Evesham Cricket Club Ground
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The Evesham Cricket Club Ground in Evesham
, Worcestershire
was used for first-class cricket
by Worcestershire County Cricket Club
on a single occasion: a County Championship
match against Gloucestershire
in 1951, which Worcestershire won by six wickets. Edwin Cooper
made 122 for the home side, while Reg Perks
took 7-65 in the first innings.
The ground was also used for two of the county's Second XI games, in 1968 and 1978.
Evesham
Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
was used for first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
by Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire...
on a single occasion: a County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
match against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in 1951, which Worcestershire won by six wickets. Edwin Cooper
Edwin Cooper
Edwin Cooper was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for Worcestershire between 1936 and 1951...
made 122 for the home side, while Reg Perks
Reg Perks
Reginald Thomas David "Reg" Perks was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1939, and was the mainstay of Worcestershire's bowling for a long period from the middle 1930s until the middle 1950s...
took 7-65 in the first innings.
The ground was also used for two of the county's Second XI games, in 1968 and 1978.