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A photo of a tender to graze sheep on the Kingsholm ground

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Tender to graze sheep on the Kingsholm ground (D11873/34/3/38)

This would never happen at the Kingsholm ground today – given the partial synthetic pitch – but in the early days at the Kingsholm ground, farmers were invited to tender to graze sheep on the pitch in the close season.  Presumably sheep were permitted as they did little damage to the pitch, whereas cows or horses may have damaged it.  

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