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[ianbuchanan]

I know there is a popular topic like this on another forum, but don't think there is one here. List the best 5 and worst 5 grounds you've played at.

Best-

1. Taunton CC- Absolute road, lush outfield, nice changing rooms with bar and balcony n all that. Pretty much the home of Somerset 2nd xi
2. Bridgetown CC- Voted as the prettiest ground in the country in 2008. Lovely setting, really lucky to play there regularly in the summer
3. North Perrott CC- Probably the best pavillion at a ground where I have played, nice balcony with good bars upstairs and downstairs. Also, its like being in a restaurant when having tea!
4. Bedminster CC- Not a great area of Bristol as some members may agree, but their pavillion is superb, big ground with flat outfield and wicket.
5. Clevedon CC- Nothing special really, but a good wicket and outfield. Good teas, decent bar, big changing rooms. Everyone looks forward to the Clevedon match every year, just a decent place to play cricket really!

Worst-

Blagdon Hill CC- Awful wicket, awful players (hit 27 off on over, with a good 6-7 wides), worst teas i've ever had, half their team were chavs. Cheating umpires, gave a caught and bowled not out as a 'bump ball', on the softest wicket in the world!
Trull CC- Again, nasty wicket, the ground is home to about 60 cows in the winter, portaloos that haven't been emptied in a few years, horrible place!
West Monkton- Death Track, Pylon in the middle of the pitch, end of.
Bridgwater CC- Not there main pitch, but played a under 15 game there once in the middle of a council estate, litter on the pitch, horrible.
Porlock CC- I play friendlies for them and love it, unfortunately I have almost been killed about 3 times because of balls jumping off a length onto my helmet.....

[quick-keep]

Best:
North stifford village green: our home ground and one of the better ones in essex. Not the biggest ground but its about quality not quantity! All pitches on the square are roads!

Pegasus and Corringham CC: Nice place, like lords, you go down the steps to get to the pitch, you don't walk out from the stands though, but from the bar and on a hill. Greenish pitch.

Worst:
Liberty casuals cc: school field, dagenham way. Say no more.

Orsett CC 2nds ground, changing rooms are a metal container thingy split in two with cricket bags! Weeds for the nets pitch!

Horndon on the hill cc, Country park. Nice little club house but VERY poor pitch!

[tommo256]

Best:
Culford School-Have a great walk out to the wicket, through a proper gate, some cows on cow corner not big changing rooms but just a lovely ground.

Worst: Milden CC-the pitch hadn't ever been rolled, there was moss on the wicket, they didnt have covers, the tea was dreadful, there wasnt a bar.

[Colesy]

Best: Bradley Stoke CC
Portishead CC
Stone CC
Barrow Guerney CC

Worst: Tetbury CC
Phoenix West Indies CC
Dyrham & Hinton CC
YMCA CC?

I don't know where to put Old Down, outfield like the Alps, but in a nice setting....

[carn69]

best:gloucester city winget lush wicket wicked outfield and the best tea's cheers step mummy 

worst:gloucester civil service crap just crap no covers the ball dosen't bounce just pure (No Swearing Please) one
good thing lush cheese and onion rolls

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Is our ground rated as the worst as we dicked u by 90 odd runs

[Colesy]

Lol well I only played at your ground, when I got hit by Rich, knew what he would do next and still miss it lol.

[jandgcricket]

Quick-Keep, I agree Pegasus is a decent ground.  Changing rooms are really small though, and the steps are a long walk back from the middle!  What club you play for?

[Tumo]

Best grounds: Truro CC: Stunning ground, only problem is that a river runs round half of the ground, and I've seen Marcus Trescothick lose about 8 balls in one innings...
Bracebridge Heath CC: Fairly picturesque, good bar as well!
Sleaford CC: really nice ground, nice and big for me (being a spinner!), good bar, etc.

Worst: Ooo, being a club cricketer there's a huge list!
Nocton CC: Outfield like the Alps again, portaloos for toilets, rotting wood for a pavilion, horrible!
Aisthorpe CC: Literally as above, really bad.
Long Sutton CC: Nothing wrong with the ground, but I could have found better teas in a dustbin!

[peplow]

Best: Bradley Stoke CC
Portishead CC
Stone CC
Barrow Guerney CC

Worst: Tetbury CC
Phoenix West Indies CC
Dyrham & Hinton CC
YMCA CC?

I don't know where to put Old Down, outfield like the Alps, but in a nice setting....

Oi its nice, you wouldnt think sh*t i'm playing at old down today would you??? or would you??? I agree the outfield is awful but it makes some games quite funny, pitch is always decent though! And i think ymca is nice, always seems to play well and outfield pretty flat.

Nicest is bedminster though with the worst being netham park by a long long way.

[Buzz]

worst - pyrford or Woking and horsell

best - Bank of England (one of the best roads in the south east?), any of the village grounds around dorking. I also played at some nice grounds in Holland, years ago, shame about the artificial tracks though

[carn69]

Is our ground rated as the worst as we dicked u by 90 odd runs

not very nice tom

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Sammy agree with the Netham ground had to play there 3 times in 2 weeks! Only place i have ever seen someone try and turf a square to repair a footmark....nicest i have played at is either braunton or arundal both belters! Portishead is always a nice place to play when the suns out as well as usually brings a decent crowd.

lol carn he knows im messing nothing wrong with our ground comparred to some of the council pitches people still use in our league!! Theres alot of rivalry between Ym and Bradley stoke as half the players for each team make up our Sunday side so banter starts pre-season and carries on until we have beaten them at home and away;)

[carn69]

loler's who won the league tho tom

[peplow]

Yeah portishead is nice thomas. But yeah netham park is just sand for a wicket (literally) and dog poo in the outfield!