Tilford Green is widely renowned as the quintessential village cricket ground. Not as famous as Lord's, of course, but since last week it has become inextricably linked with the headquarters of the game.
With the outfield at Lord's being re-laid, the hallowed turf has been sold off at £10 a square and long-standing Tilford player and MCC member Clive Thursby has arranged for a piece of that wonderful sward to be transplanted to the village pitch.
"It was fun to be able to link two grounds where I've had so much enjoyment over the past 30 years," he said. The turf now taking root at Tilford dates back to before the Battle of Waterloo and many great cricketing exploits have happened on or around it.
Tilford CC chairman Peter Slinger accepted the gift and remarked: "It's a delightful idea that we can now play over grass that has been trodden on by many legends of the game. Perhaps it will even inspire our future performances!"
Tilford CC has records going back to 1885 and, of course, cricket was being played on the Green long before that.
'Silver Billy' Beldham, a legendary cricketer of the late 18th century, retired to Tilford. He was mine host at the Barley Mow and then moved to Oak Cottage, beside the ground's famous tree, from where he no doubt cast a benevolent eye over the matches taking place.