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The Oval

 The Surrey Cricket Ground
The Oval
Kennington
London
Surrey

P 10 W 4 D 3 L 3 F 24: A 23
55% successful
1873-89

 
Home club The Surrey County Cricket Club
Capacity not known
Notes Charles Alcock was secretary of Surrey CCC from 1872 to 1907, so it is no small coincidence that as FA Secretary, that the FA Cup finals and England matches were played on his ground also;

England Career
Venue number Two
First match No. 2, 8 March 1873, England 4 Scotland 2, a friendly match.
Last match No. 37, 13 April 1889, England 2 Scotland 3, a British Championship match.
Major tournaments British Championships 1884-85, 1886-87, 1888-89;
Distinctions Venue of the first ever FA Cup Final, 16 March 1872, Wanderers 1 Royal Engineers 0;

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England's Record at The Surrey Cricket Ground
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
British Championships 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 0 0 1.333 1.667 33.3 -1
Friendly 7 4 1 2 20 18 +2 0 1 2.857 2.571 64.3 +2
All 10 4 3 3 24 23 +1 0 1 2.40 2.30 55.0 +1

   

England's Results at The Surrey Cricket Ground
 
2 8 March 1873 - England 4 Scotland 2 [2-2]*
 (2,500 to 4,000)		 Kenyon-Slaney (2), Bonsor, Chenery
 Renny-Tailyour, Gibb		 Fr HW
4 6 March 1875 - England 2 Scotland 2 [1-1]*
 (2,000)		 Wollaston, Alcock
McNiel, Andrews		 HD
6 3 March 1877 - England 1 Scotland 3 [0-1]
 (2,000 to 3,000)		 Lyttelton
Ferguson (2), Richmond		 HL
8 18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1 [2-0]
 (85 to 300)		 Whitfield, Sorby
 Davies		 HW
9 5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4 [1-4]
 (4,500)		 Mosforth, C.Bambridge (2), Goodyer, Parlane OG
 MacKinnon (2), McDougall, Smith		 HW
13 12 March 1881 - England 1 Scotland 6 [0-1]
 (8,500)		 C.Bambridge
 Smith (2), Hill, Ker, Field OG		 HL
17 3 February 1883 - England 5 Wales 0 [2-0]
 (2,000)		 Mitchell (3), C.Bambridge, A.Cursham HW
25 21 March 1885 - England 1 Scotland 1 [0-1]
 (8,000)		 Lindsay
C.Bambridge		 BC HD
30 26 February 1887 - England 4 Wales 0 [1-0]
 (4,500)		 Powell OG, Lindley (2), Cobbold BC HW
37 13 April 1889 - England 2 Scotland 3 [2-0]
 (10,000)		 probably Brodie, unknown (Bassett, Goodall or Weir)
 Munro, H.Allen OG, McLaren		 BC HL

 

 Gallery

The Surrey Cricket Ground basking in sunshine during a 1950 fourth test match against the West Indies.

The Kia Oval in 2014.
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