Cricket ground
Nelson Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
The first recorded match held on the ground came in February 1878 when Hawke's Bay played the touring Australians.[1] The New Zealand Times referred to the match as taking place "in Mr Braithwaite's paddock at Hastings, about a mile from the railway station".[2]
It was known as the "Heretaunga School ground" until 1913, when the owners, Mr and Mrs W. Nelson, sold it to a trust for use as a sports ground for the local community and it was named Nelson Cricket Ground in their honour.[3][4] In 1920 the ground was bought by the Hastings Borough Council.[5]
The ground held its first first-class match in 1914 when Hawke's Bay played Wellington. Two further first-class matches were held there, one in 1914 when Hawke's Bay played the touring Australians and one in 1915 when Hawke's Bay played Canterbury in the 1914/15 Plunket Shield.[6]
Other sports were also played at the ground. The New Zealand and England women's hockey teams played an international there in August 1914 in front of a crowd of 5000.[7]
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