Nelson Park, Napier
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| Location | Napier, New Zealand | ||||||
| Establishment | 1920 (first recorded match) | ||||||
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Nelson Park is a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Establishment
A syndicate reclaimed the Napier South area from the Ahuriri Lagoon and swamp in 1908. In 1909, the town council purchased 20 acres for a park named in honour of a member of the reclamation syndicate, the Hawke's Bay pioneering settler William Nelson.[1]
Playing history
The ground first held a first-class match when Hawke's Bay played Wellington in 1920, and Hawke's Bay also played a first-class match there in 1921 against the touring Australians.[2] Senior cricket was next played there nearly 65 years later when Central Districts played Wellington in the 1985-86 Shell Trophy. It has been a regular first-class venue since 2007. As of December 2018, Central Districts has played 20 first-class matches there, lifting the Plunket Shield at the venue in 2018–19.[2] A 2011-12 Ford Trophy match was held between the Central Districts Stags and the Wellington Firebirds, which finished in a no result.[3]
In the 1920s Nelson Park was regarded as one of the best cricket wickets in New Zealand.[4]
Five Youth One Day Internationals have been played at Nelson Park, all in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.[5] The ground has also been used a home venue for Central Districts Women in the State League in the 2010/11 season.[6]
There are five cricket pitches in Nelson Park, with some overlap among the five fields.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b "Nelson Park". Napier City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ Campbell 1975, p. 123-4.
- ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ "Women's New Zealand Domestic League Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
References
- Campbell, M.D.N. (1975). Story of Napier, 1874-1974. Napier: Martin Printing Company.
External links
- Nelson Park at ESPNcricinfo
- Nelson Park at CricketArchive
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