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Post by ChrisB on Mar 29, 2019 10:59:18 GMT
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 29, 2019 19:39:49 GMT
There's a great bit of 'trivia' in the proper (non-OM!) preview on the City site, with this being "...a trip to one of just two cities to host both County Championship cricket and National League South football this season". It's got me stumped  as to which is the other city that does both? |
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Post by Mark Neal on Mar 30, 2019 9:54:34 GMT
Gloucestershire play in County Div 2 but they are not playing National League South football in Gloucester currently.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 30, 2019 12:17:20 GMT
Gloucestershire play in County Div 2 but they are not playing National League South football in Gloucester currently. Yes, I thought of them initially, but Gloucestershire haven't played cricket in Gloucester for a long while, I think they restrict their matches to Bristol and Cheltenham. |
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Post by Logistics on Mar 30, 2019 19:40:01 GMT
I might just let this run a bit longer before revealing the answer  |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 31, 2019 12:46:13 GMT
I might just let this run a bit longer before revealing the answer  This has really got me thinking, so... The cities with teams in National South are: Bath, Chelmsford, Gloucester, (Oxford), St Albans and Truro. Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cornwall are Minor Counties, leaving Chelmsford (Essex), Bath (Somerset) and Gloucester (Gloucestershire). Somerset play all their games at Taunton now (a shame as Bath, Weston, Glastonbury, Frome etc were great grounds) and Gloucestershire play at Bristol and Cheltenham (College). So is it a catch question??? |
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Post by jackson on Mar 31, 2019 17:51:02 GMT
How about Richmond? It is also a City.
Richmond is one of the venues for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Hampton & Richmond play in National League South.
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Post by nptonexile on Mar 31, 2019 18:27:10 GMT
Richmond a city??? Hardly more than a district of London, though with Sandwell & Dudley being nominated for city status a few years back...nothing surprises me!
Somerset play some games at Bath.
Ref Gloucs in previous posts, as well as Bristol, play occasional games at Moreton-in-Marsh.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 1, 2019 8:03:01 GMT
Somerset haven't played a County Championship match at The Rec. in Bath for seven or eight years now, and it's even longer since Gloucestershire played at Batsford Road (M-i-M), so I'm still stuck on a city that will have a County Championship match this season. Will just have to wait for 'Logistics' to put us out of our misery!!! |
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Post by exile on Apr 1, 2019 11:19:04 GMT
Bath?
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 1, 2019 13:59:53 GMT
Not since 2011. A shame as it was a great ground to watch cricket! |
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Post by nptonexile on Apr 1, 2019 18:57:19 GMT
Well, I'm not restricting venue to County Championship games only! Cup games, T20s or in Moreton-in-Marsh's case, Sunday League...but yes, years back tbf!
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Post by Logistics on Apr 1, 2019 19:29:45 GMT
Having read the replies above, I feel that the answer that I was looking for is going to be rather controversial. I'll leave you to decide though!
Other than Chelmsford, I was going for the general 'London' as the second City. The wikipedia 'outline' of London would include both Middlesex at Lords and Surrey at the Oval, as well hosting Wealdstone, Dulwich, Welling and perhaps some others that I may have forgotten about!
As this seems to have gone down well, maybe I'll try and get some more trivia in my previews!
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Post by nptonexile on Apr 1, 2019 20:08:55 GMT
Sussex playing Royal London Cup at Eastbourne this season...for the mix!
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Post by jackson on Apr 1, 2019 20:31:55 GMT
Richmond is a City in the USA.
It is also in a London Borough so could be considered to be part of London.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 2, 2019 8:18:01 GMT
Having read the replies above, I feel that the answer that I was looking for is going to be rather controversial. I'll leave you to decide though! Other than Chelmsford, I was going for the general 'London' as the second City. The wikipedia 'outline' of London would include both Middlesex at Lords and Surrey at the Oval, as well hosting Wealdstone, Dulwich, Welling and perhaps some others that I may have forgotten about! As this seems to have gone down well, maybe I'll try and get some more trivia in my previews! Yes, maybe a little 'sneaky'...but a good brain-teaser. Will look forward to further trivia.  |
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Post by nptonexile on Apr 2, 2019 20:17:03 GMT
😁😉
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as to which is the other city that does both?
