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Ball Hill

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Ball Hill is an area within the Stoke district of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It is to the east of Coventry city centre. Walsgrave Road is the main street that runs through Ball Hill, which is a name that primarily defines the shopping area extending from the brow of the hill down to the junction with Clay Lane and Brays Lane. The Walsgrave Road forms the main route out of Coventry's city centre towards Leicester and the north-east. It passes Gosford Green, approximately half a mile from the centre of Coventry, before passing through Ball Hill about 200 metres further east. The name seems most likely to have derived from the Old Ball Hotel, still standing at the top of the hill. However, before the early 20th century, the hill was known as Stoke Knob and was mainly residential until, one by one, most of the dwellings were converted into shops. The area was originally known as Stoke Knob. The 2-Tone Village and the Coventry Music Museum are located here.

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CV2 4BA Coventry, Ball Hill
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Bulls Head Ground
Bulls Head Ground

Bulls Head Ground is a cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1848, when Coventry played an All-England Eleven. It hosted its first first-class match in 1903, which was between Warwickshire and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. From 1909 to 1919, the ground played host to 12 first-class matches. First-class cricket returned to the Bulls Head in 1990, and from 1990 to 1992 it hosted a further 3 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Middlesex.The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which was between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. The ground has held 2 further List-A matches, between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and Leicestershire in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and between the Board and Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002.Additionally, between 1961 and 2009, the ground has played host to a number of Warwickshire Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 32 Second XI matches.The Bulls Head has also hosted ICC Trophy matches, starting in the 1979 ICC Trophy when it held a single match which was contested between Argentina and East Africa and in the 1986 ICC Trophy when it hosted a single match between Bangladesh and East Africa.In local domestic cricket, the Bulls Head is the home venue of Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club, who played in the Birmingham and District Premier League Division One.