Forthill
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| Location | Fintry Place, Dundee | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°28′30″N 2°52′12″W / 56.475°N 2.870°W | ||||||||
| Establishment | 1880 | ||||||||
| Owner | Forthill Community Sports Club | ||||||||
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| First ODI | 16 July 2024: Scotland v  Oman | ||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 June 2025: Scotland v  Netherlands | ||||||||
| First WT20I | 31 August 2019: Scotland v  United States | ||||||||
| Last WT20I | 7 September 2019: Bangladesh v  Thailand | ||||||||
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| As of 9 June 2025 Source: Ground profile | |||||||||
Forthill Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It is the home of Forfarshire Cricket Club and hosts matches for the Scotland national cricket team.[1] It has been used for cricket since 1880, when the newly-formed Forfarshire played their first match against Glenalmond College there.[2] Scotland first used the ground in 1913 when they played Northamptonshire.[3]
The ground staged six first-class matches between 1924 and 1999.[4] The first was in 1924 when Scotland played Ireland. The touring Indians played Scotland in a first-class match there in 1932. Almost twenty years elapsed before first-class cricket returned to Forthill, with Scotland playing Worcestershire in 1951. The ground later played host to the touring New Zealanders in 1978 and Ireland in 1992, before hosting its final first-class match when Scotland played the South Africa Academy.[4] During the twentieth century the ground also hosted several other touring teams in non-first-class matches.[3]
History
[edit]Forthill held its first match on the 22nd May 1880, when Forfarshire played its inaugural match against Glenalmond College.[5]
In 1926 a new stone gateway was erected in honour of Forfarshire's first Scotland-capped player and club captain for 40 years, W. R. Sharp, who had died suddenly the previous year.[6] The gateway is still dedicated to his memory.
Domestic cricket
[edit]Between 1902 and 1995, Forthill hosted Forfarshire's Scottish County Championship home games. Since the amalgamation of the county game with the regional leagues in 1996, the ground has also been Forfarshire's home for the Scottish National Cricket League (SNCL) and the most recent iteration of the club's participation in Scottish domestic cricket, the Eastern Premier League.
International matches
[edit]Forthill hosted its first international on the 1st August 1913.[7] Scotland stopped using the ground in 1999. In 2024 Forthill once again hosted matches for the national side, this time the One Day International (ODI) Tri-Nation Series for the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. During this tournament, then-Forfarshire player Charlie Cassell took seven wickets from 21 balls on his first cap for Scotland against Oman, the best figures in ODI for a debut.[8]
The ground hosted the same tournament in 2025.
Transport connections
[edit]| Service | Station/Stop | Lines/Routes served | Distance |
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| Moffat and Williamson | Fintry Place  |
78A, 78C | 190 metres (620 ft)[9] |
| Xplore Dundee | 5, 5A | ||
| Post Office |
1 kilometre (0.62 mi)[10] | ||
| Stagecoach | 73, 74 | ||
| Moffat and Williamson | 78A, 78C | ||
| ScotRail | Broughty Ferry |
Dundee–Aberdeen line | 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi)[11] |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Forfarshire Cricket Club". www.forfarshire.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Cricket - Forfarshire V. Glenalmond". Dundee Courier: 2. 25 May 1880.
- ^ a b "Other matches played on Forthill, Dundee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played on Forthill, Dundee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Men Who Helped to Make Forfarshire". Dundee Courier. 19 April 1930. p. 8.
- ^ "W. R. Sharp Memorial at Forthill". Dundee Courier. 26 March 1926. p. 8.
- ^ "Scotland-Northampton Match". Dundee Courier. 2 August 1913. p. 7.
- ^ "Cassell sets seven-wicket record as Scots rout Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Forthill to Fintry Place Bus Stop – Google Maps". Google Maps. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Forthill to Post Office Bus Stop Broughty Ferry – Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Forthill to Broughty Ferry Station – Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Forthill, Dundee at ESPNcricinfo
- Forthill, Dundee at CricketArchive
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