Municipal Ground

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Municipal Ground
Anstey Park
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Ground information
Location Alton, Hampshire
Coordinates 51°09′33″N0°57′48″W / 51.1591°N 0.9632°W / 51.1591; -0.9632
Establishment1899
Team information
Hampshire (1904)
As of 21 October 2009
Source: Ground profile

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.

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References

  1. "Player profile: Municipal Ground". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. Cricket Grounds of Hampshire. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. 1988. p. 23.
  3. "Other matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. "First-Class Matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  5. "Hampshire v South Africans, 1904" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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