Horton Park, Blenheim

Horton Park
Ground information
Location Blenheim, New Zealand
Establishment 1903 (first recorded match)
Team information
Central Districts (1972–2002)
As of 2 November 2011
Source: Ground profile

Horton Park is a cricket ground in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. The first recorded match held on the ground came in January 1903 when Marlborough played Lord Hawke's XI.[1] The ground held its first first-class match in 1972 when Central Districts played Northern Districts in the 1972/73 Plunket Shield. Over the following thirty years, Central Districts played nine further first-class matches there, the last of which came against Auckland in the 2002/03 State Championship.[2] The first List A match held there came when Central Districts played Otago in the 1977/78 Gillette Cup. Two further List A matches have been played there, with Central Districts playing Northern Districts in the 1980/81 and 1993/94 Shell Cup's.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Other matches played on Horton Park, Blenheim". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Horton Park, Blenheim". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "List A Matches played on Horton Park, Blenheim". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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Coordinates: 41°31′05.29″S 173°57′44.68″E / 41.5181361°S 173.9624111°E / -41.5181361; 173.9624111

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