Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds Explained

Ground Name:Victory Ground
Country:England
Location:Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Establishment:1935
Year1:1935 - present
Club1:Suffolk
Date:23 May
Year:2010
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56854.html Ground profile

The Victory Ground is a cricket ground in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The ground was established in 1935, when Suffolk played the Surrey Second XI in the ground's first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1935 to the present day, it has hosted 50 Minor Counties matches.[1]

The first List-A match played on the ground came in the 1981 NatWest Trophy between Suffolk and Derbyshire. From 1981 to 2005, the ground hosted ten List-A matches, the last of which saw Suffolk play Glamorgan in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[2]

In local domestic cricket, the Victory Ground is the home of Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club who play in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/369_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on the Victory Ground
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/369_a.html List A Matches played on the Victory Ground
  3. http://www.burystedmundscricketclubofficialsite.co.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club