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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: mdl_1979 on June 10, 2011, 08:03:41 AM
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I'm playing an away game tomorrow, but the ground we're playing at is less than 100 yards from my flat. This got me thinking: what's the shortest distance you've travelled for an away game, and what's the furthest you've gone (excluding tours)?
Shortest: Tomorrow - playing at Leverstock Green
Furthest: Probably Liverpool to Leeds, when I was at Merchant Taylors School and we crossed the Pennines to play Leeds Grammar
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the Met Police Ground at Imber Court is my closest ground it is a gentle stroll actually the clubhouse is further from the pitch than my house! Have travelled a couple of hours to play an MCC game before now.
Not sure if tours count, but I have played in Nepal and Holland too...
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Closest is about 600 yards, just round the corner. Furthest is from Hull to Stamford, just over 100 miles each way!
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Furthest I've travelled for an away game is approximately 4,700 miles....
Used to regularly travel 65 miles one way for home games.
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Once took my team 3 hours to travel from Marlow to Teddington, West London. It's only 30 miles but the Chelsea Flower Show and Kempton Races were on :-(
One unlucky player had to wait an additional hour for a car to stop burning on the hard shoulder of the M40!
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Shortest game is probably around 2 miles........ Ive travelled over 3 hours to a game countless times! Mostly because of traffic around the Bristol area!
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Shortest trip I have done from a home ground to an away game is a road width - Marlow CC and Marlow Park CC are seperated by a dirt road. 5/6 yards?
One of Johan, do Southgate play Southgate Adelaide? They share the same field from memory.
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closest is a mile and furthest is sanford st martins in oxford which is a distance from leicster !
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after recently moving im actually closer to some away games than my home ground. been at the club for about 20 years so that wont change. normally about 7 miles closest, furthest is about 45-50 miles.
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our club has 2 sunday teams in the same league so technically i have played away games on my home ground.
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Just reminded me, we ground share with another club who we played 2 weeks ago. It was an away game for us, but obviously it was at our home ground. I'd imagine quite a few clubs are similar.
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Home ground for me is about 8/9 miles away from my flat. But tomorrow I can just roll out of bed and walk over the road for an away game. Lovely. Am doing a bbq for our guys after the game as well. Fingers crossed the rain stays away!
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Shortest is probably Almondsbury or Stoke Gifford
Furthest I've played an indoor game in Ipswich and outdoor either Stroud or Calne.
Our 3s and 4s are in the same league this year so it is technically an away game, but they'll be playing at our home ground.
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never played in a high enough league to travel too far for away games - Brecon is probably the furthest (about an hour).
in my non-league football career though my longest ever away trip was 180 miles from Lincoln to Kendal. Urgh.
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I'm playing an away game tomorrow, but the ground we're playing at is less than 100 yards from my flat. This got me thinking: what's the shortest distance you've travelled for an away game, and what's the furthest you've gone (excluding tours)?
Shortest: Tomorrow - playing at Leverstock Green
Furthest: Probably Liverpool to Leeds, when I was at Merchant Taylors School and we crossed the Pennines to play Leeds Grammar
Merchant taylors, I love playing there, scored my first county 50, first county 100 and still haven't lost playing there, my favorite ground of all time.
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Furthest 2 hours drive closest 15 mins drive which is the same as to my home ground
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furthest away is playing for a uni game where we had to travel for 4 hours each way.
closest is a 5 minute walk away
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Merchant taylors, I love playing there, scored my first county 50, first county 100 and still haven't lost playing there, my favorite ground of all time.
We talking about the pavillion with each changing room on opposite sides and the roof balcony up top? Love playing there :)
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You're probably thinking Merchant Taylors' Northwood, our sister school down south.
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This year, our closest is Minehead, and our furthest is every other week when travelling to Bristol. So Minehead's must be even worse lol, being an exra 20 miles further away than us.
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Although the pavillion at MTS Crosby does/did have the changing rooms facing each other, though upstairs just had the scorer's box.
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Shortest trip I have done from a home ground to an away game is a road width - Marlow CC and Marlow Park CC are seperated by a dirt road. 5/6 yards?
One of Johan, do Southgate play Southgate Adelaide? They share the same field from memory.
I don't play for Southgate but I'm sure they do play. I score for Southgate, though they've been trying to get me to go there lol!
I play for Highgate, nearest game has been a mile to Old Finchleans last weekend.
Furthest was the weekend before - 50 miles to Cublington (Golders' lot!).
Though Southgate and SACC don't like each other much I don't think ;) - swamidude can tell you...
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My nearest away game is a 120 metre walk from our pitch the our rivals. Furthest is probably just over an hour to the back of beyond inbred banjo country (No Swearing Please) hole that is Hexton
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closest is 1/4 mile on foot and furthest standard league game is 30 miles away
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Furthest 5850 miles
Shortest 500 yards
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This year, our closest is Minehead, and our furthest is every other week when travelling to Bristol. So Minehead's must be even worse lol, being an exra 20 miles further away than us.
Tell me about it!
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We share our ground in midweek with another team, so we don't have to travel far when we play them away :)
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Had a 110 mile round trip on satruday for a duck!
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Closest-8 miles
Furthest-120miles
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My home ground is about 9 miles from me but there are grounds closer. Furthest away is 40odd+ miles
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You're probably thinking Merchant Taylors' Northwood, our sister school down south.
thats the one im talking about .. theres one up north? And yes leo
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thats the one im talking about .. theres one up north? And yes leo
Yep, in Crosby, near Liverpool. We never came down to play the southern lot at cricket, though we did come down to spank them at rugby.
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I play for two teams, one on Saturday, and another on Sunday (One only plays on Saturday the other only on Sundays so works really well) and they had a friendly match so that was most likely the closest away match at about 3 miles.
Furthest was most likely playing away at Caister-on-Sea which I had to do twice within the space of about 3 weeks(Cup game then League game) Luckily we won both so the journey wasn't as bad. From my house to their ground it is roughly 26 miles.
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i have about a 110 mile round trip tomorrow.... great, especially considering the forecast!
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152 Mile Round trip for me tomorrow. Minehead- Brislington via Taunton.....
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Shortest trip to an away game has to be a whole 30 seconds. As it's a walk across a car park from my old teams home ground and a local rivals!
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I've got a 2 away games, one is a midweek game and the other a weekend game in the village next to mine, oh so much travelling! ;)
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Guildford to Bolton did it for a season