East Sussex Cricket Ground
| Ground information | |||
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| Location | St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex | ||
| Establishment | 1857 (first recorded match) | ||
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| As of 27 August 2010 Source: Ground profile | |||
East Sussex Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. The ground was located at the site of a racecourse which had moved after 1826 from the Bulverhythe Salts. It was during its time regarded as one of the finest racecourses in the United Kingdom.[1]
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Sussex played the Marylebone Cricket Club in the grounds only first-class match.[2] The final recorded match held on the ground came in 1894 when the South Saxons played the Gentlemen of the Netherlands,[3] a Netherlands side which contained the famous Carst Posthuma.
References
[edit]- ^ "History of West St Leonards". Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ First-Class Matches played on East Sussex Cricket Ground
- ^ Other matches played on East Sussex Cricket Ground
External links
[edit]- East Sussex Cricket Ground on CricketArchive
- East Sussex Cricket Ground on Cricinfo