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ground in
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History

The first recorded match played at Gilbert Park saw the Trinidad Colts play the touring
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in February 1962, though the match carried no status. The ground hosted its inaugural
first-class match First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
when Central Trinidad played North Trinidad in the 1970–71
Beaumont Cup The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days. History The competition began in 1925–26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who ...
. Central Trinidad continued to play first-class matches there in that competition until 1979, playing twelve matches there. In total, fourteen first-class matches were played at Gilbert Park, with East Trinidad and South Trinidad playing the final of the 1972–73 Texaco Cup there, and a combined
South and Central Trinidad cricket team The South and Central Trinidad cricket team played first-class cricket from 1976 to 1985, competing in an annual match for the Beaumont Cup. The Beaumont Cup was contested by South Trinidad and North Trinidad from 1925–26 to 1969–70. In 1970â ...
playing there in 1977. First-class cricket has not returned to Gilbert Park since 1979, and the ground has never played host to matches for the
Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, or officially the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The Red Force takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, ...
. Gilbert Park was previously the home ground of
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Records


First-class

*Highest team total: 496 for 9
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by North Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1970–71 *Lowest team total: 50 all out by Central Trinidad v South Trinidad, 1975–76 *Highest individual innings: 182 by
Joey Carew Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew (15 September 1937 – 8 January 2011) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972. An opening batsman and off-spin bowler Carew's sole Test century came against New Zealand at Eden Park in ...
for North Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1970–71 *Best bowling in an innings: 8–38 by Imtiaz Ali for East Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1972–73 *Best bowling in a match: 10–92 by Imtiaz Ali, as above


See also

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List of cricket grounds in the West Indies This is a list of cricket grounds in the West Indies that have been used for first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket matches. Structure of cricket in the West Indies The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies cricket team are made up of ...
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List of TT Pro League stadiums The following is a list of TT Pro League stadiums that have hosted a TT Pro League match since its inception in 1999 in association football, 1999. The Pro League serves as Trinidad and Tobago's highest level of association football and the annu ...


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