Racecourse Ground, Hereford
Encyclopedia
The Racecourse Ground is a cricket ground in Hereford
, England
. The two ends are known as the Pavilion End and the Racecourse End.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
played five first-class
matches here between 1919 and 1983, and one other first-class game (between HK Foster's XI and the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team
) was also staged in 1919. Worcestershire also played three List A games at the ground between 1983 and 1987. (A further List A match in 1988 was abandoned without a ball being bowled.)
One game of the 1986 ICC Trophy
was played here: Bangladesh
beat Argentina
by seven wickets.
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The two ends are known as the Pavilion End and the Racecourse End.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
played five first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches here between 1919 and 1983, and one other first-class game (between HK Foster's XI and the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team
Australian Imperial Forces cricket team
The Australian Imperial Forces cricket team toured England between May and September 1919, playing 28 first-class matches after the First World War. Its overall record was 12 wins, 4 losses and 12 draws...
) was also staged in 1919. Worcestershire also played three List A games at the ground between 1983 and 1987. (A further List A match in 1988 was abandoned without a ball being bowled.)
One game of the 1986 ICC Trophy
1986 ICC Trophy
The 1986 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in England between 11 June and 7 July 1986. It was the third ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and as with the previous two tournaments, games between the 16 participating teams played over 60 overs a side and with white clothing and...
was played here: Bangladesh
Bangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...
beat Argentina
Argentine cricket team
The Argentina national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Argentina in international cricket matches. The team is currently an associate member of the International Cricket Council and coached by Toby Bailey, who is also a writer in cricket magazine All Out...
by seven wickets.
First-class
- Highest team total: 405 by HK Foster's XI v Worcestershire, 1919
- Lowest team total: 84 by Worcestershire v Combined ServicesCombined Services cricket teamThe Combined Services cricket team represents the British armed forces. The team played at first-class level in England for more than forty years in the mid-twentieth century. Their first first-class match was against Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1920, while their last was against Oxford...
, 1947 - Highest individual innings: 139 by Johnny TaylorJohnny Taylor (cricketer)John Morris "Johnny" Taylor was an Australian dual international in cricket and rugby union.He attended Newington College and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney....
for Australian Imperial Forces v HK Foster's XI, 1919 - Best bowling in an innings: 6-50 by Humphrey GilbertHumphrey Gilbert (cricketer)Humphrey Adam Gilbert was an Indian-born English cricketer who played 118 first-class matches. All of these were in England,with the majority for Worcestershire and Oxford University....
for HK Foster's XI v Worcestershire, 1919
List A
- Highest team total: 233/6 (40 overs) by Worcestershire v GloucestershireGloucestershire County Cricket ClubGloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, 1986 - Lowest team total: 154 (40 overs) by SurreySurrey County Cricket ClubSurrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
v Worcestershire, 1987 - Highest individual innings: 108 by Jack Russell for Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, 1986
- Best bowling in an innings: 3-23 by Paul PridgeonPaul PridgeonAlan Paul Pridgeon is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire, taking 530 first-class and 273 List A wickets for the county between the early 1970s and the late 1980s. He was capped by the county in 1980...
for Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, 1986