Tanteen Recreation Ground

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Tanteen Recreation Ground
Ground information
Location St George's, Grenada
Coordinates 12°02′55″N61°44′51″W / 12.0485°N 61.7476°W / 12.0485; -61.7476
Establishmentc. 1977
Capacity1,000 [1]
Team information
Windward Islands (1996/97–2006/07)
As of 21 April 2022
Source: Ground profile

Tanteen Recreation Ground is a cricket and football ground in St. George's, Grenada.

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History

The area in which the ground is located was formerly swamp land, which was drained in 1905. [2] The ground has played host to public events, including a speech delivered by then President of Cuba Fidel Castro in August 1998. [3] Representative cricket was first played there in 1997, when the Windward Islands played Guyana in a first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup. A further first-class match was played there in 1998, before a gap of seven years before the next. The ground hosted the Windward Islands in one first-class match in 2005, two in 2006, and one in 2007. [4] In a 2005 match against the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands Deighton Butler took a hat-trick in the Leeward Islands second innings. [5] The ground has hosted a single List A one-day match in the 2006–07 KFC Cup between the Windward Islands and Guyana, [6] which the Windward Islands won by 6 wickets despite a century by Guyana's Royston Crandon (101). [7] Numerous women's representative matches have also been hosted at the ground. [8]

As a football venue, Tanteen Recreation Ground is the home ground of Grenada Boys' Secondary School FC. [9] It has played host to four international friendly matches for the Grenada national football team. [1]

Records

First-class

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tanteen Recreation Ground". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Minutes. Grenada Legislative Council. 1905. p. 12.
  3. ↑ Fidel Castro y la historia como ciencia (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios Martianos. 2007. p. 82.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's (6)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, Carib Beer Cup 2004/05" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "List A Matches played on Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Windward Islands v Guyana, KFC Cup 2006/07" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Grenada Boys Secondary School FC". www.uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Windward Islands v Guyana, Red Stripe Cup 1996/97" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's - Centuries in first-class cricket" . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Windward Islands v Barbados, Carib Beer Cup 2005/06" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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