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| Queen's Park |
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 England |
| Ground information |
| Location |
Chesterfield |
| Establishment |
1898 |
| Seating capacity |
7,000 |
| End names |
Lake End
Pavilion End |
| Domestic team information |
| Years |
Team |
| 1898 – 1998 |
Derbyshire |
| 2006 – present |
Derbyshire |
|
As of 05 October, 2008
Source: Cricinfo
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Queen's Park is a County cricket ground located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England and lies within a park in the centre of the town established for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. It is among the most attractive cricket grounds in the world, with a small pavilion and surrounded by mature trees.[1]
The park is the home of Chesterfield CC and also played home to Derbyshire CCC for 100 years between 1898 and 1998, before the county team returned in 2006 after an 8 year absence.[2] It was at one time surrounded by a banked cycle track. It is a small ground and slow to dry after rain, thus can provide a green wicket. The size of the ground however, lends itself to rapid scoring on good wickets.
[edit] The return of County Cricket
After a century of first-class cricket at Chesterfield between 1898 and 1998, the next seven seasons saw Derbyshire play no First Class or List A matches on the ground.
However, following a multi-million pound refurbishment and upgrade of the entire park including the cricketing facilities,[3] Derbyshire returned by taking on Worcestershire in a County Championship Division Two game between 26 and 29 July. The game ended in a draw, with Australian Marcus North avoiding defeat for the home side by scoring 161 runs, including 24 boundaries. Attendances for all four days was high, and saw Derbyshire announce a four year deal to play County Cricket at the ground soon after the game.[4]
The Sunday then saw a visit from a star-studded Surrey Brown Caps side and despite a heavy loss, a large crowd were treated to some entertainment by Surrey batsman Ali Brown who scored 106 from just 68 deliveries.[5]
[edit] 2007 festival
The 2007 festival was scheduled to run from 25 to 29 of July and would have consisted of a four day Liverpool Victoria County Championship game against Somerset and the NatWest Pro 40 opener against Kent Spitfires. Both of these matches were moved to Derbyshire's regular ground in Derby due to the Queen's Park ground being waterlogged. Instead, the festival began with the NatWest Pro 40 game against Durham Dynamos on 4 September[6] and saw Durham win convincingly by seven wickets.[7] The festival continued with the Liverpool Victoria County Championship game against Nottinghamshire from 6 to 9 September, where Nottinghamshire won by an innings and six runs inside three days. Nottinghamshire skipper Stephen Fleming helped the visitors to the win, scoring 243 runs, including 40 fours.[8]
[edit] First Class Records at Queen's Park
[edit] Notation
- Team notation
- 300-3 indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
- 300-3d indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
- 300 indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out.
- Batting Notation
- 100 indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
- 100* indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
- 100* against a partnership means that the two batsmen added 100 runs to the team's total, and neither of them was out.
- Bowling Notation
- 5-100 indicates that a bowler captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.
[edit] Team scoring records
[edit] Batting records
[edit] Bowling records
- Highest Attendance - 14,000 v Yorkshire (in 1948)[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 53°13′57.51″N 1°25′57.44″W / 53.2326417°N 1.4326222°W / 53.2326417; -1.4326222
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