Titwood
| Titwood | |
| Renfrewshire | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | |
| Town: | Pollokshields |
| Grid reference: | NS56966266 |
| Location: | 55°50’9"N, 4°17’8"W |
| History | |
| Established: | 1876 |
| Information | |
| Sport: | Cricket |
| Home to: | Clydesdale Cricket Club |
| Seating capacity: | 6000 |
| Owned by: | Titwood Sports Ground Trust |
Titwood is a cricket ground in Pollokshields in Renfrewshire; an area of the Glasgow conurbation. This is the home ground of Clydesdale Cricket Club.
Since 2007, Titwood has been approved by the International Cricket Council to host One-Day International matches: one of only four in Scotland (along with The Grange Club in Edinburgh, Mannofield in Aberdeen, and Cambusdoon New Ground in Ayr.[1]
The first one-day international, an 'offshore international' between India and Pakistan in July 2007 was a victim of the wet weather. The second game was played in August the same year, was between Scotland and India.
In January 2014, Titwood hosted the last three Clydesdale Bank 40 home group games.
History
Clydesdale moved to Titwood in 1876, having previously played at Kinning Park since their formation in 1848. As they had done with their former home, Clydesdale rented the grounds at Titwood from the Pollok Estate. The original pitch was situated next to Darnley Road, on land now occupied by Hutchesons' Grammar School. In 1904, the pitch was relocated westwards and a new pavilion constructed. Clydesdale bought Titwood from the Pollok Estate in 1987 for £29,000.[2]
Titwood has been selected to host four first first-class matches involving Scotland, the first against the Marylebone Cricket Club in July 1963. The annual fixture against Ireland was staged at Titwood in 1984 and 1986.[3] An ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya was scheduled to be played on the ground in 2008, but no play was possible due to rain.[4]
Other sports
Hockey
Clydesdale Hockey Club – originally Carthaginions Hockey Club, founded in 1902 – moved from their previous ground to Titwood in 1959, and were joined in 1983 by Glasgow Western Ladies Hockey Club who also made Titwood their home ground. An all-weather international standard synthetic pitch was constructed in 1997, and was used as a practice facility for the hockey teams in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Football
Clydesdale F.C. had been formed at Kinning Park as an offshoot of the cricket club, and moved with them to Titwood in 1876. Queen's Park played at Titwood from July 1883 to October 1884 after leaving their original Hampden Park and prior to the completion of the second Hampden Park; their time at the ground included a 6–1 victory over Aston Villa in the 1883–84 FA Cup.[5]
Rugby union
Clydesdale RFC was a rugby union club that similarly grew out of the Clydesdale sports club. They began to play at Titwood in 1889.[6]
References
- ↑ Cricket Grounds, from CricketArchive, retrieved 8 May 2008
- ↑ O'Brien, Ged (2010). Played in Glasgow. London: Malavan Media. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978 0 954744 557.
- ↑ "First-class matches played on Titwood, Glasgow". http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/24/1687_f.html.
- ↑ "Downpour denies Scots and Kenya". BBC Sport. 10 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/scotland/7550682.stm.
- ↑ Chapter XXXIV.—Second Hampden, History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland
- ↑ "Historical Milestones" (pdf). Clydesdale Cricket Club. http://www.clydesdalecricket.org.uk/documents/HistoricalMilestones2013.pdf.