East Sussex Cricket Ground
Sports venue in St Leonards-on-Sea, England
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East Sussex Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. The ground was located at the site of a racecourse which had moved after 1826 from the Bulverhythe Salts. It was during its time regarded as one of the finest racecourses in the United Kingdom.[1]
LocationSt Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
CountryEngland
Establishment1857 (first recorded match)
Sussex(1857)
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| Location | St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Establishment | 1857 (first recorded match) | ||
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The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Sussex played the Marylebone Cricket Club in the grounds only first-class match.[2] The final recorded match held on the ground came in 1894 when the South Saxons played the Gentlemen of the Netherlands,[3] a Netherlands side which contained the famous Carst Posthuma.