Day's Itchen Ground
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Day's Itchen Ground was a cricket ground in Southampton, which hosted first-class cricket from 1848 to 1850.
History
County cricket in Southampton had been played across the River Itchen at the Antelope Ground since 1839. In 1845, the ground was threatened by building speculation, which prompted Daniel Day to move to a ground across the river at Woolston on a field owned by the Woolston Hotel.[1] The ground's total area was roughly 6 acres (24,000 m2), with a wooden cricket pavilion being constructed on its north side. The first match was played there in March 1846, when the Married of Southampton played the Single of Southampton.[1] First-class cricket was first played there in 1848, when Hampshire played the All-England Eleven. Subsequently, two further first-class matches were played there between the sides in 1849 and 1850.[2] Day found the ground to be financially unviable, having cost him between £1,000 and £2,000, and he moved to Portsmouth to manage the East Hampshire Cricket Ground at Southsea when the lease at the Itchen Ground expired in 1851. The ground was subsequently built over in the 1850s, with first-class cricket in Southampton returning to the Antelope Ground until 1884.[1]
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 131 all out by All England Eleven v Hampshire, 1850[3]
- Lowest team total: 22 all out by All England Eleven v Hampshire, 1848[4]
- Highest individual innings: 46 by Joe Guy for All England Eleven v Hampshire, 1850[3]
- Best bowling in an innings: 8-1? (scorecard incomplete) by William Hillyer, as above[5]
- Best bowling in a match: 14-48 by William Hillyer for All England Eleven v Hampshire, 1848[6]
References
- ^ a b c Cricket Grounds of Hampshire. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. 1988. pp. 12–13.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Hampshire v All England Eleven, All England Eleven matches 1850". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Day's (Itchen) Ground, Southampton - Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
External links
- Day's Itchen Ground at ESPNcricinfo
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