The Grange Club
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| Location | 7 Portgower Place, Edinburgh |
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| Establishment | 1832 |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Owner | The Grange Club |
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| First ODI | 24 May 1999: Scotland v Bangladesh |
| Last ODI | 3 September 2013: Scotland v Australia |
| First T20I | 9 July 2015: Scotland v United Arab Emirates |
| Last T20I | 12 July 2015: Scotland v Afghanistan |
| As of 11 August 2015 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
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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.
Cricket
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 Freddie Flintoff. For the last few years, the Grange Club has hosted Scotland's home matches in ECB domestic cricket competitions. The Grange hosted Scotland's first official One Day International outside of World Cups on 27 June 2006; a capacity crowd saw Scotland lose by five wickets to Pakistan. The Grange Cricket Club has won the Scottish Cup six times, the East of Scotland League (1953–1996) fourteen times and the Scottish National Cricket League (1997–present) five times.
It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[1]
Squash, tennis and hockey
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 also 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 (EHL). The Grange Club is also home to Grange Edinburgh Ladies Hockey Club with four teams. All the constituent clubs have vibrant junior sections.
References
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External links
- The Grange
- Grange Cricket Club Website
- Grange Men's Hockey Club Website
- Grange Edinburgh Ladies(GEL) Hockey Club Website
- Grange Squash Club website
- Grange Dyvours Tennis Club website
- Cricket Scotland ODI webpage
- Grange 175th Anniversary Yearbook
- Grange Team in Euro Hockey League
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