Fenner's

Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground.

Cambridge University Cricket Club had previously played at two grounds in Cambridge, the University Ground and Parker's Piece. In 1846, Francis Fenner leased a former cherry orchard from Gonville and Caius College for the purpose of constructing a cricket ground. In 1848 he sub-let the ground to Cambridge University Cricket Club. Fenner's first hosted first-class cricket in 1848, with Cambridge University playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

A 40-foot wooden pavilion, painted blue, with a slated roof had been erected by the 1856 season.

Since 1894, Fenner's has been owned by the Cambridge University Cricket and Athletic Company; a private limited company whose Members comprise the full members of Cambridge University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Athletics Club.

As well as the cricket ground, there is a 3-lane indoor cricket school.

The groundsman pioneered the art of mowing grass in strips to create patterns, a technique now common in sports stadiums around the world.

• The Parks § Cricket ground, where first-class cricket is played in Oxford
• University Ground, Barnwell, a former Cambridge University cricket ground

• Fenner's home page
• Matches played at Fenner's from CricketArchive
• Ground profile from Cricinfo
• Cambridge University Cricket Club

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