Napier Recreation Ground

Napier Recreation Ground
The ground hosting a rugby game between Hawke's Bay and the British Lions in 1908
Interactive map of Napier Recreation Ground
Ground information
LocationNapier, New Zealand
CountryNew Zealand
Establishment1884 (first recorded match)
Team information
Hawke's Bay (1884–1913)
As of 2 November 2011
Source: Ground profile

Napier Recreation Ground was a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. It was located on Carlyle Street, opposite Chaucer Street.[1]

History

The ground first held a first-class match when Hawke's Bay played Wellington in 1884. Hawke's Bay would play nineteen further first-class matches there, the last of which came in 1913 against Auckland.[2] During this period the ground played host to the touring Fijians, Marylebone Cricket Club and Australians.

In 1908 it hosted a rugby match on the British Lions tour, with the Lions defeating Hawke's Bay 25 to 3.[3]

By 1919 the Napier City Council had reappropriated the ground's land for a new power house.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Improving Carlyle Street". Daily Telegraph: 5. 14 March 1925.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Napier Recreation Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Britain v. Hawke's Bay". Taranaki Daily News. Vol. LI, no. 164. 2 July 1908. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Napier City Council – Ordinary Meeting". The Daily Telegraph. No. 21272. 11 October 1919. p. 3.
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