The Green Jackets Ground is a cricket ground in St Cross, Winchester, Hampshire.
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| Location | Winchester, Hampshire | ||
| Coordinates | 51°02′43″N 1°19′24″W / 51.0452°N 1.3234°W | ||
| Establishment | c. 1859 | ||
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| As of 23 October 2009 Source: Ground profile | |||
The ground was first used in 1859, when Winchester Garrison played I Zingari.[1] The ground was used by the Rifle Brigade, known as the Green Jackets, who were based in Winchester at the Peninsula Barracks.[2] The ground is currently owned by the trustees of the nearby ancient Hospital of St Cross and lies next to water meadows of the River Itchen.[3] The ground was first leased to the Rifle Brigade and since 1885 it has been leased to the Green Jackets Club.[4][3] Only one first-class match was played at the ground, which saw Hampshire play Sussex in 1875.[5] Sussex were dismissed in their first-innings for 206, with Hampshire being dismissed for just 60 in their first-innings and were made to follow-on in their second-innings, making a total of just 119. Sussex therefore winning by an innings and 27 runs.[6] The original wooden cricket pavilion at the ground dated from 1886, but was destroyed by fire and a replacement was built in 1970.[3] For many years, the ground has played host to the Southern Counties Archery Championship, in which thirteen counties from the South of England are represented.[3] St Cross Symondians Cricket Club use the ground as their home venue.[7]
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edit- ^ "Other matches played on Green Jackets Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Bettesworth, Walter (14 May 1896). "Pavilion gossip". Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. Vol. 15. London. pp. 129–131. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d Cricket Grounds of Hampshire. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. 1988. pp. 11–12.
- ^ "Ground profile: Green Jackets Ground". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Green Jackets Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Hampshire v Sussex, 1875". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "St.Cross Symondians Cricket Club - Formed 1992". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.