Ground Name: | Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground |
Country: | England |
Location: | Reigate, Surrey |
Establishment: | 1853 (first recorded match) |
Year2: | 1924 & 1934-1936 |
Club2: | HDG Leveson-Gower's XI |
Year1: | 1909 |
Club1: | Surrey |
Date: | 29 August |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/707.html Ground profile |
Reigate Priory Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Reigate, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1853 when East Surrey played West Sussex.[1] It hosted its first first-class match in 1909 when Surrey played Oxford University. The next first-class match came in 1924 when HDG Leveson-Gower's XI played the touring South Africans. HDG Leveson-Gower's XI returned to the Priory to play first-class matches in 1934, where they played 3 further matches from 1934 to 1936, playing their final first-class match there against Oxford University.[2]
Additionally, during a number of periods in the 20th and early 21st century, the ground played host to a number of Surrey Second XI matches in the Minor Counties Championship, Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 13 Second XI matches.[3] [4] [5]
In local domestic cricket, Reigate Priory is the home venue of Reigate Priory Cricket Club who play in the Surrey Championship Premier Division.[6] During World War II the ground was damaged in The Blitz.[7]
Reigate Priory Cricket club has also fielded many famous names over the years like W. G. Grace, Zubin Bharucha and Jason Roy.