Freestone - The County Cricket Ground Quiz Book: 101 Questions on Cricket Ground History

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THE COUNTY CRICKET GROUND QUIZ BOOK

101 Questions on Cricket Ground History

By

Nigel Freestone

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Copyright 2013 Nigel Freestone

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Questions

1. Which ground staged the first-ever Test match in England in 1880, between England and Australia?
2. Which Kent County Cricket Club venue played host to one One-Day International during the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the group stage match between India and Zimbabwe in which Kapil Dev made a score of 175 not out?
3. Which County Cricket ground staged the Friend Life t20 Final in 2012?
4. Hampshire County Cricket Club has been based at which ground since 2000?
5. Two spin bowlers Jason Brown and Monty Panesar took all 20 wickets for Northamptonshire in 2005 at which ground?
6. Prior to 1910, which football club played their home games at Trent Bridge, as a tenant of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club?
7. Yorkshires 339 th and final County Championship match at which Football League ground took place in 1973 on August 4 th , 6 th and 7 th , a drawn game against Lancashire?
8. Can you name the cricket ground, which staged Football League games for over 100 years and hosted two 1999 Cricket World Cup matches; South Africas victory over Sri Lanka and Bangladeshs first ever World Cup victory against eventual finalists Pakistan by 62 runs?
9. Which Test ground was referenced by Philip Larkin in his poem about the First World War, MCMXIV?
10. Name the cricket ground in Taunton which has been the home of Somerset County Cricket Club since 1882?
11. Which school ground was used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club for 43 first class matches between 1946 and 1991, and 17 List A games between 1970 and 1991?
12. What type of tree is found within the boundary of Kents St Lawrence Ground?
13. The most famous moment of which cricket ground was when Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes of Yorkshire made a world record first-class partnership for any wicket of 555 in 1932?
14. Which Kent County Cricket Club ground is known for having rhododendron bushes around its perimeter?
15. Which ground had the honour of hosting Durhams first-ever home first-class County Championship game in 1992, against Leicestershire?
16. Which county ground staged Bangladeshs first ever World Cup victory, against eventual finalists Pakistan by 62 runs in 1999?
17. Name the only current Football League ground to have staged a Test match?
18. Darlington Football Clubs old Feethams stadium was next-door to a cricket ground. On December 29 th 1923 Darlingtons match against Chesterfield couldnt be played at the Feethams because of a frozen pitch so the match was moved to the cricket ground. A crowd of 5,675 saw Darlington record a 2-1 victory. True or False?
19. On August 14 th 1980 which football ground hosted the first senior day-night match in England; Essex against the West Indies?
20. On March 16 th 1872 which cricket ground staged the first-ever FA Cup Final?
21. Name the home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
22. Which ground has the largest playing area of any Test venue in England?
23. Which billionaire, who had a great affinity for cricket and was at one time Surrey County Cricket Club President, built a replica of the Oval on his Wormsley Park estate?
24. In 1884, what became the second English cricket ground to stage a Test match?
25. Which Bradford cricket ground, used by Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1881 to 1996, staged Football League games until 1973?
26. Hampshire County Cricket Club finding itself in financial trouble in 2011 sold its Rose Bowl ground to Eastleigh Borough Council in January 2012 for how much - 3.25 million, 4.5 million or 6.5 million?
27. Donald Bradman scored 334 in a 1930 Ashes Test, which included 309 runs on the first day, at which ground?
28. The Colin Atkinson Pavilion can be found at which county ground?
29. Can you name the cricket ground that on March 5 th 1870 staged the first ever international football match organized by the Football Association?
30. Gloucestershire bought their home ground in Bristol from which local confectionary firm in 1933?
31. Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test hundred at the age of 17 - becoming the second youngest centurion - to help India draw in 1990, at which ground?
32. Which Gillingham Stadium staged first class cricket until 1972?
33. Which ground was home to Hampshire County Cricket Club from 1885 to 2000 and also served as the home ground for Southampton Football Club from 1896 to 1898?
34. Both Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart played their hundredth Tests in 2000 against the West Indies, at which ground?
35. Name the Test venue that hosted the second ever Rugby Union international between England and Scotland in 1872?
36. Which ground was the headquarters of Essex County Cricket Club until 1933?
37. Who owns the Oval?
38. Gloucestershire bowled out Northamptonshire for just 12 runs, their lowest first-class total to date, at which ground?
39. In what year did the Riverside Ground, officially known as the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, stage its first game of cricket - 1965, 1975 or 1995?
40. In what year was Durhams Riverside Stadium given Test match status - 1995, 2000 or 2003? 2003
41. Shane Warne delivered the Ball of the Century to Mike Gatting in 1993 at which ground?
42. During the summer which rugby grounds temporary East Stand is removed to make way for cricket and is used by the Somerset County Cricket Club for one match a year?
43. Name the county cricket ground based in Colchester that is bordered by the remains of a Roman Wall and the willow-lined River Colne?
44. Can you name the home of Neath RFU which has staged Glamorgan County Championship home games?
45. Which county cricket ground hosted its first Ashes Test in 2013?
46. Probiz County Ground can be found in which town?
47. Can you name the Harrogate cricket ground, which hosted 91 first class Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1894 and 2000?
48. Which County Cricket Club played at Crystal Palace?
49. Which ground bought in 1889 by W G Grace, has been home to Gloucestershire ever since?
50. Which ground staged the first-ever one-day cricket match in May 1963; a Gillette Cup tie?
51. In the 1981 Ashes series, which ground provided the stage for one of the most dramatic comebacks in Test cricket, when England beat Australia by 18 runs?
52. Which county cricket ground was demolished in 2001 and incorporated into what has now become the KC Stadium complex?
53. Can you name the home of Scarborough Cricket Club that hosts the Scarborough Cricket Festival and Yorkshire County Cricket Club for a series of fixtures in the second half of the season each year?
54. What is the capacity of Edgbaston Cricket Ground - 15,000, 25,000 or 35,000?
55. Graham Gooch became the first player to score a triple Test hundred, when he scored 333 against India, at which ground on July 26 th 1990?