Devonshire Park Ground
Encyclopedia
Devonshire Park Ground is a cricket
ground located in Weston-super-Mare
, Somerset
. It hosted two List A cricket matches for Somerset County Cricket Club
; one in 1969, and the other the following year. It has also being the venue for a number of matches for Somerset's second XI, hosting a Minor Counties Championship
match in 1972, and eight other second XI matches between 1986 and 1991. It is the home ground for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club
, who have played on the ground since at least 1928.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground located in Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. It hosted two List A cricket matches for Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
; one in 1969, and the other the following year. It has also being the venue for a number of matches for Somerset's second XI, hosting a Minor Counties Championship
Minor Counties Cricket Championship
The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is contested by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status...
match in 1972, and eight other second XI matches between 1986 and 1991. It is the home ground for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club
Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club
Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Since the clubs formation in 1845, they have nurtured a number of players who have gone on to play for Somerset County Cricket Club and a select few who have gone on to play for the...
, who have played on the ground since at least 1928.
External links
- Ground Profile: Devonshire Park Ground, Weston-super-Mare from CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Ground Proile: Devonshire Road Park Ground from CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...