Victory Square, Nelson
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| Location | Nelson, New Zealand | ||
| Establishment | 1859 (first recorded match) | ||
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| As of 3 November 2011 Source: Ground profile |
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Victory Square is a cricket ground in Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Located a short distance south-west of Nelson's central business district, it is in a public park of the same name bounded by Vanguard, Toi Toi, St Vincent and Northesk streets.
The ground was being used for cricket in the 1858-59 season, when clubs from Nelson and the nearby town of Wakefield played each other there. The first interprovincial match there was in 1862-63, when Nelson played Wellington in a one-day match in which 40 wickets fell for 167 runs on a "very fiery pitch".
Between 1875 and 1887 Nelson played seven matches at Victory Square that are now recognised as first-class. Nelson won all six matches against Wellington and lost the other match to Auckland. Scores were extremely low and there were some notable bowling figures.
Harry Hole took 8 for 37 and 2 for 24 for Nelson in his only first-class match. Thomas Armitage of Wellington, also playing in his first first-class match, took 5 for 18 and 4 for 24. The highest score was 31, made by two Wellington batsmen in the first innings.
The Eden brothers were the main destroyers for Nelson: William Eden took 5 for 17 and 4 for 24, Thomas Eden took 3 for 17 and 3 for 28. The highest individual score was 22.
James Wigzell of Nelson had the best figures, with 3 for 9 in the first innings and five wickets in the second, when the number of runs he conceded out of the 24 scored by the batsmen is unknown. The highest individual score was 29.
Thomas Eden took 4 for 9 and 5 for 20 for Nelson. The highest individual score was 27.
William Lankham took 6 for 18 and 4 for 37 for Auckland. For Nelson, George Fowler took 2 for 38 and 6 for 42, and James Wigzell 5 for 16 and 4 for 16. The highest individual score was 30, by the Nelson number 11, George Silcock, in the second innings, when the last wicket added 50.
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