Nelson Park, Napier

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Nelson Park
Ground information
Location Napier, New Zealand
Establishment1920 (first recorded match)
Team information
Central Districts Women (2010)
Central Districts (1986present)
Hawke's Bay (19201921)
As of 2 November 2011
Source: Ground profile

Nelson Park is a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

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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

  1. 1 2 "Nelson Park". Napier City Council. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  3. "List A Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. Campbell 1975, p. 123-4.
  5. "Youth One-Day International Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. "Women's New Zealand Domestic League Matches played on Nelson Park, Napier". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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