STAT ATTACK - SPYTTY PARK BECOMES GLAMORGAN'S 13th CHAMPIONSHIP HOME VENUE

14 May 2019 | Cricket

(by Andrew Hignell)

Spytty Park in Newport will become this morning the 13th home venue used by Glamorgan to host County Championship cricket. The well-appointed ground in Newport will also become Glamorgan’s first new location for a County Championship for 36 years, with the most recent being Avenue Road in Abergavenny which hosted its inaugural County Championship encounter in June 1983. This particular match took place during an era when the premier county competition encompassed three-day matches so today’s contest against Gloucestershire will be the first time a new venue has begun with a four-day game.

Below is the full list of home venues used previously by the Welsh county for County Championship cricket, together with the date of their first-ever Championship match:

Cardiff Arms Park – 18 May 1921 v Sussex

St. Helen’s, Swansea – 28 May 1921 v Leicestershire

Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd – 3 July 1926 v Derbyshire

The Broad Shoard, Cowbridge – 25 July 1931 v Northamptonshire

Stradey Park, Llanelli – 24 June 1933 v Worcestershire

The Gnoll, Neath – 14 July 1934 v Essex

Rodney Parade, Newport – 6 July 1935 v Leicestershire

Welfare Ground, Ebbw Vale – 22 June 1946 v Worcestershire

Steel Company of Wales, Margam – 3 September 1960 v Sussex

Colwyn Bay CC (Rhos-on-Sea) – 27 August 1966 v Derbyshire

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff – 7 June 1967 v Northamptonshire

Avenue Road, Abergavenny – 22 June 1983 v Worcestershire

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