Smallbone Park is a cricket ground in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1938 when Bay of Plenty played Waiapu.[1]

Smallbone Park
Ground information
LocationRotorua, New Zealand
Establishment1938 (first recorded match)
Team information
Northern Districts (1969–2003)
As of 3 November 2011
Source: Ground profile

The ground held its first first-class match during the 1968/69 Plunket Shield when Northern Districts played Otago. Between the 1968/69 and 1995/96 seasons, seventeen first-class matches were held there, the last of which saw Northern Districts play Central Districts in the 1995/96 Shell Trophy.[2] The first List A match held there came when Northern Districts played Auckland in the 1984/85 Shell Cup. Northern Districts played six further List A matches at the ground, the last of which came in the 2002/03 State Shield against Otago.[3]

A single Women's One Day International was played there on 25 February 1995, when Australia Women played India Women in the New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Smallbone Park, Rotorua". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Smallbone Park, Rotorua". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ "List A Matches played on Smallbone Park, Rotorua". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Smallbone Park, Rotorua". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
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