The Municipal Ground (also known as Anstey Park) was a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
ground in
Alton,
Hampshire. The ground was constructed as a result of the efforts of G.J. Poole, the headmaster of a local
Grammar School.
Constructed by 1899, the Hampshire Second XI played there in the grounds first recorded match in that year, while
Hampshire later played one
first-class match at the ground, against the touring
South Africans in 1904. The match ended in a South African victory by an innings and 19 runs, during which South African batsman
Louis Tancred
Louis Joseph Tancred (7 October 1876 – 28 July 1934) was a South African cricketer who played in 14 Test matches from 1902 to 1913, including three as captain.
Born into a cricketing family in Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, Tancred attended St ...
was dismissed for 99 by
Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, while in Hampshire's first-innings
Johannes Kotze took a
five wicket haul with figures of 5 for 66.
Whilst the ground still exists, it is instead used as a venue for
rugby union matches.
See also
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List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds
Hampshire County Cricket Club was established in August 1863. Since then, the club has played first-class and List A cricket at a number of different home grounds. Their first home first-class match was against Sussex in 1864 at the Antelope ...
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List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
References
External links
Municipal Groundat
ESPNcricinfo
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Cricket grounds in Hampshire
Alton, Hampshire
Sports venues completed in 1899
1899 establishments in England
Defunct cricket grounds in England
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