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| Location | Newport, Isle of Wight |
| Establishment | circa 1938 |
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| Hampshire (1938–1939) | |
| As of 21 October 2009 Source: Ground profile |
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The Victoria Recreation Ground is a park located just off the Carisbrooke Road in Newport, Isle of Wight, England.
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The land on which the park sits was donated by Tankerville Chamberlayne to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The event is recorded on a metal plague on the park gates.[1] It was opened and dedicated to the public by Princess Henry of Battenberg, the then Governor of the Isle of Wight, in 1902. This is recorded on a second metal plague on the park gates.[1] The facilities include a cricket pavilion.
Though cricket had undoubtedly been played at the recreation ground prior to 1938, it was in this year that Hampshire came across from the mainland to play a first-class match against Northamptonshire in the County Championship, which Hampshire won by 7 wickets, thanks in large part to a century and six wickets from Stuart Boyes.[2] Hampshire returned the following season to play a second first-class match against Middlesex,[3] which Middlesex won by an innings and 25 runs, following scores of 97 by Jack Robertson and 118 by Bill Edrich.[4] First-class cricket didn't return to the ground following World War II. Newport Cricket Club play on the ground today.[5]
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