Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931.[1] Egerton Park was used as an outground by Leicestershire following the Second World War, playing three first-class cricket matches there against Somerset, Lancashire and Kent in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 County Championship's respectively.[2] Egerton Park played host to international cricket in 1986, when Malaysia played Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy, though the match carried no official status.[3]
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| Location | Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire | ||
| Establishment | 1931 | ||
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| As of 22 October 2020 Source: Ground profile | |||
First-class records edit
- Highest team total: 355 all out by Lancashire v Leicestershire, 1947[4]
- Lowest team total: 141 all out by Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946[5]
- Highest individual innings: 102* by Arthur Fagg for Kent v Leicestershire, 1948[6]
- Best bowling in an innings: 7–56 by Jack Walsh for Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946[7]
- Best bowling in a match: 13–107 by Jack Walsh, as above[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Egerton Park" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "ICC Trophy Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Lancashire, 1947 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.