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Clifton College Close is a cricket venue in Clifton College, Bristol, which was used by Gloucestershire for 96 first-class matches between 1871 and 1932.〔(CricketArchive – First-class matches on Clifton College Close. Retrieved on 11 March 2013. )〕 It is first recorded as a cricket venue in 1860 and remains in use for local matches in 2013. The Close witnessed 13 of W G Grace's first-class hundreds for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Grace's children attended the college. The Close featured in the poem by Old Cliftonian Sir Henry Newbolt - ''Vitaї Lampada'' :There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night :Ten to make and the match to win :A bumping pitch and a blinding light, :An hour to play, and the last man in. :And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat. :Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, :But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote :"Play up! Play up! And play the game!" :The sand of the desert is sodden red - :Red with the wreck of the square that broke :The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead, :And the regiment blind with dust and smoke. :The river of death has brimmed its banks, :And England's far, and Honour a name, :But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks - :"Play up! Play up! And play the game!" :This is the word that year by year, :While in her place the school is set, :Every one of her sons must hear, :And none that hears it dare forget. :This they all with a joyful mind :Bear through life like a torch in flame, :And falling fling to the host behind - :"Play up! Play up! And play the game!" ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clifton College Close Ground」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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