Foxgrove Road, Beckenham
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| Location | Beckenham, London Borough of Bromley | ||||||
| Coordinates | 51°24′50″N 0°01′16″W / 51.414°N 0.021°WCoordinates: 51°24′50″N 0°01′16″W / 51.414°N 0.021°W | ||||||
| Establishment | 1866 | ||||||
| Owner | Beckenham Cricket Club | ||||||
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| As of 10 September 2016 Source: CricketArchive |
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Foxgrove Road, Beckenham is a sports ground in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. The ground is home to Beckenham Cricket Club, a multi-sports club, and has been used as a first-class cricket venue and hosted the Kent Championships, a tennis tournament held annually in the run-up to the Wimbledon Championships. It was also the ground used for the University Hockey Match between Oxford and Cambridge universities. The ground remains in use for cricket and tennis as well as for football, netball and squash and acting as a base for road running.
The ground was part of Foxgrove Farm and was established by Beckenham Cricket Club in 1866.
Foxgrove Road was used by Kent County Cricket Club for 14 first-class cricket matches between 1886 and 1905. Beckenham was part of Kent until 1965 and Kent used a number of grounds in what is described as Metropolitan Kent. The club maintains a current base at the Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) from Foxgrove Road.
The first first-class match at the ground was in July 1886 against Surrey, who were Kent's most frequent opponents at the ground. After a Players of the South v Players of the North fixture in 1887, Kent used the ground for a single match in most years until 1905 when Surrey were again their opponents. The touring South Africans played Kent at the ground in 1901 and a match against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia was held in 1903. The ground earned a reputation as one for low team scores with ten all out totals of under 100 being recorded on the ground.
The ground was used for 17 Minor Counties Championship matches by the Kent Second XI between 1911 and 1957. Surrey were again the most frequent opponents for Kent at the ground, playing six Minor Counties matches there, with Norfolk also playing four times at the ground. The ground remains in use by Beckenham Cricket Club who play in the Kent Cricket League.
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