Sandy Clay Soil Class

These soils can retain water during the autumn and winter making them difficult to work, especially where rainfall is at fairly frequent intervals. However, where soil structure is very good, along with a suitable fall on the land to aide surface drainage, then these soils can be well suited to general lawns and playing fields, although not sports pitches. It might be a soil that can be used for low level cricket pitch use, especially some schools or some village type cricket, if the native soil is of this type. An example of a sandy clay soil is one that contains the following: 50% sand, 10% silt, 40% clay.