Municipal Ground
The Municipal Ground (also known as Anstey Park) was a cricket ground in Alton, Hampshire. The ground was constructed as a result of the efforts of G.J. Poole, the headmaster of a local Grammar School. Constructed by 1899, the Hampshire Second XI played there in the ground's first recorded match in that year, while Hampshire later played one first-class match at the ground, against the touring South Africans in 1904. The match ended in a South African victory by innings and 19 runs, during which South African batsman Louis Tancred was dismissed for 99 by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, while in Hampshire's first-innings Johannes Kotze took a five wicket haul with figures of 5 for 66. Whilst the ground still exists, it is instead used as a venue for rugby union matches.
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References
- ^ "Player profile: Municipal Ground". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Cricket Grounds of Hampshire. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. 1988. p. 23.
- ^ "Other matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Hampshire v South Africans, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011.