Tanteen Recreation Ground is a cricket and football ground in St. George's, Grenada.
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| Location | St George's, Grenada | ||
| Coordinates | 12°02′55″N 61°44′51″W / 12.0485°N 61.7476°W | ||
| Establishment | c. 1977 | ||
| Capacity | 1,000[1] | ||
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| As of 21 April 2022 Source: Ground profile | |||
History
editThe area in which the ground is located was formerly swamp land, which was drained in 1905.[2] The ground has played host to public events, including a speech delivered by then President of Cuba Fidel Castro in August 1998.[3] Representative cricket was first played there in 1997, when the Windward Islands played Guyana in a first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup. A further first-class match was played there in 1998, before a gap of seven years before the next. The ground hosted the Windward Islands in one first-class match in 2005, two in 2006, and one in 2007.[4] In a 2005 match against the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands Deighton Butler took a hat-trick in the Leeward Islands second innings.[5] The ground has hosted a single List A one-day match in the 2006–07 KFC Cup between the Windward Islands and Guyana,[6] which the Windward Islands won by 6 wickets despite a century by Guyana's Royston Crandon (101).[7] Numerous women's representative matches have also been hosted at the ground.[8]
As a football venue, Tanteen Recreation Ground is the home ground of Grenada Boys' Secondary School FC.[9] It has played host to four international friendly matches for the Grenada national football team.[1]
Records
editFirst-class
edit- Highest team total: 446 all out by Windward Islands v Guyana, 1996–97[10]
- Lowest team total: 177 for 9 declared by Windward Islands v Guyana, as above[10]
- Highest individual innings: 218 by Junior Murray for Windward Islands v Guyana, as above[11]
- Best bowling in an innings: 6-105 by Rawl Lewis for Windward Islands v Barbados, 2005–06[12]
- Best bowling in a match: 8-102 by Deighton Butler, for Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, 2004–05[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Tanteen Recreation Ground". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Minutes. Grenada Legislative Council. 1905. p. 12.
- ^ Fidel Castro y la historia como ciencia (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios Martianos. 2007. p. 82.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, Carib Beer Cup 2004/05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Windward Islands v Guyana, KFC Cup 2006/07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Grenada Boys Secondary School FC". www.uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Windward Islands v Guyana, Red Stripe Cup 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Tanteen Recreation Ground, St George's - Centuries in first-class cricket". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Windward Islands v Barbados, Carib Beer Cup 2005/06". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.