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The Ford County Ground
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River End, Hayes Close End
Essex
16:49, Sat May 18, 2013 (UTC +0100)
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Australia v India - Jun 20, 1983Scorecard
South Africa v Zimbabwe - May 29, 1999Scorecard
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The County Ground has been the headquarters of Essex since 1967. The ground is notoriously windy but with great drainage following improvements in 1982. It is a compact ground for a county HQ, but nevertheless much use has been made of the space available. The ground has one double-decker seating area, marquees, executive suites and mostly single-tier seating. Its pavilion, built in the 1970s, has recently been extended and contains all sorts of memorabilia.. It is also one of the only two current grounds with permanent floodlights which were installed in 2002. Graham Gooch has scored most of his 40,000 plus first-class runs here and Essex have had their most successful seasons here, too. Surrey will remember one match for a different reason, though: in 983, they recorded their lowest innings of 14. The playing area, which slopes slightly from south-east to north-west, has been used for more than just cricket in the past: it was used for some time as a standby emergency helicopter landing place for the nearby hospital, until the casualty department was relocated.

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Travel
Train Chelmsford train station is half a mile away from the ground.
Car 12 miles away from M25 Jnct 28. An NCP car park is available for public parking (175 spaces). It is heavily used by commuters on weekdays but it is largely available at weekends. Car parking for the public is available at various short- and long-stay car parks in the town centre.
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An artists impression of the development at Chelmsford, January, 19, 2013
An artists impression of the development at Chelmsford
© Essex CCC
A blanket of snow over the County Ground at Chelmsford, February 2, 2009
A blanket of snow over the County Ground at Chelmsford
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A section of the Chelmsford crowd, England Lions v Indians, Tour match, 2nd day, Chelmsford, July 14, 2007
A section of the Chelmsford crowd
© Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
County Ground, Chelmsford
County Ground, Chelmsford
© Jenny Thompson
 
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Ground Fixtures Ground Results
Essex v Kent at Chelmsford
May 22-25, 2013 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Group B: Essex v Scotland at Chelmsford
Jun 2, 2013 (13:45 local | 12:45 GMT | 08:45 EDT | 07:45 CDT | 05:45 PDT)
Group B: Essex v Surrey at Chelmsford
Jun 3, 2013 (16:40 local | 15:40 GMT | 11:40 EDT | 10:40 CDT | 08:40 PDT)
Essex v Lancashire at Chelmsford
Jun 12-15, 2013 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Group B: Essex v Lancashire at Chelmsford
Jun 16, 2013 (13:45 local | 12:45 GMT | 08:45 EDT | 07:45 CDT | 05:45 PDT)
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