The Parks is a cricket ground situated off Fox Grove, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. The ground is bordered to the north and south by residential housing and to the east by the A14 road.
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| Location | Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire | ||
| Coordinates | 52°19′18″N 0°10′15″W / 52.3217°N 0.1709°W | ||
| Establishment | c. 1972 | ||
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| As of 2 July 2010 Source: Ground profile | |||
History edit
Established between 1959 and 1972, the ground plays host to the home matches of Godmanchester Town Cricket Club.[1] Huntingdonshire played two List A matches at the ground in the early 2000s, against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,[2] with both matches ending in five wicket defeats for Huntingdonshire. The county also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match at The Parks in 2001 against the Essex Cricket Board.[3] Huntingdonshire soon after lost List A status and were excluded from the MCCA Knockout Trophy,[n 1] but have continued to play in minor fixtures at the ground.
Records edit
List A edit
- Highest team total: 207/5 (45 overs) by Yorkshire Cricket Board v Huntingdonshire, 2000[4]
- Lowest team total: 180/8 (50 overs) by Huntingdonshire v Gloucestershire Cricket Board, 2001[5]
- Highest individual innings: 75 by Neil Stovold, as above[5]
- Best bowling in an innings: 3/36 by James Rendell, as above[5]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Although considered one of the twenty-two Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Huntingdonshire never entered a team into any minor counties competitions until 1998, when it entered a team into the MCCA Knockout Trophy, while the following year it entered a team into the domestic List A competition. It continued to play in both competitions until 2002, after which the decision was taken to reduce the size of both competitions, with Huntingdonshire alongside the Cricket Boards of the first-class counties being excluded from future competitions
References edit
- ^ "Ground profile: The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "List A Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire v Yorkshire Cricket Board, 2000 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ a b c "Huntingdonshire v Gloucestershire Cricket Board, 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links edit
- The Parks, Godmanchester at ESPNcricinfo
- The Parks, Godmanchester at CricketArchive