Southchurch Park is a recreational park in Southchurch, a suburb in the city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The park is 12 hectares (30 acres) in area and contains sports pitches, including a cricket ground formerly used by Essex County Cricket Club, formal gardens, a boating lake and a café.[1]
| Southchurch Park | |
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 Southchurch Park lake | |
  Location in Essex | |
| Location | Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England |
| Area | 12 hectares (30 acres) |
Cricket ground
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| Location | Southend, Essex | ||
| Establishment | 1906 (first recorded match) | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| End names | |||
| Northumberland Crescent End Boating Lake End | |||
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| As of 12 September 2010 Source: Ground profile | |||
The first recorded cricket match on the ground was in 1906, when Essex County Cricket Club played their inaugural first-class match there, beating Leicestershire by five wickets. Essex played 130 first-class matches at Southchurch Park between 1906 and 2004, playing their final first-class match there against Nottinghamshire in the 2004 County Championship.[2]
In addition, the ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which came in the 1977 John Player League and saw Essex play Middlesex. From 1977 to 2004, the ground held 28 List-A matches, the last of which saw Essex play Northamptonshire in the 2004 totesport League.[3]
The ground has also held 19 Second XI fixtures between 1972 and 1996 for the Essex Second XI in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.[4][5]
The ground has hosted tourist matches, with the highest ever number of runs scored on one day occurred at Southchurch Park in a match between Australia and Essex on the 14 May 1948, when Australia scored 721 all out.[6]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Southend-on-Sea and EMT Cricket Club.[7]
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The cricket pavilion -
The cricket ground
References
edit- ^ Neal-Goddard, Sorrell. "Southchurch Park". www.southend.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ First-Class Matches played on Southchurch Park
- ^ List-A Matches played on Southchurch Park
- ^ Second XI Championship Matches played on Southchurch Park
- ^ Second XI Trophy Matches played on Southchurch Park
- ^ N. D. McWhirter (1988). Guinness Book of Records 1989. Guinness Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 9780851128788.
- ^ Southend-on-Sea and EMT Cricket Club
External links
edit- Southchurch Park on CricketArchive
- Southchurch Park on Cricinfo