Talk:Christ Church Ground

clarity and other uses
the section on history refers to two different grounds. the first was, it says, "by the White House public house." the second was on land "along the Iffley Road." there then follow two sentences that start "The ground," with no attempt made to distinguish which of these two grounds are being referred to. did they abandon the first and move completely to the second. did they have two grounds for any period of time. were either of these grounds used for things other than cricket? this whole section could do with a lot more detail and more clarity.

for example, the first Oxford and Cambridge athletics match was held on the Christ Church College cricket ground in March 1864. it was one of the most important social events of the summer, over five thousand spectators came from London and Cambridge, and thousands more local inhabitants lined the ground to watch it for free. the railways laid on special trains to accommodate them, there was a band playing, and it was all widely reported in the press. reading this article you wouldn't know it had even happened. it might at the very least be worth mentioning which of these two grounds that was.  Cottonshirt  τ   06:37, 26 December 2022 (UTC)


 * "John Peel, who studied at Oxford and was captain of the Christ Church Cricket Club, was instrumental in the establishment of the first cricket ground which Christ Church possessed.[1] It was located not far from the Old White House public house and was on the right-hand side of the nearby Cherwell Valley line when heading toward London.[2] By the 1850s, Christ Church had acquired land along the Iffley Road, where they established the present day Christ Church Ground."


 * I think this makes it pretty obvious that after 1850, we are talking about the present ground. I'm not sure how anyone could get the two confused having read that. StickyWicket (talk) 09:58, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Is this article even worth keeping? Do any other Oxford College Sports Grounds have an article? I think it should be merged and redirected to the College article. --Bduke (talk) 07:04, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . So an article, referenced with 37 sources from authoritative sources, detailing a historically important first-class cricket ground should just be redirected? Right, we'll redirect Lord's to London and Mote Park to Maidstone with your odd logic. StickyWicket (talk) 09:54, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, I see that 200 first class marches were held at Mote Park, but only 27 at the Christ Church ground. The number of sources does not give a measure of notability. --Bduke (talk) 23:00, 26 December 2022 (UTC)