The Parks, Godmanchester

The Parks
Ground information
Location	Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
Coordinates	52°19′18″N 0°10′15″W / 52.3217°N 0.1709°W
Establishment	c. 1972
Team information
Huntingdonshire	(2000–2001)
	As of 2 July 2010; Source: Ground profile

The Parks is a cricket ground situated off Fox Grove, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. The ground is bordered to the north and south by residential housing and to the east by the A14 road.

History[]

Established between 1959 and 1972, the ground plays host to the home matches of Godmanchester Town Cricket Club.^[1] Huntingdonshire played two List A matches at the ground in the early 2000s, against the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,^[2] with both matches ending in five wicket defeats for Huntingdonshire. The county also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match at The Parks in 2001 against the Essex Cricket Board.^[3] Huntingdonshire soon after lost List A status and were excluded from the MCCA Knockout Trophy,^{[n 1]} but have continued to play in minor fixtures at the ground.

Records[]

List A[]

Highest team total: 207/5 (45 overs) by Yorkshire Cricket Board v Huntingdonshire, 2000^[4]
Lowest team total: 180/8 (50 overs) by Huntingdonshire v Gloucestershire Cricket Board, 2001^[5]
Highest individual innings: 75 by Neil Stovold, as above^[5]
Best bowling in an innings: 3/36 by James Rendell, as above^[5]

Notes[]

^ Although considered one of the twenty-two Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Huntingdonshire never entered a team into any minor counties competitions until 1998, when it entered a team into the MCCA Knockout Trophy, while the following year it entered a team into the domestic List A competition. It continued to play in both competitions until 2002, after which the decision was taken to reduce the size of both competitions, with Huntingdonshire alongside the Cricket Boards of the first-class counties being excluded from future competitions

References[]

^ "Ground profile: The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "List A Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Huntingdonshire v Yorkshire Cricket Board, 2000 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Huntingdonshire v Gloucestershire Cricket Board, 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

External links[]

The Parks, Godmanchester at ESPNcricinfo
The Parks, Godmanchester at CricketArchive

Coordinates: 52°19′18″N 0°10′15″W / 52.3217°N 0.1709°W / 52.3217; -0.1709

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[4] Although considered one of the twenty-two Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Huntingdonshire never entered a team into any minor counties competitions until 1998, when it entered a team into the MCCA Knockout Trophy, while the following year it entered a team into the domestic List A competition. It continued to play in both competitions until 2002, after which the decision was taken to reduce the size of both competitions, with Huntingdonshire alongside the Cricket Boards of the first-class counties being excluded from future competitions

[1] "Ground profile: The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[2] "List A Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[3] "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Parks, Godmanchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[SCORE1-5] "Huntingdonshire v Yorkshire Cricket Board, 2000 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[SCORE2-6] "Huntingdonshire v Gloucestershire Cricket Board, 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

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