Grace Road        

Leicester, England

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Leicestershire Cricket Ground Co bought 16 acres of land from the Duke of Rutland in 1877 and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club, athletic track and hotel. The first match was played on April 22, 1878 and three months later the venue staged a game against the touring Australians. In 1898, Leicestershire actually beat the Australians. In 1901, the county decided that the ground was too far from the town centre to be economically viable, and they switched to the more central Aylestone Road. They moved out in the war and never returned, instead reverting to Grace Road in 1946, but as tennants of the City Boys Grammar School who by then owned the land. Leicestershire finally reacquired the ground in 1966 and throughout the 1970s and 1980s the venue was improved. so much so that it was awarded two ODIs during the 1999 World Cup. The record attendance was not then, however, but the 16,000 who watched the match against the touring 1948 Australians.
Martin Williamson

Notes

Travel
Train - Leicester is the nearest train station, 2 miles from the ground
Car - Leave the M1 at Junction 21. There is a large car park at the Bennett End of the ground, entrance at Curzon Road, which can accommodate 300 cars and is signposted from both Saffron Lane and Aylestone Road.
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Fixtures

2015
Sun Apr 12 - Wed Apr 15 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Glamorgan
Sun Apr 26 - Wed Apr 29 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Sun May 17 - Wed May 20 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Lancashire
Fri May 22 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Thu May 28 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Durham
Sat Jun 6 (50 ovs)	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
Sun Jun 7 - Wed Jun 10 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Surrey
Fri Jun 12 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Fri Jun 26 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Sat Jul 4 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Sun Jul 5 - Wed Jul 8 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Kent
Fri Jul 10 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Lancashire
Fri Jul 24 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
Sun Jul 26 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Surrey
Fri Jul 31 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Thu Aug 6 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Durham
Fri Aug 7 - Mon Aug 10 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Tue Aug 18 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Somerset
Thu Aug 20 (50 ovs)	4th Youth ODI - England Under-19s v Australia Under-19s
Tue Sep 1 - Fri Sep 4 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Mon Sep 14 - Thu Sep 17 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	LV= County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Essex
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Latest Photos

Aug 10, 2014

The covers were firmly hammered in at Grace Road
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Jul 22, 2012

Looking towards the pavilion end at Grace Road
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Jul 14, 2007

Friends of Grace Road protest against the pending closure of their shop
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1964

A general view of Leicester in 1964
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