Visiting the ghosts at Bourda
- 9 Apr 07, 04:03 PM
Guyana - It has become a sporting cliché to claim you can feel the history seeping from the pores of an old arena but if I am going to use it once on this trip it will be on Georgetown’s Bourda ground.
This venerable, timber-built venue just east of the city centre has hosted cricket since 1884, when British Guiana called it home.
Its first Test in 1930 saw Learie Constantine’s nine wickets and a century from George Headley shepherd West India to victory over an England side captained by Hon FS Calthorpe (uncle of Test Match Special's Henry Blofeld).
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