W. H. Laverton's Ground is a historic
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
Westbury,
Wiltshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1888, when W. H. Laverton's XI played O. G. Radcliffe's XI. The ground hosted a single
first-class match in 1890, which saw W. H. Laverton's XI playing the touring
Australians.
Originally part of the grounds of Leighton House, which is today home to the
Army Officer Selection Board, the field is now part of
Wiltshire Council's Leighton Recreation Centre complex in Wellhead Lane, Westbury, and the Westbury & District Cricket Club is based there.
played some matches at the ground in the early 21st century.
They returned for a T20 doubleheader in April 2024; at that time the title sponsor of the ground was a local company, Frampton & Babel.
References
Cricket grounds in Wiltshire
Sports venues completed in 1888
Westbury, Wiltshire
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