Talk:The Oval

message: Can we have some copyright tags on those (very nice) photos please, jguk? Thanks. Loganberry (Talk) 03:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: Three photo's of the OCS stand?  Can someone pick out the best one, and remove the others. --Commander Keane 14:01, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  OCS Stand Photo's 

message: I've been following Surrey cricket for the best part of 50 years, and I don't ever recall The Oval being called that. JH 09:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grand Old Lady 

message: Is it true that the Kennington Oval holds the record for the most people running onto the grass in a stae of undress?
:I hadn't heard of this. It sounds rather unlikely to me. JH 09:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undress 

message: Didn't the Oval have a cat once upon a time called Lulu (I think that was her name)? I saw her once during the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England (she was black and white in colour). I searched for her on the web but couldn't find any info. If it wasn't her, then which was the ground that housed a cat as well once upon a time?
:Lord's had a famous cat about forty years ago: Peter Cat. I don't recall hearing of one at The Oval. JH (talk page) 17:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oval cat??? 

message: Is there a link to the layout of the ground - pavilions etc? Also: I removed a number of AOL links which seem to be dead. 88888 15:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't find a plan of the ground anywhere online, which is a pity. However there are two good photographs of the Pavilion here and here. One or other of them might be worth linking to. JH (talk page) 18:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found this  - but the resolution is too low to read some parts 88888 23:20, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

text: That's very useful. I'll add it to the "Exrenal links" section. JH (talk page) 09:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pavilions

message: England also used to play rugby games at the Oval, there should be a mention of this.--MacRusgail (talk) 17:54, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You obviously know more about that than I do, so please go ahead. :) JH (talk page) 19:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  7 games played at the oval.  See scrum.com statistics http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/team/1.html?class=1;ground=2;template=results;type=team;view=results 86.146.63.82 (talk) 21:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rugby 

message: Hi,
I don't want to make this change myself since ppl might not like it but why oh why does the association football section go on about matches not played at the oval; England matches in Scotland from the same period?
What is needed is a list of England matches played at the Oval and nothing more.
If you disagree, please say here, thx. 86.146.63.82 (talk) 21:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the table should list only the matches played at The Oval. My guess is that the table was lifted from some article on the early history of England v Scotland international matches. JH (talk page) 08:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Football section -- lots of irrelevancy 

message: There is a 'wanted page' request for The Oval on the above wiki - www.london.wikia.com - would someone oblige? Jackiespeel (talk) 23:06, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: London wiki

message: Can someone provide an explanation and citation for the name "OCS stand"? SovalValtos (talk) 16:29, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a very good question. I've just done a web search and, though there are dozens of references to it, none of them seems to say what the initials stand for. I've always assumed that it was named through some sponsorship deal, but surely a sponsor wouldn't want their name never to be given in full? I'm starting to wonder if the initials were just an identifier used during the design and construction, which stuck subsequently. If so, OCS could just be "Oval Cricket Stand"! (And the term OCS Stand would be a tautology like PIN number.) But that's all pure speculation, of course.  JH (talk page) 20:55, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  More speculation; Overseas Cricket Supporters ? SovalValtos (talk) 08:11, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Or possibly Oval Corporate Stand, given that the upper tiers are where the corporate hospitality boxes are located? JH (talk page) 08:45, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've managed to track it down. OCS is a company (full name "OCS International Facilities Management Services") that sponsors the stand. See here and click on the OCS link on that page to be taken here. JH (talk page) 09:45, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think there is an even fuller name "Outsourced Client Solutions International Facilities Management Services". SovalValtos (talk) 10:35, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

text:  However, even OCS on their own website refer to it as the OCS stand - amended accordingly Matruman (talk) 13:15, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  OCS 

message: What evidence is there of either a Zeppelin or a hot-air balloon being used? A blimp maybe.SovalValtos (talk) 17:50, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't recall hearing of either a Zeppelin or a hot air balloon. In recent years there has been a tethered blimp that has been sponsored by various companies, which goes round the Test grounds to provide Sky TV with pictures from the air. (It's also used by various broadcasters at other major sporting events.) JH (talk page) 19:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am removing the un-cited wordingSovalValtos (talk) 16:22, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zeppelin 

message: This section may be out of date and with link rot SovalValtos (talk) 18:00, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well out of date - the Surrey Tavern was demolished in 2008, apparently; the pavilion has had a new front put on it; and the plan for a hotel in the redevelopment of the Laker etc stands has been dropped in favour of more office space and facilities, work due to start at the end of this season. I'll try and track down the relevant links and make amendments. Matruman (talk) 13:21, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  21st century redevelopment 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
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*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070701034904/http://www.surreycricket.com/team/club-history/ to http://www.surreycricket.com/team/club-history/
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thread_title:  External links modified