West Park, West Bridgford

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min

West Park
Ground information
LocationWest Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
Establishment1928 (first recorded match)
Team information
Sir J Cahn's XI (1932 & 1935)
As of 30 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

West Park is a cricket ground in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. The ground was constructed by cricket philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1928, when Sir J Cahn's XI played the touring West Indies in a non first-class match.[1] In 1932 the ground held its first first-class match when Sir J Cahn's XI played the touring South Americans. The ground held two further first-class matches, both of which came in 1935 when Sir J Cahn's XI played Leicestershire and Lancashire.[2] Sir J Cahn's XI last played at the ground in 1941 when they took on a British Empire XI.

Still in use, the ground is owned by Rushcliffe Borough Council.[3]

References

[edit]
[edit]

52°55′39″N 1°08′23″W / 52.92739°N 1.13986°W / 52.92739; -1.13986



Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Park,_West_Bridgford
6 views |
Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF