The ground was established in 1928, when the Everest Cricket Club relocated from their original Queenstown ground and acquired a lease on what was swampy land located a short distance from the ocean. The swampy land was quickly transformed into a cricket ground with a sizeable pavilion, with the ground being formally opened on 30 April 1928 by the Governor of British GuianaCecil Hunter-Rodwell[1] The ground was due to host its inaugural first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup between Guyana and Jamaica, but the match was abandoned.[2] Therefore, the inaugural first-class match played there was between Guyana and a touring England XI in February 1998; since that match, a further four first-class matches were played at the ground, three of which hosted the touring South Africans, Indians and Australians.[3] In addition to hosting first-class matches, the ground also hosted nine List A one-day matches between 1998 and 2011, mostly in the capacity of a neutral venue in the West Indian domestic one-day tournament.[4] During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana.[1] The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches.[5]