The Grange Club

The Grange Club is a cricket and sports club in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh, Scotland. The cricket ground, commonly known as The Grange, is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team, and is situated adjacent to the Edinburgh Academy sports ground, which is in Raeburn Place.

This article is about a cricket club. For the suburb of Edinburgh called The Grange, see The Grange, Edinburgh.

The Grange Club
The Grange
The clubhouse
Ground information
Location7 Portgower Place, Edinburgh
Coordinates55.961°N 3.213°W / 55.961; -3.213
Establishment1832
Capacity5,000
OwnerThe Grange Club
TenantsScotland national cricket team (1999-present)
End names
Pavilion End
Nursery End
International information
First ODI24 May 1999:
 Scotland v  Bangladesh
Last ODI31 July 2022:
 Scotland v  New Zealand
First T20I9 July 2015:
 Scotland v  United Arab Emirates
Last T20I28 July 2023:
 Scotland v  Ireland
First WT20I5 September 2022:
 Scotland v  Ireland
Last WT20I8 September 2022:
 Scotland v  Ireland
As of 28 July 2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo

History

The Grange Club was founded in 1832, in The Grange district of Edinburgh. In 1872 it moved to its current location at Raeburn Place in the Stockbridge district and has hosted out of its pavilion since 1894. The pavilion cost £1,400 and was officially opened on 29 June 1895 by Lord Moncrieff. The pavilion was restored in 1998 at a cost of £450,000.[1]

After the Scottish Cricket Union disbanded in 1884 The Grange Club assumed responsibility as the governing body of cricket in Scotland for a time and still holds considerable national influence.

The decorative scheme to the interior of the Pavilion is designed to complement the exterior. The Long Room, is modelled on the Marylebone Cricket Club's 'Long Room' at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

The Club was also associated with The Dyvours Club, Edinburgh's oldest lawn tennis club, who were founded in 1883, and played on the grounds.[2]

Cricket
View of the clubhouse, 2021

The Grange has hosted numerous high profile international matches over the years featuring teams such as Australia, Pakistan and England. Some of the world's finest cricketers have played at The Grange, from W. G. Grace in 1895 and Donald Bradman in 1948 to Brian Lara in 1995, Shane Warne and Andrew Flintoff. The ground has hosted Scotland's home matches in ECB domestic cricket competitions.

International Venue

The Grange hosted Scotland's first official One Day International (ODI) outside of a Cricket World Cup on 27 June 2006. A capacity crowd saw Scotland lose by five wickets to Pakistan. It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[3]

Clubs

The Grange Club is the home ground for:

  • The Grange Cricket Club. The Grange Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club whose 1st XI play in the Cricket Scotland Eastern Premiership, the top tier of cricket for teams of the East of Scotland Cricket Association (ESCA) and Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union regional associations. The club 2nd XI play in the ESCA Baillie Gifford Championship Division. The Grange Cricket Club has won the Scottish Cup six times, the East of Scotland League (1953–1996) fourteen times and the Scottish National Cricket League (1997–present) five times.[4]
  • The Eastern Knights. As of 2016 The Grange Club has also been one of the home grounds for the Eastern Knights, who play in the Regional Pro Series, the highest, and only professional, tier of Scottish cricket.
  • The Scottish National Cricket Team. The Grange is perhaps most importantly home to the Scottish National Cricket Team, who represent Scotland for cricket in international matches.[5]

Cricket World Cup

This stadium hosted two ODIs during the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

24 May 1999
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
185/9 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
163 (46.2 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 68* (116)
John Blain 4/37 (10 overs)
Gavin Hamilton 63 (71)
Hasibul Hossain 2/26 (8 overs)
Bangladesh won by 22 runs
Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland
Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Dave Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Minhajul Abedin (Ban)
31 May 1999
Scorecard
Scotland 
121 (42.1 overs)
v
 New Zealand
123/4 (17.5 overs)
Ian Stanger 27 (58)
Chris Harris 4/7 (3.1 overs)
Roger Twose 54* (49)
John Blain 3/53 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Geoff Allott (NZ)
  • New Zealand needed to score 122 within 21.2 overs to qualify for Super Sixes stage. New Zealand qualified for Super Sixes. West Indies eliminated.

Scotland v England June 2018
See also: English cricket team in Scotland in 2018

Only ODI
10 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
371/5 (50 overs)
v
 England
365 (48.5 overs)
Calum MacLeod 140* (94)
Adil Rashid 2/72 (10 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 105 (59)
Mark Watt 3/55 (10)
Scotland won by 6 runs
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allan Haggo (Sco)
Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dylan Budge (Sco) made his ODI debut.
  • Calum MacLeod scored the fastest century by a batsman for Scotland in ODIs[6] and became the first batsman for Scotland to score a century in ODIs against England.[7]
  • Scotland made their highest score in ODIs and the highest score by an Associate team against a Full Member team.[7]
  • Jonny Bairstow became the first batsman for England to score centuries in three consecutive ODIs.[7]
  • Scotland win for the first time against England in any format.[7]

International Centuries

One-Day Internationals

Fourteen ODI centuries have been scored on the ground.[8]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1111David Hussey Australia 83 Scotland28 August 2009Won
2113Paul Stirling Ireland 95 Scotland12 July 2011Lost
3148Aaron Finch Australia 114 Scotland3 September 2013Won
4151Shaun Marsh Australia 151 Scotland3 September 2013Won
5100*Rahmat Shah (1/2) Afghanistan 123 Scotland4 July 2016No result
6127Kyle Coetzer (1/2) Scotland 121 United Arab Emirates14 August 2016Won
7111*Preston Mommsen Scotland 101 United Arab Emirates14 August 2016Won
8103Calum MacLeod (1/4) Scotland 122 United Arab Emirates16 August 2016Won
9102Calum MacLeod (2/4) Scotland 107 Hong Kong10 September 2016Won
10109Kyle Coetzer (2/2) Scotland 101 Zimbabwe15 June 2017Won
11140*Calum MacLeod (3/4) Scotland 94 England10 June 2018Won
12105Jonny Bairstow England 59 Scotland10 June 2018Lost
13100Calum MacLeod (4/4) Scotland 89 Afghanistan10 May 2019Lost
14113Rahmat Shah (2/2) Afghanistan 115 Scotland10 May 2019Won

Five Wicket Hauls

One Day Internationals

Four ODI five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.[9]

No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Result
1Gordon Goudie28 August 2009 Scotland Australia1107357.30Lost
2Lasith Malinga13 July 2011 Sri Lanka Scotland29.43053.10Won
3Con de Lange15 June 2017 Scotland Zimbabwe286057.50Won
4Graeme Cremer17 June 2017 Zimbabwe Scotland1102952.90Won

Twenty20 Internationals

Only one twenty-20 five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.[10]

No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Result
1Alasdair Evans11 July 2015 Scotland Netherlands142456.00Lost

Squash, tennis and hockey

The Grange also hosts other sports as well as cricket. It has five squash courts, which support men's and ladies' teams that compete at all regional and national levels. Uniquely for a private club in Scotland, The Grange is also home to The Dyvours Club which has four grass tennis courts and four floodlit astroturf courts. Grange Hockey Club supports eight men's hockey teams which represents a broad range of ability. The 1st XI recently played in Europe, having won the Scottish Cup, and also play in the Euro Hockey League. The Grange Club is also home to Grange Edinburgh Ladies Hockey Club with four teams. All the constituent clubs have vibrant junior sections.

See also

References
  1. "About :: About".
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "The Grange Club Pavilion, Portgower Place, Edinburgh (LB43497)". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. "ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. "Gen!us Grange Cricket – Play, thrive, fail, learn, win".
  5. "Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh Match Schedule and upcoming match details".
  6. "Scotland stun England as Calum MacLeod hits 140 not out in Edinburgh". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. "Record-breaking Scotland defeat No. 1 ranked England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Bowling records". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty-20 Internationals / Bowling records". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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