Sportpark Koninklijke HFC

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Sportpark Koninklijke HFC
Ground information
Location Haarlem, Netherlands
Establishment1895 (first recorded match)
CapacityUnknown
International information
First WODI8 August 1984:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Last WODI22 July 2003:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
As of 3 September 2020
Source: Ground profile

Sportpark Koninklijke HFC is a cricket ground in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1895 when the Haarlem played English club Leicester Ivanhoe. [1] The ground has a long association of holding touring English sides, with the Free Foresters regular visitors, along with other touring English county sides, though none of these matches were rated as first-class. [1] The ground later held seven matches in the ICC Trophy. [2] Between 1984 and 2003 ten Women's One Day Internationals were played on the ground. [3]

The ground is used by Rood en Wit Cricket Club. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Other matches played on Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Harleem". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. "ICC Trophy Matches played on Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Harleem". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Harleem". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. "Rood en Wit Cricket Club". www.roodenwit.nl. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

Coordinates: 52°21′48.58″N04°37′11.14″E / 52.3634944°N 4.6197611°E / 52.3634944; 4.6197611