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Cemetry Road

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Cemetry Road was a cricket ground in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The ground was known as Field Lane from 1826 to 1854. Today, the location of the ground would be along King's Road in Bury St Edmunds.

Cemetry Road
Ground information
LocationBury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Establishment1827 (first recorded match)
Team information
Suffolk (pre-county club) (1830, 1847)
Suffolk (1904–1914)
As of 14 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1827, when the Suffolk played the Marylebone Cricket Club.[1] The ground held two first-class matches, the first in 1830 when Suffolk played the Marylebone Cricket Club and in 1847 when Suffolk played the same opposition.[2]

After many decades of use by Suffolk, the ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1904 when Suffolk played Cambridgeshire. From 1902 to 1914, the ground hosted 8 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last which saw Suffolk play Lincolnshire.[3] The ground is no longer in existence. The area being built over.

References

52.244649°N -0.708337°W / 52.244649°N 0.708337°E / 52.244649; 0.708337 Coordinates: longitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag
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