cricket club to move to a new ground in the north of Oxford at the University Parks. This was realised in 1881, when the cricket club left the Magdalen Ground for the University Parks. Up until that point, the ground had played host to 69 first-class matches. Later use After the departure of the University Cricket Club, minor matches continued to be played by Magdalen Cricket Club and Cowley St. John Cricket Club. In the 1890s, the ground was a venue for inter–college football matches. During the First World War, there were talks to turn the ground over to agricultural use to help negate the growing food shortages caused by the German policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. To this end, negotiations with the local allotment association began at the beginning of 1917, with the ground being acquired by the Oxford Land Cultivation Committee in February 1917. The tenancy of the Oxford Land Cultivation Committee expired in March 1923, with the ground subsequently being built over by residential housing later in the 1920s. Records First-class Highest team total: 439 all out by Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1864 Lowest team total: 12 all out by Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1877 Highest individual innings: 142 by James Round for Southgate v Oxford University, 1867 Best bowling in an innings: 8-22 by George Wootton for Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University, 1868 Best bowling in a match: 15-98 by Robert Henderson for Gentlemen of England v Oxford University, 1877 References External links Magdalen Ground at ESPNcricinfo Magdalen College, Oxford 1829 establishments in England Sports venues completed in 1829 University of Oxford sites Sport at the University of Oxford Cricket grounds in Oxfordshire Oxford University Cricket Club Defunct football venues in England Defunct cricket grounds in England 1917 disestablishments in England Parks and open spaces in Oxford Sports venues in Oxford