England national cricket team W. G. Grace
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Connection to This Location
# The Oval's Historic Threshold Standing at Hobbs Gate and gazing toward the hallowed turf of The Oval, you're positioned at the birthplace of Test cricket on English soil—the precise location where England and Australia contested their first-ever Test match on home ground from September 6-8, 1880....
Location
Hobbs Gate, The Oval, Kennington Oval
Inscription
This plaque honours the match played between England and Australia at The Oval, from the 6th-8th September 1880 the first test match on English soil England won by five wickets W. G. Grace scored 152, becoming England's first centurion