EPW060456 ENGLAND (1939). The Oval Cricket Ground and surroundings, Kennington, 1939
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Title | [EPW060456] The Oval Cricket Ground and surroundings, Kennington, 1939 |
Reference | EPW060456 |
Date | 7-February-1939 |
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Place name | KENNINGTON |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 531027, 178037 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.11268656156978, 51.485600113646 |
National Grid Reference | TQ310780 |
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This area suffered badly during the Second World War and successive editions of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack report on the poor state of the ground. The 1944 issue records the bombing raid of November 1940 when the front of the Oval Tavern was hit, along with the East Mound Stand. The wall surrounding the ground, which was constructed during the winter of 1933-34, suffered severe damage from a bomb in Harleyford Road, but this was swiftly repaired. In May 1941, the Oval was bombed again, with the Pavilion and Tavern being badly knocked about. In the 1946 edition of Wisden, a photograph on page 35 shows members of the Pioneer Corps dismantling the prisoner-of-war cage and removing the numerous concrete posts from the outfield. The all-important central pitch or square remained in fairly good condition, but the pavilion was in poor shape. In the background, the 1930s' blocks of Reed House and Lohmann House are seen bearing the scars of six years of wartime damage. |
John Swain |
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I think the Horns Tavern was badly damaged during the war, but not pulled down until the 1960s. |
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Maurice |
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John Swain |
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 10:00:24 AM |
John - it would appear the park is being excavated. I wonder if February 1939 is too early for the construction of air raid shelters? There was a lot of this sort of thing going on by that time. The park still has a rise up to a flat surface even today that may be the result of this work. |
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John Swain |
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 09:39:47 AM |
These were just gas holders. The gas works were on the river by Vauxhall Bridge. |
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User Comment Contributions
Imperial War Museum, 08/04/2014 |
Class31 |
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St. Mark's Church 08/04/2014 |
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Wednesday 9th of April 2014 01:32:39 PM |
A view looking almost due east over the densely populated district of Kennington, London SE11, towards Walworth, which was shortly to suffer badly during the bombing campaigns of World War II. The famous old (1845/46) ground at The Oval was formerly a market garden and the pitch was created with 10,000 turves brought from Tooting Common. It, along with much of the surrounding area, is still part of the Duchy of Cornwall. The ground was immediately requisitioned, before the close of the '39 cricket season, by the War Department for use as a prisoner-of-war cage, although records suggest it was never actually used for this purpose and cricket was able to resume promptly in April 1946. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1947 reports that the Surrey ground staff, aided by many volunteers, effected a wonderful recovery after six years of damage to the pavilion and playing arena. |
John Swain |
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 10:24:11 AM |
A rare shot of Kennington Oval taken just before the onset of hostilities in September 1939. Although this area of London SE11 suffered badly during five years of German bombing, the ground and surroundings recovered quickly for start of the 1946 cricket season, with most of the familiar urban landmarks still intact, including the gasometers and the utilitarian blocks of flats lining both sides of the ground. |
John Swain |
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 09:36:57 AM |
Following the large-scale construction of flats along both sides of Kennington Oval in the late 1930s, this image is a more familiar one to post-war cricket enthusiasts than the ones taken a decade earlier. World War Two was declared just seven months after this aerial photograph was taken and the famous old ground was requisitioned for the war effort, so that the match between Surrey and Lancashire was played at Old Trafford instead. Even there the match was abandoned on the third day owing to the International situation. |
John Swain |
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 09:29:45 AM |