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Location | Sittingbourne, Kent |
Establishment | 1860 (first recorded match) |
As of 6 September 2010 Source: Ground profile |
Gore Court is a cricket ground in Sittingbourne, Kent. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1860, when the Gentlemen of Kent played the Gentlemen of Berkshire.[1]
The Kent Second XI first used the ground in the 1930 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1930 to 1997, the ground held a combined total of 38 Second XI fixtures for the Kent Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.[2][3][4]
In the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ground held a single Women's One Day International between Young England women and Jamaica women.[5]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Gore Court Cricket Club[6] who play in the Kent Cricket League.