Nelson Cricket Ground

Nelson Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Not to be confused with Nelson Park (cricket ground).

Nelson Cricket Ground
Ground information
LocationHastings, New Zealand
Establishment1878 (first recorded match)
Team information
Central Districts (1999–2001)
Hawke's Bay (1914–1915)
As of 2 November 2011
Source: Ground profile

The first recorded match held on the ground came in February 1878 when Hawke's Bay played the touring Australians.[1] The New Zealand Times referred to the match as taking place "in Mr Braithwaite's paddock at Hastings, about a mile from the railway station".[2]

It was known as the "Heretaunga School ground" until 1913, when the owners, Mr and Mrs W. Nelson, sold it to a trust for use as a sports ground for the local community and it was named Nelson Cricket Ground in their honour.[3][4] In 1920 the ground was bought by the Hastings Borough Council.[5]

The ground held its first first-class match in 1914 when Hawke's Bay played Wellington. Two further first-class matches were held there, one in 1914 when Hawke's Bay played the touring Australians and one in 1915 when Hawke's Bay played Canterbury in the 1914/15 Plunket Shield.[6]

Other sports were also played at the ground. The New Zealand and England women's hockey teams played an international there in August 1914 in front of a crowd of 5000.[7]

References
  1. "Other matches played on Nelson Cricket Ground, Hastings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. "Australian Eleven v. Napier Twenty-Two". New Zealand Times. XXXIII (5261): 3. 2 February 1878. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "Local and General". Hastings Standard. III (51): 4. 12 February 1913. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Hastings Cricket Association". Hastings Standard. IV (134): 5. 23 May 1914. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. "Hastings Borough Council". Hastings Standard. XI (2): 6. 14 December 1920. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. "First-Class Matches played on Nelson Cricket Ground, Hastings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  7. "England's Third Victory". Evening Post. LXXXVIII (35): 4. 10 August 1914. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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