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'' (2013) p 607 is a multi use community sports club located in

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. Taunton Vale HC, Taunton Cricket and Taunton Vale Tennis Club are the resident sports clubs. It is also the regular home venue of both

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's Second XI, Somerset CCC also holding many of their games against MCC Universities teams at the ground, which have so far included two first-class matches, in 2012 and 2015. The sports club has two county standard

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s and a pavilion, a sand dressed hockey ATP, a 3G pitch, 4 netball/tennis hard courts and a multi use sports hall. The first LED sports lighting installation in the UK was installed on this site in 2014, providing competition level lighting across all artificial pitches and courts.

First-class cricket

Somerset County Cricket Club hosted the inaugural first-class match at the ground in a 3-day game (31 March to 2 April 2012) against

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, which featured a county record partnership of 450 for the second wicket between

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and

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. The game was also the first-class debut for Cardiff MCCU. The second first-class match at Taunton Vale took place from 2 to 4 April 2015, when Somerset played

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Taunton Vale: First-class matches played at

Women's international cricket

Taunton Vale hosted a single Women's

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match in 2011, between

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. The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Netball

Gamington Netball Club and Taunton Netball Club and Taunton Croquet Club are also tenant users.

References

External links

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{{Somerset CCC Cricket grounds in Somerset Sport in Taunton Buildings and structures in Taunton Sports venues completed in 2001

First-class cricket

Women's international cricket

Netball

See also

References

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