Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground

Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
LocationBray, Ireland
Coordinates53°12′59″N 6°06′39″W / 53.2165°N 6.1108°W / 53.2165; -6.1108
Establishment1907
Demolished1913
Team information
Ireland (1907–1912)
Woodbrook Club and Ground (1904–1912)
As of 22 October 2018
Source: Ground profile

Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground was a cricket ground in Bray, Ireland. It was owned and built by Sir Stanley Cochrane, 1st Baronet as the home ground of Woodbrook Cricket Club.[1] The first recorded match on the ground was in 1907, when Ireland played Yorkshire in a first-class match.[2] Further first-class matches were held on the ground in 1909 when SH Cochrane's XI played the touring Australians, there were three further in 1912 when Woodbrook Club and Ground played the touring South Africans, Ireland played the same opposition, and C.B. Fry's XI played the touring Australians.[2] This was the last recorded match on the ground.

Fred Stedman was employed at the ground as a groundsman for ten years.[3]

  1. ^ Siggins, Ger (30 August 2012). "Sir Stanley Cochrane and the Irish dream". Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played on Woodbrook Cricket Club Ground, Bray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Wisden - Other deaths in 1918". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2011.