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Location | Crystal Palace, London | ||||||||
Coordinates | 51°25′16″N 0°03′50″W / 51.421°N 0.064°W | ||||||||
Establishment | 1857 | ||||||||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||||||||
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As of 8 September 2010 Source: CricketArchive |
Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Crystal Palace in south-east London. It was located in Crystal Palace Park in the shadow of The Crystal Palace. The ground was established on 3 June 1857 and used for first-class cricket between 1864 and 1906.
The site of the ground was part of the county of Kent when it was first established and it was initially used by Kent County Cricket Club in the 1860s before becoming the main ground for London County Cricket Club between 1900 and 1904. The site of the ground is now in the London Borough of Bromley and forms part of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.