King's House Sports Ground

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{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = King's House Sports Ground

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = King's House Sports Ground.jpg

| location = Chiswick, London, W4 2SH

| establishment = 1926 (first recorded match)

| seating_capacity =

| end1 =

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| international = true

| onlywodidate = 26 July

| onlywodiyear = 1993

| onlywodihome = New Zealand

| onlywodiaway = West Indies

| year1 = 1927

| club1 = Civil Service

| date = 6 September

| year = 2020

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415.html Ground profile

}}

King's House Sports Ground (formally known as the Civil Service Sports Ground) is a multi-use sports ground in Chiswick, London. King George V presided over the official opening in 1926 and inspected the teams.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/civil-service-sports-ground/query/Chiswick|title=Civil Service Sports Ground 1926|date=22 Feb 1926|publisher=British Pathé|series=Pathé newsreels|type=Motion picture, silent, black and white|id=454.24}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cssc.co.uk/step-back-in-time|title=Step back in time |publisher=Civil Service Sports Council| accessdate=16 Oct 2020}} The first recorded cricket match on the ground was in 1926, when the Civil Service cricket team played Australia in a non first-class match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick|website=www.cricketarchive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413160739/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_misc.html|archive-date=13 April 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 August 2017}} The following year, the ground held its only first-class match when the Civil Service played the touring New Zealanders.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick|website=www.cricketarchive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192819/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_f.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 August 2017}} This match was also the Civil Service's only appearance in first-class cricket.

The ground held a single Second XI Championship match in 1973 when the Middlesex Second XI played the Kent Second XI.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_sec.html|title=Second XI Championship Matches played on Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick|website=www.cricketarchive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224508/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_sec.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 August 2017}}

During the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held its only Women's One Day International when New Zealand women played the West Indies.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_wo.html|title=Women's One-Day International Matches played on Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick|website=www.cricketarchive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309192335/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/415_wo.html|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 August 2017}}

Since 2010 the Sports Ground has been managed by King's House School. The school has overseen many new developments to facilities, including a new 3G and all-weather pitch.