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The Kensington Oval is a stadium located in the western part of Bridgetown, Barbados. It is the pre-eminent sporting facility on the island and is primarily used for cricket . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has hosted many important cricket games between local, regional, and international teams during its more than 120-year history.
The Oval was the venue for the first representative football match in the world on 5 March 1870, England against Scotland, organised by The Football Association. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] The game resulted in a 1–1 draw, but is not recognised by FIFA as the first official international match because the Scotland team was selected only from London-based ...
Kensington Oval: 11,000 [40] Bridgetown ... Converted exclusively to a football stadium and now home to Sheffield United F.C. 5: Lancaster Park: 35,000: Christchurch
The Kensington Oval is a 15,000-capacity sports stadium located in Bridgetown on the island nation of Barbados. [1] [2] Used mainly for cricket, the Kensington Oval hosted its first Test in 1930 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1985. [3]
National Cricket Stadium: St. George's: Grenada: 1959: 2022: 59: 41: 10: Hosted 4 Tests, 25 ODIs and 6 T20Is. Stadium was rebuilt in 2004 after Hurricane Ivan, and is now known as National Stadium, having previously been known as Queen's Oval. Tanteen Recreation Ground: St. George's: Grenada: 1997: 2007: 5: 1: 0
The Kensington Football Club and the Norwood Football Club, along with other SAFA teams played regularly at the oval between 1875 and 1897 as an alternate venue to Adelaide Oval. [ 6 ] The Norwood Cycle and Motor Club , now Norwood Cycling Club, the oldest cycling club in the southern hemisphere , had its opening day celebrations at the oval on ...
The Oval (also known as the Kennington Oval and, due to sponsorship reasons, the Kia Oval) is a cricket ground in London, England, it was established in 1845 and has a capacity of 23,500. International cricket has been played at the ground since 1880, when England played Australia in the first Test match staged in England. [ 1 ]
The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted the most List A games, with 228, and the Adelaide Oval and the WACA Ground have both hosted 16 Twenty20 games. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted 884 games overall, an Australian record.