A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
| Location |
Road Town British Virgin Islands |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°25′33.96″N 64°37′14.52″W / 18.4261000°N 64.6207000°WCoordinates: 18°25′33.96″N 64°37′14.52″W / 18.4261000°N 64.6207000°W |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Tenants | |
| British Virgin Islands national football team | |
The A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground is a multi-use stadium in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.[1] It is currently used mostly for football matches and usually hosts the British Virgin Islands national football team's games. The stadium holds 3,000 people.
The ground has also been used as a venue for cricket matches, with the first recorded cricket match played there in 1988 between a Combined Virgin Islands and Nevis.[2] Three years later, the British Virgin Islands cricket team first played there against Anguilla in the 1991 Leeward Islands Tournament.[2] Just over a decade later, the Leeward Islands played a first-class match there against the Windward Islands in the 2001/02 Busta Cup.[3] This is the only first-class match to be played at the ground. The last recorded cricket match played there was in 2005.[2] The grounds end names are the Police Station End and the Super Value End.[4]
References
- ↑ Soccerway - A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground Retrieved 10 September 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Other matches played on A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played on A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ground profile: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.