Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
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Location | Reigate, Surrey | ||||
Establishment | 1853 (first recorded match) | ||||
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As of 29 August 2010 Source: Ground profile |
Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Reigate, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1853 when East Surrey played West Sussex.[1] It hosted its first first-class match in 1909 when Surrey played Oxford University. The next first-class match came in 1924 when HDG Leveson-Gower's XI played the touring South Africans. HDG Leveson-Gower's XI returned to the Priory to play first-class matches in 1934, where they played 3 further matches from 1934 to 1936, playing their final first-class match there against Oxford University.[2]
Additionally, during a number of periods in the 20th and early 21st century, the ground played host to a number of Surrey Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 13 Second XI matches.[3][4][5]
In local domestic cricket, Reigate Priory is the home venue of Reigate Priory Cricket Club who play in the Surrey Championship Premier Division.[6] During World War II the ground was damaged in The Blitz.[7]
Reigate Priory Cricket club has also fielded many famous names over the years like W. G. Grace, Zubin Bharucha and Jason Roy.
References
- ^ "Other matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
- ^ First-Class Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Second XI Championship Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Second XI Trophy Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
- ^ Reigate Priory Cricket Club
- ^ Ground profile
External links
- Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground on CricketArchive
- Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground on Cricinfo
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