Jan Smuts Ground (formerly known as Recreation Ground and The Oval) is a cricket ground in

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. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1906, when the East London cricket team hosted the touring

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(MCC).

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used the ground as their principal home ground from the 1906–07 season until 1987–88.

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