Canterbury: towards the Pavilion
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Canterbury: towards the Pavilion
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 12 Sep 2023
This is a view from the Nackington Road End of the Spitfire St Lawrence Ground. On the third morning of a County Championship match Kent were well on the way to bowling Nottinghamshire out for 265 and enforcing the follow-on. (In the event, Notts found more resolve on the final day and Kent were left clinging on to avoid defeat at 86 for 6 as the match was drawn.) Part of the Frank Woolley Stand is on the left. The historic Pavilion with its distinctive pediment and clock is the one which appears in the famous 1906 painting of Colin Blythe bowling against Lancashire which was commissioned by the club to commemorate its first County Championship title. The painting is now at Lord's and a copy hangs in the Canterbury Pavilion.
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Image Location
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51.267336
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1.091492