Greenbank Cricket Ground Explained

Ground Name:Greenbank
Country:England
Location:Bristol
Establishment:1922 (first recorded match)
Year1:1922-1928
Club1:Gloucestershire
Date:11 September
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/354.html Ground profile

Greenbank (also known as Packer's Ground) is a cricket ground in Bristol. The ground was initially owned by H.J. Packer and Co Ltd. The first first-class match on the ground was in 1922, when Gloucestershire played Sussex. Gloucestershire played first-class matches at the ground from 1922 to 1928, playing a total of 20 first-class matches there, the last of which saw them play Derbyshire in the 1928 County Championship.[1]

Gloucestershire also played a non first-class at the ground in 1924 against a Scotland XI.[2]

The ground still exists today, after being sold by H.J. Packer and Co Ltd in 1935, it came under the ownership of the local council and is today used by the Old Georgian Eastville Club. In recent times, the ground has undergone a refurbishment with the construction of new buildings and the relaying of the pitch.

External links

51.4649°N -2.5522°W

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/354_f.html First-Class Matches played on Greenbank
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/354_misc.html Other matches played on Greenbank