A quick quiz question for cricket fans

Stat Brother · Sep 17, 2013

Excluding The Oval to Lords, which 2 first class cricket grounds are the nearest but in separate counties?
I don't know the answer.

Or alternatively

Guess who's route to Reading took him through Arundel and Guildford?

and for a bonus prize
Guess what they were thinking when driving through Guildford?

pishhead · Sep 17, 2013

Horsham and guildford must be one of the closest?

atfc village · Sep 17, 2013

I know you said excluded ,but The Oval to Uxbridge Cricket ground [Middlesex CC] would be about 17 miles .

Husty · Sep 17, 2013

Top drawer stuff as always from NSC's most insightful poster.

Stat Brother · Sep 17, 2013

atfc village said:
I know you said excluded ,but The Oval to Uxbridge Cricket ground [Middlesex CC] would be about 17 miles .

I've made a tiny but important adjustment to the question.

gjh1971 · Sep 17, 2013

Cardiff (Glamorgan) to Bristol (Somerset) ?

gjh1971 · Sep 17, 2013

Derby to Nottingham are fairly close as well

HAILSHAM SEAGULL · Sep 17, 2013

Beckenham, Kent CCC to the Oval is 6.8 miles

Thunder Bolt · Sep 17, 2013

gjh1971 said:
Cardiff (Glamorgan) to Bristol (Somerset) ?

Gloucester (Bristol) and Somerset (one day cricket in Bath)

Stat Brother · Sep 17, 2013

So without even going up North it's safe to say Guildford and Arundel are merely distance cousins.

edna krabappel · Sep 17, 2013

Thunder Bolt said:
Gloucester (Bristol) and Somerset (one day cricket in Bath)

Wait- isn't Bristol (ignoring the old county of Avon thing) in Somerset? Why do Gloucestershire play there?

Thunder Bolt · Sep 17, 2013

edna krabappel said:
Wait- isn't Bristol (ignoring the old county of Avon thing) in Somerset? Why do Gloucestershire play there?

Bristol was divided in two before the new county of Avon redefined the boundary.

vegster · Sep 17, 2013

You could say that there was only 17 miles between the old Hastings ground and The Saffrons in Eastbourne. And how about Hove and The Manor Ground in Worthing where county cricket was also played.

atfc village · Sep 17, 2013

If we're going old,The Officers Cricket Ground Aldershot hosted County Cricket until the late 40's and that lies around 10 Miles from Guildford's Woodbridge Road .

Thunder Bolt · Sep 17, 2013

vegster said:
You could say that there was only 17 miles between the old Hastings ground and The Saffrons in Eastbourne. And how about Hove and The Manor Ground in Worthing where county cricket was also played.

I believe the thread was about two different counties.

AnotherArch · Sep 17, 2013

If you include Minor Counties as well as First Class, the answer is ZERO miles. Dean Park in Bournemouth was used by Hampshire until the county boundary changes and is now used by Dorset.

Barrel of Fun · Sep 17, 2013

Current or former?

stripeyshark · Sep 17, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Excluding The Oval to Lords, which 2 first class cricket grounds are the nearest but in separate counties?
I don't know the answer.

Or alternatively

Guess who's route to Reading took him through Arundel and Guildford?

and for a bonus prize
Guess what they were thinking when driving through Guildford?

Derby and Nottingham must be close too.

Stat Brother · Sep 17, 2013

Barrel of Fun said:
Current or former?

Current.

Peter Grummit · Sep 17, 2013

HAILSHAM SEAGULL said:
Beckenham, Kent CCC to the Oval is 6.8 miles

Is the correct answer.

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