The Grange Club is a cricket and sports club in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh, Scotland. The cricket ground, commonly known as The Grange, is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team, and is situated adjacent to the Edinburgh Academy sports ground, which is in Raeburn Place.
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The Grange | |
![]() The clubhouse | |
Ground information | |
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Location | 7 Portgower Place, Edinburgh |
Coordinates | 55.961°N 3.213°W / 55.961; -3.213 |
Establishment | 1832 |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Owner | The Grange Club |
Tenants | Scotland national cricket team (1999-present) |
End names | |
Pavilion End Nursery End | |
International information | |
First ODI | 24 May 1999:![]() ![]() |
Last ODI | 31 July 2022:![]() ![]() |
First T20I | 9 July 2015:![]() ![]() |
Last T20I | 29 July 2022:![]() ![]() |
First WT20I | 5 September 2022:![]() ![]() |
Last WT20I | 8 September 2022:![]() ![]() |
As of 8 September 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
The Grange Club was founded in 1832, in The Grange district of Edinburgh. In 1872 it moved to its current location at Raeburn Place in the Stockbridge district and has hosted out of its pavilion since 1894. The pavilion cost £1,400 and was officially opened on 29 June 1895 by Lord Moncrieff. The pavilion was restored in 1998 at a cost of £450,000.[1]
After the Scottish Cricket Union disbanded in 1884 The Grange Club assumed responsibility as the governing body of cricket in Scotland for a time and still holds considerable national influence.
The decorative scheme to the interior of the Pavilion is designed to complement the exterior. The Long Room, is modelled on the Marylebone Cricket Club's 'Long Room' at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.
The Club was also associated with The Dyvours Club, Edinburgh's oldest lawn tennis club, who were founded in 1883, and played on the grounds.[2]
The Grange has hosted numerous high profile international matches over the years featuring teams such as Australia, Pakistan and England. Some of the world's finest cricketers have played at The Grange, from W. G. Grace in 1895 and Donald Bradman in 1948 to Brian Lara in 1995, Shane Warne and Andrew Flintoff. The ground has hosted Scotland's home matches in ECB domestic cricket competitions.
The Grange hosted Scotland's first official One Day International (ODI) outside of Cricket World Cup on 27 June 2006. A capacity crowd saw Scotland lose by five wickets to Pakistan. It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[3]
The Grange Club is the home ground for:
This stadium hosted two ODIs during the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
24 May 1999 Scorecard |
Bangladesh ![]() 185/9 (50 overs) |
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![]() 163 (46.2 overs) |
Minhajul Abedin 68* (116) John Blain 4/37 (10 overs) |
Gavin Hamilton 63 (71) Hasibul Hossain 2/26 (8 overs) |
Bangladesh won by 22 runs Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Minhajul Abedin (Ban) |
31 May 1999 Scorecard |
Scotland ![]() 121 (42.1 overs) |
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![]() 123/4 (17.5 overs) |
Ian Stanger 27 (58) Chris Harris 4/7 (3.1 overs) |
Roger Twose 54* (49) John Blain 3/53 (7 overs) |
New Zealand won by 6 wickets Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Geoff Allott (NZ) |
Scotland ![]() 371/5 (50 overs) |
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![]() 365 (48.5 overs) |
Jonny Bairstow 105 (59) Mark Watt 3/55 (10) |
Scotland won by 6 runs The Grange Club, Edinburgh Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allan Haggo (Sco) Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco) |
Fourteen ODI centuries have been scored on the ground.[8]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 111 | David Hussey | ![]() | 83 | ![]() | 28 August 2009 | Won |
2 | 113 | Paul Stirling | ![]() | 95 | ![]() | 12 July 2011 | Lost |
3 | 148 | Aaron Finch | ![]() | 114 | ![]() | 3 September 2013 | Won |
4 | 151 | Shaun Marsh | ![]() | 151 | ![]() | 3 September 2013 | Won |
5 | 100* | Rahmat Shah (1/2) | ![]() | 123 | ![]() | 4 July 2016 | No result |
6 | 127 | Kyle Coetzer (1/2) | ![]() | 121 | ![]() | 14 August 2016 | Won |
7 | 111* | Preston Mommsen | ![]() | 101 | ![]() | 14 August 2016 | Won |
8 | 103 | Calum MacLeod (1/4) | ![]() | 122 | ![]() | 16 August 2016 | Won |
9 | 102 | Calum MacLeod (2/4) | ![]() | 107 | ![]() | 10 September 2016 | Won |
10 | 109 | Kyle Coetzer (2/2) | ![]() | 101 | ![]() | 15 June 2017 | Won |
11 | 140* | Calum MacLeod (3/4) | ![]() | 94 | ![]() | 10 June 2018 | Won |
12 | 105 | Jonny Bairstow | ![]() | 59 | ![]() | 10 June 2018 | Lost |
13 | 100 | Calum MacLeod (4/4) | ![]() | 89 | ![]() | 10 May 2019 | Lost |
14 | 113 | Rahmat Shah (2/2) | ![]() | 115 | ![]() | 10 May 2019 | Won |
Four ODI five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.[9]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
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1 | Gordon Goudie | 28 August 2009 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 73 | 5 | 7.30 | Lost |
2 | Lasith Malinga | 13 July 2011 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 9.4 | 30 | 5 | 3.10 | Won |
3 | Con de Lange | 15 June 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 7.50 | Won |
4 | Graeme Cremer | 17 June 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 2.90 | Won |
Only one twenty-20 five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.[10]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
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1 | Alasdair Evans | 11 July 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 6.00 | Lost |
The Grange also hosts other sports as well as cricket. It has five squash courts, which support men's and ladies' teams that compete at all regional and national levels. Uniquely for a private club in Scotland, The Grange is also home to The Dyvours Club which has four grass tennis courts and four floodlit astroturf courts. Grange Hockey Club supports eight men's hockey teams which represents a broad range of ability. The 1st XI recently played in Europe, having won the Scottish Cup, and also play in the Euro Hockey League. The Grange Club is also home to Grange Edinburgh Ladies Hockey Club with four teams. All the constituent clubs have vibrant junior sections.
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