Egerton Park

Egerton Park
Ground information
LocationMelton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Establishment1931
Team information
Leicestershire (1946–1948)
As of 22 October 2020
Source: Ground profile

Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931.[1] Egerton Park was used as an outground by Leicestershire following the Second World War, playing three first-class cricket matches there against Somerset, Lancashire and Kent in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 County Championship's respectively.[2] Egerton Park played host to international cricket in 1986, when Malaysia played Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy, though the match carried no official status.[3]

  1. ^ "Egerton Park" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "ICC Trophy Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.