What kind of people meet at the Cottage ? Craven is an odd word too; what is there to be craven about?
At Newmarket, they talk of the bushes, which always seems odd; "at he bushes, Kieron Fallon...", as though he's given up and is in his local, called the Bushes. Eagle-eyed racegoers will see that actually are some bushes at that point on the course, which is otherwise devoid of any greenery.
At Lord's, one end is the Nursery End, conjuring up an image of the players leaving their toddlers with their nannies during play. The gasworks end is at the Oval.