Napier Recreation Ground

Napier Recreation Ground

Ground information
Location	Napier, New Zealand
Establishment	1884 (first recorded match)
Team information
Hawke's Bay (1884–1913)
As of 2 November 2011 Source: Ground profile

Napier Recreation Ground was a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The ground first held a first-class match when Hawke's Bay played Wellington in 1884. Hawke's Bay would play nineteen further first-class matches there, the last of which came in 1913 against Auckland.^[1] During this period the ground played host to the touring Fijians, Marylebone Cricket Club and Australians. The site of the ground still exists to this day, but association football is the sport primarily played on it.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played on Napier Recreation Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

External links

• Napier Recreation Ground at ESPNcricinfo
• Napier Recreation Ground at CricketArchive

Coordinates: 39°30′20.20″S 176°51′35.66″E / 39.5056111°S 176.8599056°E