Tor Leisure Ground, previously known as Morlands Athletic Ground until 1986, is a former first-class cricket

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...

 ground located in Glastonbury

Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,784 in the 2001 census...

, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

. It hosted first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club

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 between 1952 – 1973, and List A cricket between 1969 – 1978. It has been the home of Glastonbury Cricket Club

Glastonbury Cricket Club

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 since at least 1893, when the first recorded match was played on the ground. The highest individual first-class score made on the ground was 187* by Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

's Alan Jones

Alan Jones (cricketer)

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 in a 1963 County Championship

County Championship

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 match.

The ground was formerly owned by the Morlands

Morlands

Morlands is a manufacturer of sheepskin jackets, boots and other footwear, based in Glastonbury in Somerset, England.-History:In 1870, John Morland bought a tannery in Glastonbury, particularly attracted by the water , which he described as being "of unusual purity".John Morland was Chairman from...

company, which was a major employer making sheepskin clothing in the town from 1870 to the mid 1980s.