Clifton College Close Ground
Clifton College Close is a cricket venue in Clifton College, Bristol, which was used by Gloucestershire for 96 first-class matches between 1871 and 1932. It is first recorded as a cricket venue in 1860 and remains in use for local matches in 2013.
The Close witnessed 13 of W. G. Grace's first-class hundreds for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Grace's children attended the college.
The Close featured in the poem by Old Cliftonian Sir Henry Newbolt – Vitaї Lampada
