 Interactive map of Old Field cricket ground | |
| Location | Bray, Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Home club | Maidenhead Cricket Club |
| County club | Berkshire |
| Establishment | by 1775 |
| Last used | 1794 |
Old Field at Bray, Berkshire was a noted cricket ground in the late 18th century. It was used as the venue for important matches between 1792 and 1794, in addition to numerous minor matches. [1] [2] [3]
Bray is near Maidenhead, and the ground was the home venue of Maidenhead Cricket Club when it was founded in the second half of the 18th century. It was used by the Berkshire county team which was strong at that time.
The name of the venue is correctly rendered "Old Field, Bray" [4] but the designation "Oldfield Bray" is given by Scores and Biographies (S&B) which also calls the Berkshire team "Oldfield" in one match. [1] CricketArchive explains that S&B, and some other sources, use "Oldfield Bray" as if "Bray" were part of the name of the ground. It has been established that the ground was called Old Field, and it was located in the parish of Bray, which in the 18th century included the southern half of what became Maidenhead, itself created as a separate parish in 1894. [5]