The Victory Ground 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 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

. The ground was established in 1935, when Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....

 played the Surrey Second XI

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

 in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1935 to the present day, it has hosted 50 Minor Counties matches.

The first List-A match played on the ground came in the 1981 NatWest Trophy

1981 NatWest Trophy

The 1981 NatWest Trophy was the first NatWest Trophy since its renaming from the Gillette Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 11 July and 5 September 1981...

 between Suffolk and Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

. From 1981 to 2005, the ground played host to 10 List-A matches, the last of which saw Suffolk play Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

 in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

The 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was the 4th Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, an English county cricket tournament, held between 3 May and 3 September 2005. The competition was contested by all 18 first-class counties, as well as 10 minor counties and the national teams of Scotland, Ireland,...

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In local domestic cricket, the Victory Ground is the home ground of Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club who play in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League

East Anglian Premier Cricket League

The East Anglian Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in East Anglia, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League...

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External links

• Victory Ground on CricketArchive
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• Victory Ground on Cricinfo
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