Blairmont Sports Club Ground Explained

Ground Name:Blairmont Sports Club Ground
Nickname:Blairmont Community Centre
Country:Guyana
Location:Blairmont, Guyana
Establishment:1959[1]
Coord:6.2503°N -57.5439°W
Seating Capacity:1,000[2]
Club1:Berbice
Year1:1989/90
Club2:Guyana
Year2:1992/93–2011/12
Date:21 April
Year:2022
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59423.html Ground profile

Blairmont Sports Club Ground is a cricket and football ground in Blairmont, Guyana.

History

Located next to the Blairmont Estate sugar plantation, the ground was opened in 1959 and first played host to first-class cricket when Berbice played Demerara in the 1989–90 Kenneth Sookram Memorial Trophy. Guyana later played two first-class matches there in the 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup 1992-93 and 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup, playing against Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands respectively.[3] List A one-day cricket was first played there in February 1994, when Guyana played the Leeward Islands in the Geddes Grant Shield. Guyana played a further three one-day matches there in 1995 and 1996, before the ground played host to three neutral one-day matches in 2004 and 2007; one of these saw Barbados dismiss West Indies under-19s for 18 runs, the lowest total in the history of List A one-day cricket, with Pedro Collins taking figures of 7 for 11.[4] Guyana returned to the ground in 2008 and 2011, playing two further one-day matches there.[5]

As a football venue, the ground has played host to three international matches. The first of these came in 2004 and saw Guyana lose 3–1 to Grenada in a preliminary qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup. The next two came in 2008, with Guyana playing Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a friendly, and Suriname and Dominica playing one another in a qualifying match for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2]

Records

First-class

List A

See also

External links

6.2503°N -57.5439°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blairmont Estate – Community Development. www.guysuco.gy. 2022-04-22.
  2. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground. www.national-football-teams.com. 2022-04-21.
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont (3). CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  4. Web site: Collins wrecks Under-19s for 18. ESPNcricinfo. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  5. Web site: List A Matches played on Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont (9). CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  6. Web site: Berbice v Demerara, Kenneth Sookram Memorial Trophy 1989/90. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  7. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  8. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Centuries in first-class cricket. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  9. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  10. Web site: Guyana v Leeward Islands, Red Stripe Cup 1993/94. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  11. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Highest Team Totals in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  12. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Lowest Team Totals in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  13. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Centuries in List A matches. 2022-04-21. subscription.
  14. Web site: Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-04-21. subscription.