The Municipal Ground (also known as Anstey Park) was a cricket ground in Alton, Hampshire. The ground was constructed as a result of the efforts of G.J. Poole, the headmaster of a local Grammar School.[1][2] Constructed by 1899, the Hampshire Second XI played there in the ground's first recorded match in that year,[3] while Hampshire later played one first-class match at the ground, against the touring South Africans in 1904.[4] The match ended in a South African victory by innings and 19 runs, during which South African batsman Louis Tancred was dismissed for 99 by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, while in Hampshire's first-innings Johannes Kotze took a five wicket haul with figures of 5 for 66.[5] Whilst the ground still exists, it is instead used as a venue for rugby union matches.
| Anstey Park | |||
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| Location | Alton, Hampshire | ||
| Coordinates | 51°09′33″N 0°57′48″W / 51.1591°N 0.9632°W | ||
| Establishment | 1899 | ||
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| As of 21 October 2009 Source: Ground profile | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Player profile: Municipal Ground". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Cricket Grounds of Hampshire. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. 1988. p. 23.
- ^ "Other matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Hampshire v South Africans, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.