Oakham School Ground

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::summary Cricket ground in Oakham, England ::

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Field	Value
ground_name	Oakham School Ground
country	England
image	County cricket at Oakham School (geograph 5794267).jpg
location	Oakham, Rutland
establishment	1821
end1	Nursery End
end2	Sports Hall End
year1	1935–2018
club1	Leicestershire
date	26 October
year	2020
source	https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57226.html Ground profile
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| ground_name = Oakham School Ground | nickname = | country = England | image = County cricket at Oakham School (geograph 5794267).jpg | location = Oakham, Rutland | establishment = 1821 | seating_capacity = | end1 = Nursery End | end2 = Sports Hall End | year1 = 1935–2018 | club1 = Leicestershire | date = 26 October | year = 2020 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57226.html Ground profile

Oakham School is a cricket ground in Oakham, Rutland. Forming part of sports facilities of Oakham School, the ground dates from around 1821. First-class cricket was first played at Oakham School in the 1935 County Championship, with Leicestershire playing against Kent. Leicestershire used the ground as an outground on three more occasions prior to the Second World War. Following a gap of 62 years, first-class cricket returned to Oakham School in 2000, when Leicestershire played the 1999 County Champions Surrey. The ground has since been used intermittently as an outground for first-class matches by Leicestershire, with five matches played there since 2000. During the first decade of the 2000s, Leicestershire played nine List A one-day matches at the ground between 2001 and 2008, before returning after a ten-year gap when they played Lancashire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup. In 2020, Leicestershire announced plans to revive the Oakham Cricket Festival and make it a permanent part of Leicestershire's county schedule.

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 534 all out by Leicestershire v Derbyshire, 2004
• Lowest team total: 56 all out by Kent v Leicestershire, 1935
• Highest individual innings: 295* by Ali Brown for Surrey v Leicestershire, 2000
• Best bowling in an innings: 8–123 by Tich Freeman for Kent v Leicestershire, 1935
• Best bowling in a match: 11–106 by Frank Woolley, for Kent v Leicestershire, 1938

List A

• Highest team total: 299 for 5 by Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007
• Lowest team total: 137 all out by Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 2004
• Highest individual innings: 107 by Stephen Fleming for Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007
• Best bowling in an innings: 4–12 by Dinesh Mongia for Leicestershire v Somerset, 2005

References

References

1. "Cricket". www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk.
2. "First-Class Matches played on Doncaster Close, Oakham School". CricketArchive.
3. "List A Matches played on Doncaster Close, Oakham School". CricketArchive.
4. "Leicestershire keen to bring back Oakham Festival when county cricket returns to normality". www.thecricketer.com.
5. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive.
6. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive.
7. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive.
8. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive.
9. "Leicestershire v Kent, 1938 County Championship". CricketArchive.
10. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive.
11. "Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 2004 totesport League". CricketArchive.
12. "Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Centuries in List A matches". CricketArchive.
13. "Leicestershire v Somerset, 2005 totesport League". CricketArchive.

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