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Kennington Oval

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OBSERVER: R. I. P. AMP

Financial Times

May 05, 2003

What to call the Oval now officially? The Foster's (beer) Oval became the AMP Oval in 2001 in a five-year sponsorship deal with the Australian financial services group.

Backing last year's county champions was about the only successful part of the Aussies' UK expansion and the name AMP was dumped over here last week in favour of Henderson. So will the name, and logo on the famous gasometer, change? "I'm really not sure. There are a lot of things to sort out," says a spokesman.

Henderson's Oval would sound more traditional. But not as traditional as the Kennington Oval, its name when the Duchy of Cornwall first rented it to Surrey in 1844, until corporate sponsorship dawned in 1988.

(posted 7634 days ago)

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