Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
LocationReigate, Surrey
Establishment1853 (first recorded match)
Team information
Surrey (1909)
HDG Leveson-Gower's XI (1924 & 1934-1936)
As of 29 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Reigate, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1853 when East Surrey played West Sussex.[1] It hosted its first first-class match in 1909 when Surrey played Oxford University. The next first-class match came in 1924 when HDG Leveson-Gower's XI played the touring South Africans. HDG Leveson-Gower's XI returned to the Priory to play first-class matches in 1934, where they played 3 further matches from 1934 to 1936, playing their final first-class match there against Oxford University.[2]

Additionally, during a number of periods in the 20th and early 21st century, the ground played host to a number of Surrey Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 13 Second XI matches.[3][4][5]

In local domestic cricket, Reigate Priory is the home venue of Reigate Priory Cricket Club who play in the Surrey Championship Premier Division.[6] During World War II the ground was damaged in The Blitz.[7]

Reigate Priory Cricket club has also fielded many famous names over the years like W. G. Grace, Zubin Bharucha and Jason Roy.

References

  1. ↑ "Other matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  2. ↑ First-Class Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
  3. ↑ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
  4. ↑ Second XI Championship Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
  5. ↑ Second XI Trophy Matches played on Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground
  6. ↑ Reigate Priory Cricket Club
  7. ↑ Ground profile

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