Welkom Mines Recreation Ground
Location | Welkom, Free State |
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Construction | |
Broke ground | 1954 |
Opened | 1954 |
Tenants | |
Orange Free State cricket team (occasional) (1954-1963) | |
Website | |
Cricinfo |
Welkom Mines Recreation Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Welkom, Free State. The ground is mostly used for local cricket matches. It also hosted three first-class matches between 1954 and 1963 as the home ground for the Orange Free State cricket team,[1] the first being a loss to the Transvaal cricket team by nine wickets on November 26, 27 and 29; 1954 as a part of the 1954/55 Currie Cup.[2]
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- Sports venues in the Free State (province)
- Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa
- Cricket grounds in South Africa
- Matjhabeng Local Municipality
- South African sports venue stubs
- Cricket ground stubs