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Rightfully lauded by many in the game for
its innovative design, the stand has space
for 3,469 fans, and raises the ground’s total
capacity to 17,000.
(9) In 1951 Nottinghamshire slumped to
the bottom of the County Championship,
but the season became memorable for
another reason. Despite being used in the
previous summer, the ‘50’s Scoreboard’ as
it has become known, was officially opened.
Occupying the space between the Radcliffe
Road Stand and what is now the Fox Road
Stand, it stood proudly for many years.
This event is but one milestone in the
history of Trent Bridge and its scoreboards.
The ‘50’s Scoreboard’ was replaced in
1973, and in its place today lies the new
replay screen. The biggest of its kind in
Europe, the screen offers video highlights,
replays and, most importantly, the score on
a scale never before seen at Trent Bridge.
(10) And so to Trent Bridge in the present
day: 175 years of developments which
have culminated in the ground enjoyed by
thousands of cricket fans every summer.
Huw Evans, architect at Maber, has been
central to the developments at the ground
over the past two decades and for him, the
ground has the perfect mix of tradition and
forward thinking design.
“I think that Trent Bridge is one of the best
cricket grounds in the country. Coming into
Test Matches, I hear fans who aren’t regular
visitors say how good a venue it is,” he said.
Evans, of course, has one eye on the future
of Trent Bridge, and has already earmarked
the next step in the ground’s evolution.
“I would imagine that the next step will be the
redevelopment of the William Clarke Stand,
it’s the last substantial area of the ground with
some land to work with,” he said.
William Clarke himself would be pleased to
hear that his legacy lives on.
the new stand
trent bridge’s architect huw evans (left)
175Years of Trent Bridge
the 1973 scoreboard