Garrison A Cricket Ground
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Garrison A Cricket Ground is a cricket
ground in Colchester
, Essex
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1924, when Essex
played their first first-class
match there against Gloucestershire
. Essex played 25 first-class matches there between 1924 and 1972, playing their final first-class match there against Somerset
in the 1972 County Championship
.
In addition, the ground has also hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which came in the 1970 John Player League when Essex played Yorkshire
. The second and final List-A match at the ground came in the 1972 John Player League when Essex played Lancashire
.
Used by the Colchester Garrison today, the Army
play matches there, with the last recorded match coming in 2008 when the Army played Huntingdonshire
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 Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1924, when Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
played their first 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...
match there against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
. Essex played 25 first-class matches there between 1924 and 1972, playing their final first-class match there against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in the 1972 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
.
In addition, the ground has also hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which came in the 1970 John Player League when Essex played Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. The second and final List-A match at the ground came in the 1972 John Player League when Essex played Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
.
Used by the Colchester Garrison today, the Army
British Army cricket team
The Army cricket team is a cricket side representing the British Army. The team played a number of first-class matches between 1912 and 1939, although a combined "Army and Navy" side had played two games against a combined Oxford and Cambridge team in 1910 and 1911...
play matches there, with the last recorded match coming in 2008 when the Army played Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
there.
External links
- Garrison A Cricket Ground on 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...
- Garrison A Cricket Ground on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...