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The County Cricket Ground, also known as the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground for sponsorship reasons,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/ground-directions )〕 is a cricket venue in Hove, East Sussex, England. The County Ground is the home of Sussex County Cricket Club, where most Sussex home matches since 1872 have been played, although many other grounds in Sussex have been used. Sussex CCC continue to play some of their games away from The County Ground, at either Arundel Castle and Horsham. It is one of the few county grounds to have deckchairs for spectators, in the Sussex CCC colours of blue and white, and was the first cricket ground to install permanent floodlights, for Day/night cricket matches (and the second ground after Edgbaston) to host a day/night match in England, in 1997.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/822174.stm〕 == Cricket history == Prior to 1872, Sussex County Cricket Club played their home matches at Royal Brunswick Ground. The land for the County Ground was a barley field until it was bought in 1871. The turf from the Royal Brunswick Ground was then brought to the County Ground, which became the home of Sussex CCC in 1872, and continues to be so.〔 In 1872, George "Farmer" Bennett became the first batsman in first-class cricket to be given out handled ball during a match between Kent and Sussex at the County Ground. In 1873, Sussex bowled Worcestershire out for 19 at Hove. In 1884–85, the public raised £4,400 towards the purchase of the ground, with the Earl of Sheffield contributing an additional £600. In the 20th century, the ground was used for some other cricket matches, such as a charity match in 1927 between the "Jockeys" and the "Racing Press", in aid of the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital for children, and an annual match between local commercial travellers and grocers, nicknamed "Travellers v. Grocers"; in 1925, the match was won by the Travellers by 1 run. The ground has hosted one men's One Day International;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= County Ground )〕 the match was part of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and was a Group A match between South Africa and India, which South Africa won by 4 wickets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ICC World Cup, 2nd Match: India v South Africa at Hove, May 15, 1999 )〕 The County Ground has also hosted 2 Test matches in The Women's Ashes in 1987 and 2005;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Home of CricketArchive )〕 in addition, the ground hosted two One Day Internationals in the 2013 Women's Ashes,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2013 Women's Ashes Series – Format )〕 and in August 2015, is scheduled to host a Twenty20 International as part of the 2015 Women's Ashes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women’s Ashes Series schedule )〕 As of July 2015, 5 Women's ODIs and 3 Women's T20Is have been hosted at the ground.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Home of CricketArchive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Home of CricketArchive )〕 In 2003, The County Ground was the venue where Sussex won their first County Championship title. In that match, Sussex batsman Murray Goodwin also scored 335 *, which was then highest score by a Sussex player in first-class cricket.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cricket – Sussex win title )〕 The ground also saw Sussex win their third Championship title in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lancashire go down fighting as Sussex secure title )〕 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「County Cricket Ground, Hove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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