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Clifton College Close is a cricket venue in Clifton College, Bristol, which was used by Gloucestershire for 96 first-class matches between 1871 and 1932.[1] It is first recorded as a cricket venue in 1860 and remains in use for local matches.

Clifton College Close Ground
Ground information
LocationClifton College, Bristol
Establishment1884 (first recorded match)
International information
Only WT20I25 June 2011:
 India v  New Zealand
Team information
Gloucestershire (1871–1932)
As of 5 September 2020
Source: Ground profile

The Close witnessed 13 of W. G. Grace's first-class hundreds for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Grace's children attended the college.

The Close featured in a well-known poem by O.C. Sir Henry NewboltVitaї Lampada ("There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night")


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