Hotels near Oval Cricket Ground
Oval Cricket Ground is the headquarters of the Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) and is on land leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. Originally a cabbage patch and market garden the Montpelier Cricket Club of Walworth was granted a lease in 1845 initially for 31 years at £120 per annum. The SCCC was formed in the same year following a meeting at the nearby Horns Tavern. The original turf cost £300 and some 10,000 turfs from Tooting Common were laid in March 1845. A pavilion was built in 1858 and replaced c.1898. The first England vs. Australia "Test" Match took place at the Oval ground in 1880. On 29th August 1882 England lost to Australia by seven wickets in a very tense match. So tense that one spectator is said to have bitten through the handle of his umbrella! This was the first time that England had lost on home soil.
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