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09-Jan-2006The Tunbridge Wells Cricket, Football and Athletic club (whichcan trace its origins back to 1762) purchased the land on whichthe ground stands in 1895, on a 99-year lease from the EridgePark estate of the Marquis of Abergavenny. The ground name isderived from the same source; Nevill being the Marquis’ familyname.The TWCFA were joined in the year of acquisition by thenewly-formed Bluemantles Cricket Club, and building commenced in1896. The completed ground was opened by the Marquis ofAbergavenny in 1898, but little of the original architectureremains today. Most notably, the original pavilion was burntdown in 1913 during a protest by the suffragettes. The currentstructure, a near-identical replica of the original, dates fromthis period and bears a small scoreboard.Soccer ceased to be played at the ground in 1903. The ground hasalso been used for hockey, archery, athletics and cycle racing.Most notably, the tennis courts that punctuate the area aroundthe cricket field were used in the past to host a tournament ofsome repute.During the First World War, the playing area was used by thecavalry as a picketing area for horses. This necessitated muchrepair work to restore the playing area to a useable state.The freehold of the ground was acquired by Tunbridge WellsBorough Council in 1946, the lease having passed into their handsa year beforehand. The future of first class cricket at theground appears to be safe for the immediate future.One structure of note share the ground with the pavilion. TheBluemantles stand is situated to the right of the pavilion whenstanding facing that building from the wicket. It was namedafter the one of the cricket clubs that occupied the ground atthe time of its opening, replacing an earlier structure that hadbecome unsafe. Another stand occupies a position on the otherside of the pavilion, but this is currently an open scaffoldingstructure.Three major events of note have occurred in the cricketinghistory of The Nevill Ground. In 1932, A.P. Freeman of Kent andV.W.C. Jupp of Northamptonshire shared 28 wickets of the 30 tofall in the match. Two bowlers from opposing sides, both spinbowlers, sharing over 90% of the wickets to fall in a match is arare event, maybe even unique.In the 1983 World Cup, the ground saw one of the most remarkablematches in the history of limited overs cricket. The inauguralone-day meeting between Zimbabwe (then not a Test-playing nation)and India (the eventual winners of that tournament) saw Zimbabweheading for an historic win until the great Indian allrounderKapil Dev and wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani shared an unbroken ninthwicket partnership of 126. This remains the highest 9th wicketstand in all forms of limited-over international cricket to thisday. Kapil Dev’s unbeaten 175 in that match was then the highestscore (currently the 4th highest) in the history of one-dayinternationals. A lasting memory for what is likely to be thissmall ground’s only international cricket fixture.More controversially, a random drugs test conducted on a Sussexplayer during the Kent v Sussex fixture at the ground in 1996 ledto the first ban arising from a positive test in the history ofEnglish cricket. This matter has been dealt with amply elsewhereand will be dwelt upon no further.