Petworth Park New Ground is a

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ground in the shadow of

Petworth House Petworth House in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Sa ...

Petworth Petworth is a small town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Chichester (district), Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 road, A272 east–west road from Heathfield, East Sussex ...

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. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1844, when

Petworth Cricket Club Petworth Cricket Club was a cricket club based at Petworth, Sussex, and briefly held important match status, playing five known senior matches from 1844 to 1845. The club, which played its home games at Petworth Park New Ground, won two matche ...

played the

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in the first first-class match held at the ground. From 1844–1845, the ground held two further first-class matches when Petworth Cricket Club played

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and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

played a single first-class match at the ground against

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in 1849. Despite the final recorded match on the ground being in 1961 when Petworth played South Hampstead, the ground continues to be used to this day and in local domestic cricket is the home venue of Petworth Park Cricket Club.Petworth Park Cricket Club

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