Fareham and Crofton Cricket Club

The Ground

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Our Ground is situated at Bath Lane. We are fortunate to have two squares. The “A” square and the “B” square. The pitches and ground are maintained by the Clubs Groundsman (Tony Brown) and his team of volunteers.

A message from Tony Brown:-

As you well know the weather is one of the major factors to do with ground maintenance and this year so far it has been diabolic!! The grass has most of this year been under snow or water which means at present very little has been achieved in the preseason rolling and the ground temperature has not been warm enough to get the grass growing. It is not all doom and glom, the outfield has been rolled by Luke, we have the boundary marks in, colts practice strips have been cut out and rolled. We are still having to fill up areas where the Gas main was renewed as it keeps sinking. The outfield is still awaiting it’s first cut but the ground is so soft that the tractor and gang mowers would sink.

We have 3 weeks to go before the first match so get your dancing shoes on and pray for wind and sunshine. Les Webb and Luke have been helping and I am assured with their help and others we will ON on the 24 April.( don’t forget the weather will play a BIG part in this)

Parking:-

Fareham Borough Council has implemented 'residents only' parking restrictions in Bath Lane and Deanes Park Road, meaning that it is no longer possible to park vehicles in the vicinity of the cricket ground, either at weekends or in midweek, when evening and colts games are being staged.  Visiting players, officials and supporters should, therefore, park in the Upper Bath Lane public pay park and use the pedestrian subway beneath Eastern Way to access the ground.  There is alternative car parking at Wykeham House School, East Street, Fareham.

 You can see below that our Groundsman has influence on the International Stage...