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Opening Of The Cricket Season

1965 , Norwich (Norfolk)

Cat no. 143338

Anglia TV sports news; two East Anglian county cricket teams warm up at the start of the season, hoping to take home the third Gillette Cup in 1965.

In 1965, at the start of the cricket season, Norfolk cricketers warm-up alongside Essex County at Norfolk’s home ground, Lakenham in Norwich. Norfolk practice fielding. The two teams emerge from the ground’s pavilion, showing its distinctive thatched roof. Essex and Norfolk practise together, with Norfolk fielding and Essex batting.

Keywords

Cricket

Other Places

Lakenham

Background Information

The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965. In the Gillette Cup 1965, both teams Essex and Norfolk lost their matches, neither team making it to the second round. The County Ground at Lakenham was a cricket ground for over two hundred years, with Norfolk County Cricket Club its most regular users. The Lakenham Pavilion seen in this footage was officially opened by Russell Colman, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk in June 1936, built as a memorial to Captain Geoffrey Colman, Russell’s son, who had left a sum of money to be spent for the benefit of the employees of Colman’s Carrow Works. Since 2001, Manor Park, Horsford has been the home of Norfolk cricket. Sadly, Lakenham's historic pavilion had its last innings in 2013, being completely destroyed and the ground redeveloped for housing.

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Opening Of The Cricket Season

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