Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
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Location | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||||||
Establishment | 1856 (first recorded match) | ||||||
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As of 10 August 2010 Source: Ground profile |
Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The ground is the main home ground of Wiltshire County Cricket Club. The ground is made up of 2 full size cricket pitches, 2 huts used for scoring, artificial pitches with cricket nets, a car park and a pavilion.
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1856, when Trowbridge played an
MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[3]
The ground has hosted a single
Minor Counties side played the touring Indians.[4] The Indian team contained the likes of Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar
.
The ground has also hosted
List-A matches. The first List-A match played on the ground was between Wiltshire and Yorkshire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. The ground has hosted 2 further List-A matches involving Wiltshire, against Surrey in the 1990 NatWest Trophy and Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. Gloucestershire used the ground for a single List-A match against Hampshire in 1989. In 1991, a combined Minor Counties team used the ground for 2 matches in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup.[5]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Trowbridge Cricket Club whose 1st XI play in the West of England Premier League Wiltshire division.[6] The ground has undergone a raft of improvements over the last 10 years leading to much improved changing facilities and improvements to bar areas and stages.
References
- ^ Other matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- ^ First-Class Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- ^ List-A Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Trowbridge Cricket Club
External links
- Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground on Cricinfo