Tivoli Road is a cricket

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 in Hornsey

Hornsey

Hornsey is a district in London Borough of Haringey in north London in England. Whilst Hornsey was formerly the name of a parish and later a municipal borough of Middlesex, today, the name refers only to the London district. It is an inner-suburban area located north of Charing Cross.-Locale:The ...

, London

London

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 (formerly Middlesex

Middlesex

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). First established in 1870, the first recorded match on the ground was in 1936, when the Middlesex Second XI

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 played the Kent Second XI

Kent County Cricket Club

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 in the Minor Counties Championship. The ground has also held 14 Second XI Championship

Second XI Championship

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 matches for the Middlesex Second XI between 1960 and 1981.

The only first-class

First-class cricket

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 match held on the ground came in 1959 when Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 played Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in the County Championship

County Championship

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.

The ground is today the home venue of Hornsey Cricket Club.

External links

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