Trent Bridge
(1838-present)
place and cricket ground
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Wikidata WikipediaTrent Bridge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground mostly used for Test, One-Day International and county cricket located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from the city of Nottingham. Trent Bridge is also the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. As well as international cricket and Nottinghamshire's home games, the ground has hosted the Finals Day of the Twenty20 Cup twice and will host the final of the One-Day Cup between 2020 and 2024. In 2009, the ground was used for the ICC World Twenty20 and hosted the semi-final between South Africa and Pakistan. The site takes its name from the nearby main bridge over the Trent and it is also close to Meadow Lane and the City Ground, the football stadiums of Notts County and Nottingham Forest.
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This, the county ground of the Nottinghamshire Cricket Club famous throughout the world as "Trent Bridge" was originally a meadow adjoining the old Trent Bridge Inn at the time when its landlord was William Clarke the incomparable slow bowler later to earn the honoured title of Father of Nottinghamshire Cricket. The ground prepared by him was opened on May 28 1838 The first inter-county contest to be fought here being between Nottinghamshire and Sussex on July 27 & 28 1840 since when, as the scene of Nottinghamshire matches and Test matches its history has been steadily illustrious.
The Dixon Gates, Bridgford Road, Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, West Bridgford, United Kingdom where it sited