Amy Lane, also known as The Meadow, is a cricket ground in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1907, Buckinghamshire played the Worcestershire Second XI. Buckinghamshire next used the ground in 1951, and from 1951 to 1982 the ground hosted 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Suffolk.[1] Buckinghamshire returned to the ground in 1993 to play the first and only MCCA Knockout Trophy match held at the ground, against Oxfordshire.[2]
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| Location | Chesham, Buckinghamshire | ||||
| Establishment | 1907 (first recorded match) | ||||
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| As of 22 August 2010 Source: Ground profile | |||||
The ground has also held 2 List-A matches. The first was between Buckinghamshire and Hampshire in 2nd round of the 1970 Gillette Cup. A Minor Counties East team played Leicestershire in the 1978 Benson and Hedges Cup, which was the final List-A match held on the ground.[3]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Chesham Cricket Club.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Amy Lane". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Amy Lane". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ List-A Matches played on Amy Lane
- ^ "Chesham Cricket Club". Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2010.