Victoria Recreation Ground
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| Location | Newport, Isle of Wight | ||
| Coordinates | 50°41′48″N 1°18′23″W / 50.6968°N 1.3065°W | ||
| Establishment | circa 1938 | ||
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Victoria Recreation Ground is a park located on Recreation Ground Road, just off Carisbrooke Road, in Newport, on the Isle of Wight, England.
History
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 plaque 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 plaque 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]
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 261 by Middlesex v Hampshire, 1939[4]
- Lowest team total: 93 by Hampshire, as above[4]
- Highest individual innings: 118 by Bill Edrich for Middlesex, as above[4]
- Best bowling in an innings: 6-23 by Jim Smith for Middlesex, as above[4]
- Best bowling in a match: 7/95 by Reginald Partridge, for Northamptonshire v Hampshire, 1938[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight". www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hampshire v Northamptonshire, 1938 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Victoria Recreation Ground, Newport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Hampshire v Middlesex, 1939 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "Newport Cricket Club". www.newportiow.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
External links
Coordinates: 50°41′48″N 1°18′23″W / 50.6968°N 1.3065°W
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