Egerton Park

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]

Egerton Park

Ground information
Location	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Establishment	1931
Team information
Leicestershire (1946–1948)
As of 22 October 2020 Source: Ground profile

First-class records

• Highest team total: 355 all out by Lancashire v Leicestershire, 1947^[4]
• Lowest team total: 141 all out by Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946^[5]
• Highest individual innings: 102* by Arthur Fagg for Kent v Leicestershire, 1948^[6]
• Best bowling in an innings: 7–56 by Jack Walsh for Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946^[7]
• Best bowling in a match: 13–107 by Jack Walsh, as above^[8]

See also

• List of Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds
• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

References

1. (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.
4. "Leicestershire v Lancashire, 1947 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
5. "Leicestershire v Somerset, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
6. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
7. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
8. "Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray - Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

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