Found inside â Page 6I went to the Test match at Trent Bridge , Nottingham , where it was too hot to sit in my seat ; and spent four days at the Oval in August watching the West Indies humble England on a ground burned biscuit - brown but for the valiant square of green in the middle . I played and watched cricket and went fishing in the early mornings before the sun came up , and in the evenings when it went down . I hung ... Found inside''What,'' says skipper, ''tha can't bring that wi' thee to t'ground, tha knows. ... When the weather was dry at Trent Bridge, the master batsmen of the ... Found inside â Page 187The majority of the fields used for local sports are cricket grounds of which the ' pitch ' in the middle is perhaps beautifully level and in good ... different from the Private Banks cricket ground at Catford Bridge , Kennington Oval , or the Trent Bridge ground at Nottingham . The first and last of these are , we think , when the weather is favourable , little , if at all , inferior to the best cinder tracks that have ever ... Found inside â Page 205The majority of the fields used for local sports are cricket grounds of which the ' pitch ' in the middle is perhaps beautifully level and in good ... different from the Private Banks cricket ground at Catford Bridge , Kennington Oval , or the Trent Bridge ground at Nottingham . The first and last of these are , we think , when the weather is favourable , little , if at all , inferior to the best cinder tracks that have ever ... Found insideIt was a far different proposition to batting on an artificial pitch, ... played at the world-famous Trent Bridge cricket ground near Nottingham, ... Found inside â Page 44The First Australian Cricket Tour of England John Lazenby ... of it against Nottinghamshire â the Australians were practising on the Trent Bridge ground. Found inside... as only 17 overs' play was possible in the first test (at Trent Bridge). ... The Lord's pitch for the second Test was a batting paradise. Found inside â Page 211CRICKET , ATHLETICS , Ctc . while Emmett secured 5 wickets in 18 overs for 16 runs . ... They wisely stayed on board all night , and on Tuesday morning started for Nottingham , where they play their first match against the ... the Maypole in a coach - andfour , and after a luncheon ( of course ) an adjournment was made to the Trent Bridge Ground where some ... Should the weather prove more favourable than it has been of late , the visitors may be certain of two things , viz . , a hearty ... Found inside â Page 198The weather proved most unfavourable , and eventually a heavy storm however , would not allow the game to be played ont , be in ... leaders on passing the cricket pavilion for the run in , After resuming , Emmett trundled in grand form , and Humphrey , b Hearne and ... Trent Bridge Ground , Nottingham , last Tbursday , Pinder , c Townsend , b W. G. Grace 0 Midwinter , b W. G. the return match between ... Found inside â Page 202In considering the famous running grounds upon which so many cracks have toiled and spun , ' we have rather wandered from our main subject , that of athletic meetings . ... from the Private Banks cricket ground at Catford Bridge , Kennington Oval , or the Trent Bridge ground at Nottingham . The first and last of these are , we think , when the weather is favourable , little , if at all , inferior to the best cinder ... Found insideNOTTINGHAM, MONDAY There was never the faintest chance for cricket today. ... The ground is now in a pitiful state, and unless we have tomorrow miracles of ... Found insideby the author of 'The Great Romantic: cricket and the Golden Age of Neville ... More thananhour before Nottinghamshire's County Championship match against ... Found inside â Page 520Cricket match at Kennington Oval, between eleven of Notts, and eleven of Surrey, was drawn after the first innings on account of the weather. Nottingham ... Found inside â Page 147Surrey at Nottingham) caused by stormy weather, but in the other four the orthodox three days' cricket was played; 544 runs being made in the drawn match at ... Found inside â Page 520June 13 & 14. - Cricket match at Kennington Oval , between eleven of Notts . and eleven of Surrey , was drawn after the first innings on account of the weather . Nottingham scored 172 , and Surrey 108 . June 16. - About 300 persons principally ... Found inside â Page 422.70 SIR NEVILLE CARDUS News ; Weather talks about Trent Bridge Cricket Ground 2.7 * -2.10 * Lunchtime Scoreboard 9.5 2.10 " -4.20 * and 4.30 * -6.37 including teatime and close - ofThis Week's Composer play summaries Handel On ... Found insidel/ Lords: The most famous ground in the world; read more about this ... Address: Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, NG2 6AG. Found inside â Page 57... Sheffield , for the contest cricketers been favoured with such between Yorkshire and Lancashire . glorious weather in late May and ... I heard the holiday in Manchester , the Old other day that a famous profes- Trafford ground , despite the strong sional ... was best of his time â had expressed the visited by something over fifteen opinion that cricket was declining thousand ... He Somerset ; there was an equally opened his second innings under big attendance at Trent Bridge for most ... Found inside â Page 420races for schoolboys and one for volunteers and foot weather . But the huge ground at Trent Bridge ball teams . ... It was at the same gala that being required for cricket the meeting , with ... It was on the Trent Bridge ground also best of the competitors for the amateur athletic that George Butterfield , who lost the A.A.A. ... Found insideLEICESTERSHIRE IN 1917 The pavilion on the Leicester ground is now the ... NOTTINGHAMSHIRE IN 1917 The ground at Trent Bridge... has been kept in firstclass ... Found inside â Page 724This was Mr W. G. Grace's first match on the Trent Bridge ground. His anticipated appearance there had put cricketloving Nottinghamshire into an ... Found insideTrent Bridge has also found fame in the literary world. ... like Samuel Beckett, his comrade, refers in the book to 'cricket weather' and 'leg before', ... Found inside â Page 108In August 2017 Nottinghamshire or Notts Outlaws as they are known in that ... The weather was good for the big day and the luxury bus took us to the ground. Found inside â Page 57... Sheffield , for the contest cricketers been favoured with such between Yorkshire and Lancashire . glorious weather in late May and ... I heard the holiday in Manchester , the Old other day that a famous profes- Trafford ground , despite the strong sional ... was best of his time â had expressed the visited by something over fifteen opinion that cricket was declining thousand ... He Somerset ; there was an equally opened his second innings under big attendance at Trent Bridge for most ... Found inside â Page 88We are never likely to see such another batsman , whose marvellous ability has so largely increased the popularity of the game both in England and Australia . people being on the Trent Bridge ground . Certainly the weather was bitterly cold ... Found insideTrent Bridge, perhaps, in June: an international ground, yet still a cricket ground, local, friendly, quietly proud of along heritage; well developed but ... Found insideOne Summer of English Cricket Geoffrey Moorhouse ... Of all the major grounds, Trent Bridge arouses the widest and deepest affection among strangers, ... Found inside â Page 40149 6 1,877 113 43.65 In the history of Nottinghamshire cricket the year 1937 will be remembered as the centenary of Trent Bridge . ... 52 136 48 This the County Ground of the Nottinghamshire Cricket Club , famous throughout the world as â Trent Bridge , â was originally a meadow adjoining the old Trent Bridge ... Nottinghamshire cricket , like that of other counties , suffered from the wet weather of 1939. Found insideB (i) If, because of adverse conditions of ground, weather or light, ... Sydney, 1924â5) ARTHUR CHIPPERFIELD 99 (Australia v England, Trent Bridge, ... Found inside â Page 44Surrey duly completed the 'double' at Trent Bridge on 25, 26 and 27 July ... on a ground Haygarth condemned as 'terribly rough, quite unfit for cricket'. A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context. Found insideThe Shere Bangla National Stadium was founded in 2006 and saw its first test ... William Clarke, in the late 1830s, Trent Bridge became a vital meeting ... Found inside â Page 156Played on TRENT June 28, 29, and 30. fielding two years match from accordanceledge ... have have wrong, but the match Bridge if their cricket GROUND, ... Found inside â Page 72Benches were brought over from the cricket ground at Trent Bridge to seat them. The weather was implausibly warm and sunny for mid-October. Found inside â Page 35Weather Nottingham had its fair share of tragedy and sometimes the ... The now world-renowned Trent Bridge cricket ground suffered from the March gales. Found inside â Page 508... it will be recalled , the innings of a Maltese cross set with diamonds for their over 250 runs scored in first - class cricket ... When - Iremonger knocked a - quarter hours , runs coming at the rate of up his 272 against Kent on the Trent almost fifty per hour ; that Major Poore , Bridge ground ... could brave eye and steady nerves and strong muscles , the severest weather . and above all a stiung healthy body . Found insideDay after day the sun went up the sky over Trent Bridge, stood above the place at twelve, passed down the lazy afternoonâand all the time Shrewsbury and ... Found inside â Page 95TRENT BRIDGE GROUND , July 4 , 1862 . ... NOTTINGHAM . Hayward , c & b Jackson ... 1 Jackson , b Tarrant 1 Tarrant , b Jackson 0 R. Daft , c & b Carpenter 11 Carpenter , b Jackson 01 ... 108 Drawn match , in consequence of the weather . Found inside â Page 26... but the game and Anderson's takings were badly affected by the weather. Yorkshire began at Trent Bridge at the end of May in depressing fashion, ... Found inside â Page 10The Fight for the Ashes â of Cricket . we we AFTER the unfortunate experi in the pavilion at Trent Bridge ences of Mr. J. W. H. T. Douglas's was Frank Wild , the old Notts team in Australia , English crick professional ... Trent Bridge ground was wit Meantime Holmes was playing nessed by an enormous crowd , with Yorkshire grit , till at length and favoured by good he was yorked by Macdonald for weather . Found insideThe wet weather seemed to be over. ... Clarke was a former bricklayer who had made a great success at Nottingham developing Trent Bridge as a cricket ground ... Found inside â Page 116BBC weather man John Kettley is a lifelong cricket fan . He rates Trent Bridge as his favourite cricket ground . Legendary American actor Robert Redford became fascinated by the intricacies of cricket while working in England on the film A ... Found inside... of the surroundings of the ground, the vagaries of the weather, ... It may have been at Lord's in 1946, but probably at Trent Bridge in 1947, ... Found insideOn retiring, he became a cricket commentator for BBC TV. ... that there's been a change in the weather here at Trent Bridge this morningâ Jim Laker âIt's a ... Found inside â Page 87In 1838 the present County ground was formed by William Clarke , the celebrated Notts slow bowler , and the founder of the equally celebrated A.E.E. The ground is an extensive and most excellent one ; it is pleasantly situated at the foot of Trent Bridge , and it is annually the scene ... The Colts ' match was to have been played ( as usual ) at Easter - tide , but fearfully turbulent weather on Easter Monday ... Found inside â Page 187The majority of the fields used for local sports are cricket grounds of which the ' pitch ' in the middle is perhaps beautifully level and in good ... different from the Private Banks cricket ground at Catford Bridge , Kennington Oval , or the Trent Bridge ground at Nottingham . 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