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Old Buckenham Hall is a cricket ground in Old Buckenham, near Attleborough, Norfolk.

Old Buckenham Hall

Ground information
Location	Attleborough, Norfolk
Coordinates	52.4693°N 1.0330°E / 52.4693; 1.0330
Establishment	1906
Team information
L. G. Robinson's XI (1912–1921)
As of 16 August 2010 Source: Ground profile

History

The estate at Old Buckenham Hall was purchased by the industrialist Lionel Robinson in 1906 from Frederick Duleep Singh.[1] Robinson established a cricket ground on the estate and allowed the local village cricket team at Attleborough to play there; he was soon attracting matches against the prestigious Quidenham team.[2] His personal cricket team played the first of several first-class cricket matches at the ground against the touring South Africans in 1912. Before the First World War, three further first-class matches were held there with L. G. Robinson's XI playing Cambridge University and J. R. Mason's XI in 1913, and Oxford University in 1914.[3] Shortly after the conclusion of the ground, Robinson hosted the Australian Imperial Forces, a team formed of Australian servicemen who were facing a prolonged delay to their demobilisation, and who had been selected from around 100 Australian servicemen who had turned up for trials at Lord's and The Oval;[4] curiously for a first-class fixture, the match was twelve-a-side. Two years later, a final first-class match was held at the ground between L. G. Robinson's XI and the touring Australians.[3]

The ground continues to be used to his day and in local domestic cricket is the home of Old Buckenham Cricket Club.[5]

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 362 for 8 declared by L. G. Robinson's XI v Australian Imperial Forces, 1919[6]
• Lowest team total: 66 all out by South Africans v L. G. Robinson's XI, 1912[7]
• Highest individual innings: 111 by Sir Tim O'Brien for L. G. Robinson's XI v Oxford University, 1914[8]
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-88 by Sydney Barnes for L. G. Robinson's XI v J. R. Mason's XI, 1913[9]
• Best bowling in a match: 11-120 by Sid Pegler for South Africans v L. G. Robinson's XI, 1912[10]

References

External links

• Old Buckenham Hall at ESPNcricinfo

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