B. M. Close's Ground

B. M. Close's Ground
Ground information
Location Southborough, Kent
Coordinates 51°09′14″N 0°15′04″E / 51.154°N 0.251°E / 51.154; 0.251Coordinates: 51°09′14″N 0°15′04″E / 51.154°N 0.251°E / 51.154; 0.251
Establishment 1859 (first recorded match)
Team information
Kent (1867)
As of 9 September 2010
Source: CricketArchive

B. M. Close's Ground was a cricket ground at Southborough in the English county of Kent.[1] The first recorded match on the ground was in 1859, when Tunbridge Wells played a New All-England Eleven.[2] In 1867, Kent County Cricket Club played a county match against Hampshire in the ground's only first-class cricket match.[3]

The final recorded match held on the ground saw Southborough play a team of Surrey Professionals in 1879.[2] In the 1930s the site of the ground was built on and a housing estate covers the general area of the ground today.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. 1 2 Other matches played on BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ↑ First-Class Matches played on BM Close's Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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