Brunton Memorial Ground

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Brunton Memorial Ground
Radlett pavilion 2018.jpg
The pavilion at the Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett during a One Day Cup match between Middlesex and Kent, May 2018
Ground information
Location Radlett, Hertfordshire
Coordinates 51°40′34″N0°18′32″W / 51.676°N 0.309°W / 51.676; -0.309
County club Middlesex County Cricket Club
Establishment1938
OperatorRadlett Cricket Club
End names
Pavilion End
Salter's Field End
Team information
Radlett Cricket Club(1938–)
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club (1975–2013)
Middlesex County Cricket Club (2013–)
As of 11 January 2022
Source: CricketArchive

Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and, since 2013, has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club. It was used occasionally by Hertfordshire County Cricket Club between 1975 and 2008 for Minor Counties Championship matches.

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The ground is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of Radlett to the east of the A5183 road, Watling Street. The Midland Main Line railway which links London St Pancras and Sheffield, runs along the ground's eastern edge. [1] [2]

Establishment

Radlett Cricket Club was established in 1884 and played first on a ground in the village called Newberries and then at Porters Park, now the Shenley Park Cricket Centre, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of the current ground. This site became part of the grounds of Shenley Hospital and by 1937 was required by the hospital, forcing the club to move. The current ground was bought by Miles Brunton, after whom it is named, and leased to the club for 99 years. [3]

The cricket pavilion on the ground was built following the move to the ground in 1938, the sum of £100 being raised after the club organised a fair. [3] [4] [5]

Cricket history

The Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett during a One Day Cup match between Middlesex and Kent, May 2018 Radlett 2018.jpg
The Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett during a One Day Cup match between Middlesex and Kent, May 2018

As well as being used by Radlett, from 1975 to 2013 the ground was used by Hertfordshire as the venue for six Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. Hertfordshire also played two List A cricket matches at the ground in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. It has been used since 2007 by Middlesex for Second XI matches as well as by MCC Young Cricketers for matches against county Second XIs and, as of January 2022, has been the venue for Middlesex List A matches in the Yorkshire Bank 40 and Royal London One Day Cup since 2013. [6] [7] It was used for a single first-class match in June 2019 with Middlesex unable to play at Lord's due to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, [8] and for two of the county's first-class matches during the COVID-19 disrupted 2020 season. The first senior Twenty20 match was played on the ground in 2019 [6]

The touring Australians played a one-day match, the first of their tour, against an England Amateur XI on the ground in 1993 and it was the venue for a match between the England Academy Women and Australia Women during the Australian's 2013 tour of England. [6]

In local cricket it is the home ground of Radlett Cricket Club, established in 1884. The club has played in the Hertfordshire Cricket League since 2014, previously playing in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League. [3] [9]

Records on the ground

As of January 2022, a total of three first-class, 11 List A and four Twenty20 senior cricket matches have been held on the ground.

In the grounds first first-class match, Middlesex recorded the highest score on the ground, making 410 all out against Glamorgan in the 2019 County Championship in June 2019. Middlesex's Sam Robson and Paul Stirling both scored centuries, Stirling setting the highest score on the ground after making 138 runs. The highest partnership for any wicket on the ground was the 139 runs put on by Joe Weatherley and Sam Northeast for Hampshire in the Bob Willis Trophy in 2020. [6] [10]

The best innings bowling figures on the ground were set by Middlesex's Tim Murtagh who took 5/34 against Sussex in 2020, beating Steve Finn's figures of 5/75 taken in the ground's first first-class match. [11] [12] These are the only five wicket hauls on the ground. [6]

List A records

Two of the 11 List A matches held on the ground saw Hertfordshire as the home team, with the remainder with Middlesex as the hosts. [6]

Twenty20 records

A total of four Twenty20 matches have been held on the ground, all with Middlesex as the home team. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Explorer Map 173 – London North (The City, West End, Enfield, Ealing, Harrow & Watford), Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16.
  2. ↑ Royal London One Day Cup: Sun 20 May @ Radlett Cricket Club; Middlesex v Kent, Middlesex County Cricket Club, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 History, Radlett Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. ↑ Timeline - 1930s Archived 23 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine , History of Radlett Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. ↑ The Pavilions Archived 23 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine , History of Radlett Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  7. ↑ Paul Stirling hoping Radlett's Championship bow can reignite first-class career, The Cricketer , 14 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  8. ↑ Radlett Cricket Club preparing to host Middlesex in all three formats of domestic cricket, Watford Observer , 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  9. ↑ "Radlett", Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  10. ↑ Paul Stirling's Championship best sets up Middlesex, CricInfo, 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  11. ↑ Steve Finn five-for keeps Glamorgan in check, despite three batsmen reaching fifty, CricInfo, 18 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  12. ↑ Webb N (2019) County Championship: Rain ruins Middlesex-Glamorgan prospects, BBC Sport Wales, 19 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
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