Trophy for Achievements in Cricket Groundsmanship at the ECB’s annual pre-season dinner for First Class Groundsmen for 2006. [http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/features/gordon-wins-groundsman-award,7635,EN.html]See also
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List of cricket grounds in England and Wales External links
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/ground/57016.html Cricinfo article about the ground]
* [http://www.guildfordcommunity.org.uk/sport/cricket.asp Guildford Cricket Club and ground information]
* [http://www.ecb.co.uk/fans/grounds/grounds-guildford,193,BP.html Includes information on how to get to the ground]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Surrey/Grounds/506.html Lists all f-c and List A matches played on the ground, plus ground records]
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