Temuka Oval
Encyclopedia
Temuka Oval is a cricket
ground in Temuka
, Canterbury, New Zealand
. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1905 when South Canterbury played North Otago. The ground later held a single first-class
match in 1978 when Young New Zealand played a touring England XI, which resulted in an innings and 23 run victory for the England XI.
The oval was scheduled to to hold a concert as part of Tina Turner
's Wildest Dreams Tour
on 19 April 1997, but this was cancelled.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Temuka
Temuka
Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch. It is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a service town.-History:...
, Canterbury, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1905 when South Canterbury played North Otago. The ground later held a single 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...
match in 1978 when Young New Zealand played a touring England XI, which resulted in an innings and 23 run victory for the England XI.
The oval was scheduled to to hold a concert as part of Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
's Wildest Dreams Tour
Wildest Dreams Tour
The Wildest Dreams Tour is the seventh concert tour by American singer Tina Turner. The tour supported her eighth studio album, Wildest Dreams. The tour is Turner's biggest outing to date, performing over 250 dates in Europe, North America and Australasia—surpassing her Break Every Rule Tour...
on 19 April 1997, but this was cancelled.
External links
- Temuka Oval at ESPNcricinfo
- Temuka Oval at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...