Bayly Park
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Bayly Park was a cricket
ground in Hawera
, Taranaki, New Zealand
. first-class
was first played there in 1892 when Taranaki
played Hawke's
bay. A further first-class match came in 1895 when Taranaki played the touring Fijians, with another first-class fixture against Hawke's Bay following in 1897. The final first-class match played there came in 1895 when Taranaki played Canterbury. The ground still exists today, but cricket is no longer played there.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Hawera
Hawera
Hawera is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight, 75 kilometres south of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and 20 minutes' drive from Mount Taranaki/Egmont.It is also on State Highway 45,...
, Taranaki, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
was first played there in 1892 when Taranaki
Taranaki cricket team
Taranaki cricket team is a cricket team representing the Taranaki Region of New Zealand and currently competes in the Hawke Cup.Taranaki as a representative team played as early as 1877, later first playing first-class cricket in 1883 against Auckland at the Auckland Domain, with their first-class...
played Hawke's
Hawke's Bay cricket team
A Hawke's Bay cricket team, representing Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand, played first-class cricket between 1883–84 and 1920–21, competing in the Plunket Shield in the 1914-15 and 1920–21 seasons...
bay. A further first-class match came in 1895 when Taranaki played the touring Fijians, with another first-class fixture against Hawke's Bay following in 1897. The final first-class match played there came in 1895 when Taranaki played Canterbury. The ground still exists today, but cricket is no longer played there.
External links
- Bayly Park at ESPNcricinfo
- Bayly Park at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...