Edenside
{{Short description|Cricket ground in England}}
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{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Edenside
| nickname =
| country = England
| image = Edenside Cricket Ground Pavilion - geograph.org.uk - 837052.jpg
| location = Carlisle, Cumbria
| establishment = 1850 (first recorded match)
| seating_capacity =
| end1 =
| end2 =
| year1 = 1955–present
| club1 = Cumbria County Cricket Club
| date = 27 July
| year = 2010
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/384.html Ground profile
}}
Edenside is a cricket ground in Carlisle, Cumbria. The ground is the primary home ground of Cumbria County Cricket Club.
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1850, when Carlisle played an All-England Eleven.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/384_misc.html Other matches played on Edenside] The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Cumberland played the Yorkshire Second XI in 1955. From 1955 to present, the ground has hosted 45 Minor Counties Championship matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/384_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Edenside] To date the ground has not hosted any MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
The ground has hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which saw Cumberland play Middlesex in the 1996 NatWest Trophy. The second List-A match played on Edenside saw Cumberland play Kent in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. The home county lost both of these matches against their professional, first-class opponents.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/384_a.html List-A Matches played on Edenside]
In local domestic cricket, Edenside is the home ground of Carlisle Cricket Club,{{Cite web |url=http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/1.html |title=Carlisle Cricket Club |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505023652/http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/1.html |archive-date=5 May 2010 |url-status=dead }} who play in the North Lancashire and Cumbria League Premier Division.
Flooding
Being situated on the banks of the River Eden, the ground has suffered incidents of flooding in its history. The ground was flooded to a depth of several feet in 2005, which resulted in the destruction of its facilities and a subsequent replacement and improvement of facilities{{Cite web |url=http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/3.html |title=History of Carlisle Cricket Club |access-date=27 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911192034/http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/3.html |archive-date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} The ground was once again flooded during the 2009 floods which hit Cumbria, covering the ground in 3–4 feet of water.{{Cite web |url=http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/40.html |title=Flooding at Edenside, 2009 |access-date=27 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418205735/http://www.carlislecricketclub.co.uk/40.html |archive-date=18 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Edenside cricket ground}}
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/384.html Edenside] on CricketArchive
- [http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57521.html Edenside] on Cricinfo
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Category:Cricket grounds in Cumbria