Lilac Hill

Lilac Hill is a picturesque cricket ground in Western Australia in the Perth suburb of Guildford, where the Swan River wraps itself around its southern and eastern sides. The ends of the ground are known as the river end and the pavilion end.

In 1990 the WACA hosted a festival match at the ground being Cricket Australia's Chairman's XI v. the touring English XI. Since then, the WACA has continued to host an annual match at Lilac Hill against the visiting international cricket team and a Chairman's XI. The inaugural 1990 match set an attendance record of 12,000 and subsequent years have attracted good crowds also.

Continuation of the match in Perth has been under pressure in recent years due to the full schedule of touring teams. In 2006, the format of the match was changed slightly to an "Invitational XI" v the Chairman's XI.

International cricket match results

Date Teams Result
25 October 1990 Western Australia Cricket Association President's XI v England XI England XI won by 6 wickets
17 November 1991 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v Indians ACB XI won by 29 runs
2 November 1992 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v West Indians West Indians won by 7 wickets
19 October 1993 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v New Zealanders ACB XI won by 6 wickets
25 October 1994 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v England XI England XI won by 7 wickets
26 October 1995 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v Pakistanis Pakistanis won by 3 runs
4 November 1996 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v West Indians ACB XI won by 3 wickets
14 September 1997 Western Australia Invitational XI v Transvaal (two-day match) WA XI won by 6 wickets
25 November 1997 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v South Africans South Africans won by 31 runs
29 October 1998 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v England XI England won by 1 run
26 October 1999 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v Pakistanis ACB XI won by 7 wickets
16 September 2000 Western Australia XI v KwaZulu-Natal (12 per side) Match abandoned
17 September 2000 Western Australia XI v KwaZulu-Natal (12 per side) Match tied
19 September 2000 Western Australia XI v KwaZulu-Natal (two-day match) Match drawn
7 November 2000 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v West Indians No result - heavy rain caused play to be abandoned
5 December 2001 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v South Africans South Africans won by 48 runs
22 October 2002 Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI v England XI ACB XI won by 58 runs
1 October 2003 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v Zimbabweans Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
7 December 2004 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v Pakistan Pakistan won by 43 runs
10 March 2005 Rose Bowl 2004/05 (1st ODI) Australia Women v New Zealand Women Australia Women won by 87 runs
9 December 2005 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v South Africa South Africa won by 8 wickets
8 December 2006 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v England Invitational XI CA XI by 7 wickets
7 December 2007 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v New Zealanders CA XI by 7 runs
28 November 2008 Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v WACA President's XI WACA President's XI won by 8 wickets
28 November 2008 Victorian Bushrangers v Retravision Warriors Retravision Warriors won by 8 wickets

Other uses

It is the home ground for the local 1st grade cricket team - Midland-Guildford Cricket Club and is also used for hockey and is the home ground of the Old Guildford Mundaring Hockey Club.

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