The Grange Club
| The Grange Club | |
| Midlothian | |
|---|---|
 The clubhouse | |
| Location | |
| City: | Edinburgh |
| Grid reference: | NT24377488 |
| Location: | 55°57’40"N, 3°12’47"W |
| History | |
| Established: | 1832 |
| Information | |
| Sport: | Cricket |
| Home to: | The Grange Cricket Club |
| Seating capacity: | 5,000 |
| Owned by: | The Grange Club |
The Grange Club, commonly known as The Grange, is a cricket and sports club in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh, Midlothian. It is the home ground of The Grange Cricket Club, and the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team. The ground is situated adjacent to the Edinburgh Academy sports ground, which is in Raeburn Place.
History
The Grange Club was founded in 1832, in The Grange district of Edinburgh. In 1872 it moved to its current location at Raeburn Place in the Stockbridge district and has hosted out of its pavilion since 1894. The pavilion cost £1,400 and was officially opened on 29 June 1895 by Lord Moncrieff. The pavilion was restored in 1998 at a cost of £450,000.[1]
After the Scottish Cricket Union disbanded in 1884 The Grange Club assumed responsibility as the governing body of cricket in Scotland for a time and still holds considerable national influence.
The decorative scheme to the interior of the Pavilion is designed to complement the exterior. The Long Room, is modelled on the Marylebone Cricket Club's 'Long Room' at Lord's Cricket Ground in Middlesex.
The Club was also associated with The Dyvours Club, Edinburgh's oldest lawn tennis club, who were founded in 1883, and played on the grounds.[2]
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The Grange has hosted numerous high profile international matches over the years featuring teams such as Australia, Pakistan and England. Some of the world's finest cricketers have played at The Grange, from W. G. Grace in 1895 and Donald Bradman in 1948 to Brian Lara in 1995, Shane Warne and Andrew Flintoff. The ground has hosted Scotland's home matches in ECB domestic cricket competitions.
The Grange hosted Scotland's first official One Day International outside the Cricket World Cup on 27 June 2006. A capacity crowd saw Scotland lose by five wickets to Pakistan. It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[3]
Clubs
The Grange Club is the home ground for:
- The Grange Cricket Club: an amateur cricket club[4]
- The Eastern Knights
- The Scottish National Cricket Team
Squash, tennis and hockey
The Grange also hosts other sports as well as cricket. It has five squash courts, which support men's and ladies' teams that compete at all regional and national levels. Uniquely for a private club in Scotland, The Grange is also home to The Dyvours Club which has four grass tennis courts and four floodlit astroturf courts. Grange Hockey Club supports eight men's hockey teams which represents a broad range of ability. The 1st XI recently played in Europe, having won the Scottish Cup, and also play in the Euro Hockey League. The Grange Club is also home to Grange Edinburgh Ladies Hockey Club with four teams. All the constituent clubs have vibrant junior sections.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about The Grange Club) |
- The Grange
- Clubs:
- Cricket Scotland ODI
- Grange 175th Anniversary Yearbook
- Grange Team in Euro Hockey League
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59269.html ESPNcricinfo
References
- ↑ "About :: About". https://www.thegrangeclub.com/about.
- ↑ The Grange Club Pavilion, Portgower Place, Edinburgh - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
- ↑ "ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015". International Cricket Council. http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/87946/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015.
- ↑ Gen!us Grange Cricket
