R. Cotton's Ground, Newmarket

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R. Cotton's Ground
TheSeverals.jpg
Ground information
LocationNewmarket, Cambridgeshire
Establishment1864 (first recorded match)
Team information
Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire (1864)
Cambridgeshire (1908-1911)
As of 21 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

R. Cotton's Ground (also known today as The Severals) is a cricket ground in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864, when a combined Cambridge and Yorkshire team played a combined Kent and Nottinghamshire team in the ground's only first-class match.[1] The first Minor Counties Championship match held on the ground was in 1908, when Cambridgeshire played Suffolk. From 1908 to 1911, the ground hosted 4 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties fixture seeing Cambridgeshire entertain Suffolk.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ First-Class Matches played on R. Cotton's Ground
  2. ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on R. Cotton's Ground

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Coordinates: 52°14′54″N 0°24′42″E / 52.24847°N 0.41156°E / 52.24847; 0.41156

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