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| Location | North Perrott,Somerset | ||||||
| Country | England | ||||||
| Coordinates | 50°53′05″N2°45′07″W / 50.8848°N 2.7519°W /50.8848; -2.7519 | ||||||
| Establishment | 1946 | ||||||
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| As of 24 July 2010 Source:CricketArchive | |||||||
North Perrott Cricket Club Ground is a formerList A cricket ground located inNorth Perrott,Somerset. It hosted a singleCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy match in 2001 betweenSomerset Cricket Board andWales Minor Counties.[1] The ground has also been used bySomerset County Cricket Club and Board for numerous other matches. It has also hosted theSomerset women's cricket team occasionally since 2005. The ground is home toNorth Perrott Cricket Club, and has been since its creation in 1946.
The ground, located on Willis Lane, was levelled and a wicket laid soon after the end of the Second World War.[2] Courtesy of the Hoskyns family, North Perrott Cricket Club began using the ground in 1946. In 1993, the club purchased the ground from the family, thanks in part to an anonymous sponsor, and a grant from the Sports and Arts Foundation. Becoming owners of the ground, the club sought to build a pavilion, and after fund-raising and obtaining planning permission, the pavilion was officially opened in the 2000 season. A couple of years later, the club built a new score-hut, and in 2004 upgraded to an electronic scoreboard.[2]
North Perrott Cricket Club Ground was first used bySomerset County Cricket Club in 1991, when their second XI played aSecond XI Championship match against Glamorgan's seconds. Somerset's seconds continued to use the ground regularly over the following years, playing 17 Second XI Championship matches and seven Second XI Trophy matches at the venue.[3][4] TheSomerset Cricket Board team were also fixtures on the ground for four matches. In addition to the first-round match againstWales Minor Counties in theCheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, they were also scheduled to play threeMinor Counties Trophy matches – two of these were abandoned.[5] In recent years, the ground has also been used bySomerset women's cricket team. The women's side has no fixed home ground, playing at a variety of venues across the county, and first played at North Perrott in 2005.[6] Since then, visits to the ground have become more regular, with over half of their home fixtures in 2009 and 2010 being played there.[7][8]
50°53′05″N2°45′07″W / 50.8848°N 2.7519°W /50.8848; -2.7519