Victory Square, Nelson
Encyclopedia
Victory Square is a cricket
ground in Nelson
, Nelson Region, New Zealand
. The first recorded cricket match held on the ground came in December 1862 when Nelson
played Wellington. First-class cricket
was first played there in February 1875 when Nelson played Wellington. Nelson played six further first-class matches at the ground between 1875 and 1887. First-class cricket is no longer played there, but cricket is still played there by Wakatu Cricket Club.
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 Nelson
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....
, Nelson Region, 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...
. The first recorded cricket match held on the ground came in December 1862 when Nelson
Nelson cricket team
Nelson cricket team is a cricket team representing the Nelson Region of New Zealand and currently competes in the Hawke Cup.Cricket was first reported as being played in Nelson in the Nelson Examiner in March 1844, in a match between the Surveyors of the Land Company and Nelson...
played Wellington. First-class cricket
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 February 1875 when Nelson played Wellington. Nelson played six further first-class matches at the ground between 1875 and 1887. First-class cricket is no longer played there, but cricket is still played there by Wakatu Cricket Club.
External links
- Victory Square at ESPNcricinfo
- Victory Square 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...