WH Laverton's Ground
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WH Laverton's Ground was a cricket
ground in Westbury
, Wiltshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1888, when WH Laverton's XI played OG Radcliffe's XI. The ground hosted a single first-class
match in 1890, which saw WH Laverton's XI playing the touring Australians. The final recorded match held on the ground saw Leighton play Lansdown in 1899.
The grounds exact location is unknown, but its approximate location would be somewhere within the grounds of Leighton House, which is today home to the Army Officer Selection Board.
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 Westbury
Westbury, Wiltshire
Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse.-Name:The most likely origin of the West- in Westbury is simply that the town is near the western edge of the county of Wiltshire, the bounds of which have been much the same...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1888, when WH Laverton's XI played OG Radcliffe's XI. The ground hosted a single first-class
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...
match in 1890, which saw WH Laverton's XI playing the touring Australians. The final recorded match held on the ground saw Leighton play Lansdown in 1899.
The grounds exact location is unknown, but its approximate location would be somewhere within the grounds of Leighton House, which is today home to the Army Officer Selection Board.
External links
- WH Laverton's Ground on 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...