Ramblers Cricket Club Ground

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Ramblers Cricket Club Ground
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Location Bloemfontein, Free State
Establishmentc1891
Team information
Orange Free State (1891 1986)
As of 13 November 2009
Source: CricketArchive

Ramblers Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, on the north side of Zastron Street.

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1892, when an Orange Free State XXII played the touring WW Read's XI. [1] It served as Orange Free State's main home ground from 1904 to 1986. There were 146 first-class matches there and 16 List A matches.

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References

  1. "Orange Free State v WW Read's XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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