William Clarke Opens Trent Bridge Ground — Nottingham, 1838
Nottingham; Trent Bridge
1838-05-30
William Clarke, the Nottingham slow-bowling all-rounder, opened the Trent Bridge cricket ground in late May 1838 on land adjoining the Trent Bridge Inn — the public house he had acquired through marriage in 1837. The ground would become the home of Nottinghamshire cricket and, in time, one of the senior Test venues in England.