Egerton Park

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Egerton Park
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Ground information
Location Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Establishment1931
Team information
Leicestershire (19461948)
As of 22 October 2020
Source: Ground profile

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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First-class records

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References

  1. "Egerton Park" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. "First-Class Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "ICC Trophy Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Leicestershire v Lancashire, 1947 County Championship" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946 County Championship" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Centuries in first-class cricket" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

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