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"recreation ground" Definitions
  1. an area of land used by the public for sports and games
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Instead, to the approval of most Berliners, they turned it into a vast recreation ground, a semi-wilderness in the heart of the city.
The resort is to be a tourist attraction, with "a complex for spa medical treatment and a sports, culture and recreation ground," KCNA said.
Kate will visit the Sayers Croft Forest School and Wildlife Garden at Paddington Recreation Ground on Tuesday, marking the end of her third maternity leave.
Now 16 more are planned this year for locations such as Windrush Square, Brixton; Paddington recreation ground; Guy's Hospital in Southwark and the Natural History Museum in Kensington.
Before a crowd of onlookers in Mumbai's Oval Maidan recreation ground, Kate bravely wielded a cricket bat as the former Indian captain, one of the game's greats, bowled a delivery to her.
The resort is to be a "a complex for spa medical treatment and a sports, culture and recreation ground for the promotion of the people's health," North Korea's state news agency KCNA said.
The Sayers Croft Forest School and Wildlife Garden, at Paddington Recreation Ground, aims to involve children and the local community in the environment and provide outdoor activity facilities for those who otherwise wouldn't get to experience them.
After stepping away from royal duties ahead of the birth of Prince Louis on April 23, the Duchess of Cambridge will visit the Sayers Croft Forest School and Wildlife Garden at Paddington Recreation Ground on Tuesday, marking the end of her maternity leave.
She declares that pond-dipping is "massively up my street," and she joins some of the schoolchildren at Westminster City Council's Paddington Recreation Ground to build a den that mirrors one in her Back to Nature garden that was such a hit at Chelsea Flower Show last month.
She declared that pond-dipping is "massively up my street," and she joined some of the schoolchildren at Westminster City Council's Paddington Recreation Ground to build a den that mirrors one in her Back to Nature garden that was such a hit at Chelsea Flower Show in May.
There are two inns in the parish: the Hare and Hounds in Framfield and the Blackboys Inn in Blackboys. Blackboys Cricket Club is based at the Blackboys Recreation Ground. Framfield and Blackboys Football Club is based at Framfield Recreation Ground. AFC Uckfield's Youth Team is based at Framfield Recreation Ground.
The recreation ground has a football pitch and a cricket pitch with pavilion. Clara Vale Cricket Club play matches at the recreation ground on Saturdays during the Summer, with Ovingham Bridge End Cricket Club playing on some Sundays and Merz and McLellan Cricket Club on some Wednesday evenings. Clara Vale FC junior teams also play on the pitch at the Recreation Ground. Clara Vale Local Nature Reserve is located next to the recreation ground.
Eton Wick played at Eton Wick Recreation Ground at Haywards Mead, Eton Wick SL4 6JN. The club has played at Eton Wick recreation ground since 1904 having originally played at Dorney Common.
The recreation ground was given a Green Flag Award in 2018.
Currently the team plays at the 1000 capacity Masaka Recreation Ground.
The club currently play at St Mary's Recreation Ground in Bexley.
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground, evening view Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground () is a multi-purpose playground in Lam Tin, Hong Kong. It is the first permanent recreational facility in Hong Kong built from a landfill.
Athletic Park hosted the final up to the 1999 decider, since then Westpac Stadium has been the main venue, though recent finals have been held at the Petone Recreation Ground, Hutt Recreation Ground, and Porirua Park.
The traditional home ground of Antigua and Barbuda is the Antigua Recreation Ground (pictured), the national stadium of the country, which has hosted a number of Test and One-Day International matches.Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – CricketArchive.
The comedian Jasper Carrott played for the club during the 1970s. Racing Blythe Football club also play their matches at the recreation ground. The Hockley Heath Bowling club play their matches at the bowling green on the recreation ground.
Felpham has a recreation ground, King George's Field, named after King George V.
The Reserve side play at Hooe Recreation Ground, Mill Lane, Hooe, TN33 9HR.
The club plays its home matches in Guayaguayare Recreation Ground located in Guayaguayare.
The club has played at the Alderbrook Recreation Ground since the early 1950s. Redevelopment saw a new stadium created in the recreation ground, named the Crowborough Community Stadium. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated.
Hornsea Cricket Club play at the Hollis Recreation Ground. Notable former players include Johnny Briggs (England), and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Worcestershire). Hornsea is home to Hornsea Rugby Union Football Club. They play at the Hollis Recreation Ground and nicknamed the 'Hollismen'.
In 2003, Total Network Solutions merged with Oswestry Town F.C. with the agreement that the majority of matches would be played at the Recreation Ground. In 2005, it was announced that Total Network Solutions, later renamed The New Saints, would leave the Recreation Ground and move to Oswestry Town's old Park Hall ground in England following redevelopment. The move was made because The New Saints were unable to improve the Recreation Ground to bring it up to UEFA standards for European competition as it was a council owned recreation ground. This came after Total Network Solutions were obliged to move their UEFA Champions League match against Liverpool F.C. to Wrexham's Racecourse Ground because the Recreation Ground was not big enough to meet UEFA standards.
Paddington Recreation Ground Paddington Recreation Ground is a park in Maida Vale, City of Westminster, just north of Paddington. Its 27-acre site is the largest area of parkland located entirely within the City of Westminster. It was the first park of its kind in London, having operated since 1888.Crowe 1987 Annually, it attracts over 1.5 million users, who visit the Recreation Ground for its green-space value.
Recent improvements include flower boxes, a village sign, Victorian- style lamp posts and a village notice board outside the bakery. The nearby Whitehall Recreation Ground has also been enhanced by the Friends of Whitehall Recreation Ground, with help from Bromley Council's Parks Department, with flower beds, seating, a picnic area, a wildlife pond and a refurbished children's play area (which was funded by the Friends of Whitehall Recreation Ground).
Radstock Town play their home games at Southfields Recreation Ground, Southfields, Radstock, BA3 3NZ.
The final was held at The Recreation Ground, Bath on Friday 6 August 2010.
He left The Old Recreation Ground and moved on to non-league Congleton Town.
The Bega Roosters play out of the Bega Recreation Ground for their home games.
Huonville Lions 16.17 (113) d Hobart 6.13 (49) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Kermandie.
Huonville Lions 20.20 (140) d Lindisfarne 6.7 (43) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Claremont.
Huonville Lions 17.13 (115) d Kingston 9.13 (67) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Brighton.
Claremont 17.14 (116) d Huonville Lions 13.7 (85) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Lindisfarne.
Huonville Lions 17.10 (112) d Lauderdale 8.7 (55) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Kingston.
Huonville Lions 14.13 (97) d Sorell 6.11 (47) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Bye: Cygnet.
Kingston 14.9 (93) d Huonville Lions 10.10 (70) at Huonville Recreation Ground. Byr: Brighton.
Just across the recreation ground is a Roman Catholic Primary School, St Thomas More's.
Hamworthy has one non-League football clubs: Hamworthy United F.C., which plays at The County Ground in Lower Hamworthy. Poole Borough F.C. play at Turlin Moor Recreation Ground in Upper Hamworthy. Turlin Moor Recreation Ground is also home to Poole Rugby Football Club.
Highworth Town F.C. is a Non- League football club that plays at the Elms Recreation Ground. Highworth Cricket Club are in the Wiltshire County Cricket League and South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Village League (Sundays). The club play at the Elms Recreation Ground.
Addiscombe Recreation Ground, commonly known as Bingham Park, is a park situated in Addiscombe, London. The park is managed by London Borough of Croydon. Addiscombe tram stop is located just next to the recreation ground and is served by Tramlink. The area covers .
The village has the Weabonga Hall and Recreation Ground Committee, caring for the hall and recreation ground. The area is served by the Weabonga Rural Fire Service. It is now an agricultural based village, with sheep and cattle breeding the main pursuits.
Hertingfordbury Cricket Club plays at the recreation ground as does Hertingfordbury Tennis Club, which was formed at a public meeting in 1961. There is an annual fete on the third Saturday in June to raise funds for the upkeep of the recreation ground.
Regis Road recreation ground is in the area, which includes a park and play facilities.
Portchester has a Non-League football club A.F.C. Portchester, which plays at Wicor Recreation Ground.
The club initially played at Bakers Park, before moving to the recreation ground in 1947.
He left The Old Recreation Ground and transferred to West Ham United in May 1933.
Lydney Town play their home games at Lydney Recreation Ground, Swan Road, Lydney GL15 5RU.
In local domestic cricket, The Recreation Ground is the home ground of Kington Cricket Club.
Grampound with Creed Primary School, Grampound Hall, and the recreation ground are near the Fal bridge.
Totternhoe has a Non-League football team Totternhoe F.C. who play at Church End recreation ground.
He left The Old Recreation Ground and was transferred to Brierley Hill Alliance in August 1932.
In the 1880s, the land now known as Brantwood Park was an open field on the south side of Dallow. The site was purchased by the Town Council in 1894 for use as a recreation ground and there is reference to it as ‘West Ward Recreation Ground' in a 1911-year book. It is reported as being one of the first two recreation grounds in Luton; the other being East Ward Recreation Ground, now known as Manor Road Park.
These floodlights have subsequently been upgraded to LED. In terms of sports facilities, Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex, a council run leisure centre, has a by swimming pool and a by "learner" pool, as well as a gym, sauna, steam room and spa pool. Additionally, football pitches, tennis courts and bowling greens are provided at the Town Recreation Ground and Cockton Hill Recreation Ground. Henknowle Recreation Ground has a 5 a side pitch and a basketball court.
Despite The New Saints leaving the Recreation Ground, chairman Mike Harris stated following the purchase of Total Network Solutions by British Telecom, that he still intended for The New Saints to run the Recreation Ground. As a result, the Recreation Ground was still used by The New Saints' youth teams. This was a reversal of the original situation following the merger of Total Network Solutions and Oswestry Town whereby the first team played at the Recreation Ground while the club's reserve, youth and ladies teams played at Park Hall. In 2007, the Recreation Ground was proposed by The New Saints as a potential venue for the FAW Premier Cup final after they opposed the selection of their final opponent Newport County A.F.C.'s Rodney Parade being selected as the venue when they expected a neutral venue.
A recreation ground on Raasay displaying a sign "Please do not use this playing field on Sundays".
Stoke won the first league meeting between the two clubs 3–0 at Vale's Old Recreation Ground.
Radstock has a Non-League football club Radstock Town F.C. who play at The Southfields Recreation Ground.
He is buried in Arlecdon churchyard. The Adams Recreation Ground at St Bees was created in his memory.
In 2011, plaques were installed on 13 boulders at the Hutt Recreation Ground commemorating the first 13 mayors.
West Indies win. # Desmond Haynes, Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua 12–16 April 1990. West Indies win.
This open farmland is only half a mile away from Harrow's town centre and is adjacent to Northwick Park Hospital and Northwick Park open space. The farm borders Harrow Park and other open spaces and golf courses that are within Harrow on the Hill; other open spaces include: The Grove open space and Harrow Recreation Ground near the town centre; West Harrow Recreation Ground; Kenton Recreation Ground; Alexandra Park in South Harrow; Newton Park in Rayners Lane; Byron Recreation Ground in Wealdstone; and the grounds of Headstone Manor. Much of Kenton, and before 1716 all of Pinner, were parts of Harrow. Today Pinner forms a separate district within the borough of Harrow.
Maes-y-Dre Recreation Ground Maes y Dre Recreation Ground is a multi-use stadium in Welshpool, Powys, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Welshpool Town F.C.. It is also used for some cricket matches. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000.
The Broadwater Farm Estate following regeneration, as seen from Lordship Recreation Ground. Each building has a distinct colour scheme.
At the end of Jefferstone Lane is a large well-kept recreation ground with a pavilion for sporting events.
He had played 134 league and cup games during his five years at The Old Recreation Ground / Vale Park.
The qualification matches for Second Division League teams were played in Happy Valley Recreation Ground on 24 August 2008.
Rusthall Common separates the village from the main built up area of neighbouring Tunbridge Wells and is characterised by sandstone outcrops, with names such as Toad Rock, the Elephant, the Lion, Loaf Rock and The Parson's Nose. Southwood Road Recreation Ground features an adventure playground, a BMX track, mini-skate park, two full-sized football pitches and one mini football pitch. Southwood Road allotments are located next to the recreation ground. A smaller playground, Mary Caley Recreation Ground, can be found on Ashley Gardens road.
Victory Park Chorley originally played at Dole Lane (now the Coronation recreation ground), but moved to Rangletts recreation ground in September 1901. Victory Park was built adjacent to the recreation ground in 1919 and was opened in 1920. It was named Victory Park to commemorate the end of the First World War. The original grandstand was gutted by fire on 17 November 1945, just hours after an FA Cup tie against Accrington Stanley, with a new stand being built in May 1947 at a cost of £5,500.
It is now managed by the Wells Recreation Ground Trust. The barn and adjacent recreation ground can be booked for events. In 2014 the Wells Recreation Ground Trust commissioned architects to survey the buildings and develop options for its repair and future use in conjunction with the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust. The advisory group identified a plan for improvements to the barn, including the installation of central heating and repairs to the walls and roof, estimated to cost at least £400,000 over five years.
Second XI Championship Matches played on Recreation GroundSecond XI Trophy Matches played on Recreation Ground The ground has also hosted 2 Women's One Day International's. The first came in 1986 and was played between England women and India women. The second was played between England women and Denmark women in 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.Women's One-Day International Matches played on Recreation Ground In local domestic cricket, the Recreation Ground is the home venue of Banstead Cricket Club who play in the Surrey Premier League.
Llansantffriad F.C., which later became Total Network Solutions used the Recreation Ground as their home ground since 1959, though it had been used as the centre of football in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain prior to this. Up until 1990, the Recreation Ground had no stands or clubhouse, which required players to change in a nearby pub. Being a recreation ground, it was also used to graze cows requiring clearing of cow dung before each match. They also used to play in the Welsh Premier League.
Knebworth has a Non-League football club Knebworth F.C. who play at Knebworth Recreation Ground. Knebworth Tennis Club and Knebworth Bowls Club are also based at the Recreation Ground. Knebworth Park Cricket Club play at their ground in Knebworth Park. Green Dragon Bowmen, an archery club, are also based in the Park.
Neasden Recreation Ground is a park of on the southern shore of the reservoir. It is mainly grassland with woods, a sports ground and a children's play area.Brent Council, Neasden Recreation Ground There is access from Aboyne Road and from the North Circular Road, opposite Brook Road and close to Staples Corner.
Pyl Brook stream in Hamilton Avenue Recreation Ground Sutton Green in the Autumn Sutton Common Road in 2016 Sutton Common is home to Glenthorne High School and two large recreation grounds, Sutton Common Recreation Ground and Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground (the latter also known locally as "The Daisy Field"), as well as part of the smaller Hamilton Avenue Recreation Ground bordering North Cheam; the Pyl Brook courses through, rising about half a kilometre further east near to Stayton Road and Pylbrook Road. Sutton Common Park, adjoining the Recreation Ground, contains a wet marsh and wild area for conserving and studying local biodiversity. The neighbourhood is a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial uses. The majority residential area comprises blocks of purpose built flats, inter-War and mid-20th century terraced and semi-detached housing, and a few surviving Victorian and Edwardian properties, mostly along Sutton Common Road and close to Sutton Green: the exact border with Benhilton is unclear.
Every year on the village recreation ground is its Summer Fete and in the autumn, The Horticultural and Agricultural Show.
Part of the site was later used for housing, with the remainder becoming a car park, pub and recreation ground.
Grampound is home to Grampound Football Club and Grampound Bowling Club both of whom have facilities at the recreation ground.
The National Trust holds regular lectures on a diverse range of subjects at the Junior School on Recreation Ground Road.
Cudham Recreation Ground, behind the church and pub, is home to Cudham Wyse Cricket Club, which was formed in 1965.
Hawkshead Parish Council is considering tarmacking an area of the village's recreation ground to provide up to 20 contract spaces.
Events in the town include Woolsack Day, held on the last Bank Holiday in May, famous for the races and street fair. A flower show is held at the recreation ground. The first "Tetbury Fiesta" was held on the recreation ground in July 2008.Tetbury Fiesta Tetbury Music Festival is held in early October.
The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Banstead, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when South Women Second XI played the Women's Cricket Association.Other matches played on Recreation Ground It hosted its only first-class match in 1984, when Surrey played Cambridge University.First-Class Matches played on Recreation Ground Additionally, between 1983 and 2006, the ground played host to a number of Surrey Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 20 Second XI matches.
It consisted of concrete steps and an earth embankment surmounted with a public carriageway. A public recreation ground was created by levelling and backfilling the land between the embankment and The Meadows estate. The New Meadows Recreation ground was opened in May 1906, replacing a Public Recreation Ground on the east side of Queens Walk, lost to the development of the Great Central railway. Nottingham War Memorial In 1920 the Clifton Estate sold 14.7ha of the adjacent land to Sir Jesse Boot who gave it to the Citizens of Nottingham.
Proposed Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground on the Restored Sai Tso Wan Landfill - Environmental Protection Department. Retrieved on 8 March 2007.
The team play in yellow shirts with black shorts & socks, and play their home games at The Recreation Ground in Llanharry.
The Friends of Meols Park are a community group set up in 2007 to help maintain and improve the recreation ground.
The recreation ground includes a soccer pitch, a basketball/short tennis court and a play area which was rebuilt in 2010.
London Gazette, 29 February 1876 A sub-post office was established on 2 August 1894. Hedge End was constituted a civil parish at its inaugural meeting on 14 December 1894. In 1895, the parish took over responsibility for the recreation ground. The recreation ground between St John's Road and Bursledon Road is all that remains of Botley Common.
The memorial in Poplar Recreation Ground Detail of the inscription Souvenir of the raid, on display at the RAF Museum in Hendon The Poplar Recreation Ground Memorial is a memorial to 18 children killed at Upper North Street School in Poplar on 13 June 1917, by the first daylight bombing attack on London by fixed-wing aircraft.
9, 8 June 1951; Otago Witness, p.21, Issue 1641, 5 May 1883 Hagley's recreation ground opened on the main road in 1902; until then local paddocks were used. An Australian rules football club was formed in Hagley c.1895. Matches were played on a private paddock until 1902 when they moved to the recreation ground.
There are other open spaces in the town, including Croydon Road Recreation Ground and Kelsey Park. There is also a walk starting in Cator Park, going down the High Street, through Kelsey Park, then Croydon Road Recreation Ground and back to Cator Park. Beckenham Green, in the town centre, hosts regular markets and activities throughout the year.
The club play at the Recreation Ground in Dunsfold Road, Alfold. A new 50-seat stand and floodlights were installed in 2018.
The club initially played at the Recreation Ground. In 1979 they bought land at Mill Marsh Park to build their current ground.
The Arlington Recreation Ground (known as Arlington Oval) is a soccer stadium in Dulwich Hill, Sydney, Australia with a capacity of 6,000.
The main sports clubs in the village are Hellingly Rugby Club and Hellingly cricket club, which are both at Horsebridge recreation ground.
North Sheen Recreation Ground, in Dancer Road, Kew, Richmond, London, is a recreation area and the home of Kew Park Rangers Football Club.
Latchmere Recreation Ground or Latchmere Park is a public open space with a children's playground in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
In 2010, the club moved to the Station Road Recreation Ground in Netley and share the ground with football club Netley Central Sports.
In 2010, the club moved to the Memorial Recreation Ground in West Ham, before moving to Ford Sports & Social Club in Newbury Park.
The stadium closed on 18 May 1993 becoming part of the recreation ground and then a housing estate on Burnett Way & Lamport Drive.
The area where Prince Rupert's cavalry clashed with the Parliamentarians includes the present Wash Common recreation ground but is largely built over [ibid].
Zeekoevlei is a neighborhood, picnic spot, and recreation ground, and several types of water sports are practiced here. Rondevlei is a protected area.
Other parks in Bispham include Cavendish Road Recreation Ground which has tennis courts, football and basketball areas and a bowling green, which has a Friends group—Friends of Cavendish Road Recreation Ground. In November 2007 with both funding and planning obtained, work started at Cavendish Road Recreation Ground on a new Kiddies playground, aimed at children under seven years old; the new park opened in 2008. Red Bank Bowling Green is located next to Sainsbury's and is owned by the adjoining Bispham Conservative Club. The green was originally a garden belonging to the house which is now the Conservative Club.
Victoria Recreation Ground is a park located on Recreation Ground Road, just off Carisbrooke Road, in Newport, on the Isle of Wight, England. It was opened in 1902. The park comprises a cricket pitch, tennis courts, petanque terrain, pavilion and a sports hall. It operates as Newport Victoria Sports and Social Club, formed in 1983 by the amalgamation of the Newport Cricket Club, IW Hockey Club, Newport Victoria Sports Club (Lawn Tennis and Table Tennis) and the IW Ladies' Hockey Club. At that time, the Medina Borough Council gave a grant of £17,500 to upgrade the facilities at the recreation ground.
Alexander Ogilvie Shirley, MBE, (14 May 1927 – 4 January 2016) was a British Virgin Islands cricketer, civil servant, and social activist who pioneered the development of cricket in the territory. He served as the Accountant General of the British Virgin Islands from 1967 until his retirement in 1987. The British Virgin Islands' New Recreation Ground were renamed the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in his honor in June 1990. Shirley, in his role as Accountant General of the BVI, requested land from the Administrator of the British Virgin Islands (now called the Governor) to construct the New Recreation Ground on Tortola.
The recreation ground, home of Kintbury Rangers F.C. Kintbury Rangers play at the Recreation Ground on Inkpen Road in Kintbury. The ground features a clubhouse with a licensed bar, Sky TV and free Wi-Fi. The football club is located adjacent to the Kintbury Tennis Club and the Kintbury Bowls Club, as well as the indoor sports facility, the Jubilee Centre.
The Corporation of Nottingham Housing Department obtained funding from the Department of Health to lay out the majority of the present park as a public recreation ground. The portion of the present park around the Aspley Boys Club was developed by Nottingham City Transport as their recreation ground. Until c.1950 this section was distinct from the remainder of the park.
There is a small group of businesses located in converted farm buildings at Clifton Bury farm. At the northern edge of the village is Clifton Cricket Club. Football is played at the Recreation ground. The Community Centre, with its large car park, is located at the Northern end of the Recreation Ground. All Saints’ Church Hall is situated in Stanford Lane.
Springfield Park from the High (pedestrian) bridge over the Lea. (October 2005) Springfield Park Springfield Park is a park in Upper Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney. Spring Hill Recreation Ground, immediately to the north of the park, is an additional amenity. The Recreation Ground is also managed by the local authority and together they comprise a continuous public open space.
Mary Potter Centre Adjacent to The Forest tram stop is the Forest Recreation Ground, which holds the annual Nottingham Goose Fair and frequent sport matches on the grass pitches. There is a small playground, and several astro-turf pitches. The recreation ground was a race course in Victorian times. Local facilities include a library, now situated in the Mary Potter Centre.
Allen Park Recreation Ground The area is on a main bus route into Bedford town centre. The main open space in Queens Park is located along the riverside as well as the Allen Park Recreation Ground. There is also a provision of allotments located on the western edge of the area. Queens Park Community Centre is situated on Marlborough Road.
The A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground is a multi-use stadium in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.Soccerway - A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground Retrieved 10 September 2011 It is currently used mostly for football matches and usually hosts the British Virgin Islands national football team's games. The stadium holds 3,000 people. The Ground was named in honor of Alexander O. Shirley in June 1990.
The club originally played at the Recreation Ground in the centre of Calne. They relocated to their Bremhill View ground in the early 1960s.
Working with the Groundwork Federation Rowley also helped oversee a new environmental area that opened up a previously closed part of Paddington Recreation Ground.
Alfold Football Club is a football club based in Alfold, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
There is a community park on Lobethal Road, near The Ford. There are two war memorials on Central Recreation Ground commemorating each world war.
Loxwood has a Non-League football club Loxwood F.C. who play at the recreation ground on Plaistow Road, and have been playing since 1920.
Malshanger's old ground at the village Recreation Ground remains in use for local league football and is also used by the village cricket club.
The village has a children's play area, recreation ground, basketball court, a skateboarding area and a scout hut for the 1st Lytchett Matravers Scouts.
The park is still a popular recreation ground, especially due to its location next to Nordåsvannet, which allows for bathing and other water activities.
Cricket is no longer played at the ground, which is still in use as a recreation ground and is now known as Scotlands Playing Fields.
In October 2018, Long Crendon announced a groundsharing agreement with Oxford City at Marsh Lane, having previously played at the Recreation Ground in Long Crendon.
The Forest Recreation Ground is an open space and recreation ground in Nottingham, England, approximately one mile north of the city centre. This urban space is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Forest Fields to the north, Mapperley Park to the east, Arboretum to the south and Hyson Green to the west. It is best known as the site of the city's famous annual Goose Fair.
The recreation ground is located on Chapel Lane and can be reached by navigating to the postcode CB75XZ. The recreation ground has a MUGA (Multi-use games area), football field with changing rooms and utilities, play equipment, recently added outdoor exercise equipment and zip-wire. It hosts the popular annual Wicken Beer Festival which is traditionally held on the second Saturday in May of every year.
Clock tower in Normanton Park The area's main public recreational facility is Normanton Park; it was opened in 1909, as recorded on the café clock tower. The park links the old village of Normanton and the modern New Normanton area. Facilities include a children's play area and a community building. Sunny Hill Recreation Ground and Sherwood Recreation Ground are also situated in Normanton ward.
The western half was drained and converted for recreational use as Lordship Recreation Ground, while the eastern half was kept vacant for prospective development and used as allotments. Heavy concrete dikes were built to reduce flooding of the Moselle in Lordship Recreation Ground, whilst on the eastern half of the farm, the river was covered to run in culvert as far as Tottenham Cemetery.
Redruth RFC was founded in 1875 by Henry Grylls and W H Willimot. By the 1900s, the club was the most successful in Cornwall, a position they were to hold for much of the 20th century. In the 1930s, the team moved to the Recreation Ground near Plain an Gwary. At the time, the Recreation Ground was the third largest rugby ground in England.
Rhosddu Recreation Ground was a football ground in Wrexham, Wales. It was first mentioned in the local press in September 1879 as the New Recreation Ground, Rhosddu, prior to a game between Civil Service (Wrexham) and Gwersyllt Foresters. It was the home ground of Wrexham between 1881-1883. It hosted home games of Wrexham Civil Service, Wrexham Excelsior, Wrexham Albion and Wrexham Victoria to name a few.
The club play their home games at the Recreation Ground, Kings Corner, Ball Road, Pewsey, SN9 5BS. Recreation Ground, Pewsey Vale In 1950, the club took up the offer of a lease on part of the village's Recreation Ground but it was not until the early 1980s that a permanent clubhouse was built, unaided by grants and so mainly through the generosity of several local businesses. The ground was substantially improved with the help of FA grants in the close season of 2002 to meet Hellenic Premier League standards. This included floodlighting, undercover seating for 50 people and hardstanding all round the perimeter of the playing area.
Statue of a cricketer located in the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, which was built on the site of the Central Recreation Ground. The Central Recreation Ground was a cricket ground in Hastings, East Sussex, used for first-class and List A cricket between 1864 and 1996. The ground was frequently used by Sussex County Cricket Club as one of their outgrounds from 1865; in total, Sussex played 143 first-class and 17 List A matches at the ground. Between 1887 and the 1960s, the Central Recreation Ground also played host to the Hastings & St Leonards cricket festival, which attracted many other teams and notable players.
There are about 12 pubs, and although there are no restaurants there are numerous take-away establishments. There are three main parks: Wortley Recreation Ground, Cliffe Park and Western Flatts Park Wortley Recreation Ground is closest to the city centre, and offers surprisingly good views of surrounding areas, including the city centre. Often also referred to as New Worley Recreation Ground, it includes a children's playground, a skateboard park, three bowling greens and a number of pitches are marked out for football and rugby. The bowling greens and club building were a major filming location for the four-part Yorkshire Television comedy drama the Beiderbecke Connection, broadcast in 1988.
Fulbourn Institute Football Club is a football club based in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
The town also has a bowls club, as well as various sports club, based at various community centres. There are tennis courts, by the recreation ground.
The Kinsley Recreation Ground was described in 1894 as being "a very fair one" and included an athletics running track which was four miles to lap.
Latchmere Recreation Ground is a public open space with playing fields and a children's playground in the north of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
There has been a football team in the village since 1901. The football club play at the recreation ground on Station Road in the Hambleton League.
The Canterbury Country Hawke Cup team use Rangiora Recreation Ground as their home ground. They successfully defended their title there against North Otago in 2014-15.
Hackworth Park (alternately the Recreation Ground) is a park in Shildon, County Durham, England. It was named after Timothy Hackworth, a railway pioneer from the town.
Long Eaton Stadium, previously the Recreation Ground, was a multi-use sports ground in Long Eaton, Derbyshire that staged cricket, cycling, football, greyhound racing and speedway.
He made 21 Third Division North and cup appearances in the 1937–38 season, before he was transferred away from The Old Recreation Ground to Hartlepools United.
Arnold 'Boxer' Walker won cap(s) for Cumbria while at Workington Town, including the 9-3 victory over New Zealand at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven during October 1980.
Walter Stansby Memorial Park and Gatley Brook Walter Stansby Memorial Park is a small tree-lined park area running between Church Road and Northenden Road, near to the Recreation Ground (the two are separated by a children's day nursery). In contrast to the Recreation Ground, it has been designed to be a tranquil nature spot with tended lawns and plants, several memorial benches, and a path that extends through the park.
This hall is also an arts venue and regularly hosts performances of drama, dance, and music. Notable past performances include the Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset performing ice music in 2012. A local amateur dramatic group, The Grampound Players, has also performed in recent years. The recreation ground is managed by a charity (Grampound with Creed War Memorial Recreation Ground and Public Hall) in Grampound as a public space.
There are shopping areas in Second Avenue, Sutcliffe Avenue and Bradley Park. The Nunsthorpe Business Units are in Winchester Avenue; these were built in 1994 to help residents set up their own enterprises. There is a public house called the Nunsthorpe Tavern and a recreation ground, both in Sutcliffe Avenue. The Nunsthorpe Recreation Ground has been improved with new play equipment being installed, some being accessible to wheelchair users.
The New Recreation Ground was a football stadium on Bridge Road, Grays, Essex, England, and was the home ground of Grays Athletic. Prior to it being closed, the capacity stood at 4,100, of which 1,000 was seated. Grays Athletic moved to the ground, originally known as the Recreation Ground in 1906. Previously the ground had been home to Southern League club Grays United, but they had merged into Athletic.
Bliss Park is a small trapezoidal park, covering about 13 acres. It consists of five distinct areas: a broad open recreation ground, a smaller open playfield, a wooded picnic grove, a ceremonial garden/plaza area, and a parking area. The recreation ground and playfield are open areas lined with trees. The picnic area covers much of the park surface, and has a number of large hardwood trees for shade.
Colney Heath has a football club that currently competes in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and plays the home matches at The Recreation Ground. The village has a rugby league club that also plays at The Recreation Ground. Colney Heath also has a Taekwondo Club which trains at the village hall. The club is led by Master Kim Anderson (VII Degree) who also founded it in 1979.
St. Margaretsbury Football Club is a football club based in Stanstead Abbotts, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
Newton Abbot Spurs Association Football Club is a football club based in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
The parish is home to many sports teams, societies and clubs. Sports clubs include a bowls team who play on the bowling green at the recreation ground, a cricket team who play their home games at the recreation ground and make use of the new pavilion opened in 2001, and two football teams within St Stephen FC, who play their home games on their pitch in the recreation ground. There are also a number of other sports clubs which make use of the sports hall and other facilities at Brannel School. St Stephen also has a Scout group, 1st St Stephen, who share a meeting place with 1st Treviscoe-St Stephen Guide group at Trethosa.
However the Football Association of Wales rejected this as BBC Wales had requested it and the Recreation Ground "was not considered suitable and did not have the infrastructure required". As a result of The New Saints moving to Oswestry, a number of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain residents broke away from The New Saints to form Llansantffraid Village F.C. because of The New Saints were no longer playing regularly in the village and because most of the youth team's players were not from Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Llansantffraid Village then started to use the Recreation Ground for their matches in the Montgomeryshire Football League. Following this, the Recreation Ground became viewed as a public youth club.
Radcliffe Olympic F.C. is a football club based in Radcliffe-on-Trent, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
Dewsbury merged with Whitley Lower CC to become Hopton Mills CC. The ground ceased to be a cricket ground and became a general recreation ground. The pavilion was demolished.
Bluff Point contains a recreation ground, community shopping centre, [primary school], a CWA and several retirement homes. Geraldton Camp School and St Lawrence's School are located within the suburb.
Lane signed for Third Division South club Aldershot in September 1932. He played for one season at the Recreation Ground before retiring, having scored eight goals in 36 appearances.
The Millennium Green in Wem There are recreation areas at the Wem Recreation Ground and the Millennium Green (Wem Millennium Green being the smallest such green in the country).
Sports stand at Polegrove recreation ground Cricket pitch, Bexhill Down Bexhill has two Non-League football clubs Bexhill United F.C. who play at The Polegrove and Little Common F.C. who play at the Recreation Ground. Bexhill also share a Rugby Union club with Hastings, known as Hasting and Bexhill Rugby Football Club. They play at ARK William Parker Academy. Bexhill- on-Sea also has a sports and social club - Bexhill Amateur Athletic Community Association.
The village has football and croquet teams and is home to West Chiltington & Thakeham Cricket Club. Not all sports are played at the village's Recreation Ground next to the Village Hall. There is also a flourishing tennis club also adjacent to the recreation ground. West Chiltington Golf Club was another sporting enclave within the parish but this closed in early 2016 after steadily losing revenue following damage due to two poor winters.
The recreation ground was opened in 1924, and houses a number of clubs and organisations including the village football, cricket and bowls teams, and also Telstar Youth Club. The ground is equipped with a football pitch, cricket wicket, bowls green, all-weather pitch and sports pavilion which can be used for sports including football and tennis. In 2007 the recreation ground opened a new playground and skateboarding facilities after fundraising to replace the old equipment.
The Shire Country Park () is a country park in the south of Birmingham, England, taking its name from Tolkien's The Shire. It consists of the Millstream Way following the course of the River Cole from Yardley Wood to Small Heath and includes the following sites: Scribers Lane SINC, Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles, Chinn Brook Recreation Ground, Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground, Moseley Bog LNR, Burbury Brickworks, The John Morris Jones Walkway and Cocksmoor BMX.
Vista Road Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The first recorded first-class cricket match on the ground was in 1931 when Essex County Cricket Club played there against Lancashire. Essex played a total of 60 first-class matches on the ground between 1931 and 1966, playing their final first-class match there against Leicestershire in the 1966 County Championship.First-Class Matches played on Vista Road Recreation Ground, CricketArchive.
"Racecourse Recreation Ground presented to the Borough of Ipswich on the 24th August 1897, by John Dupuis Cobbold, D.L." The area is now part of a large 1930s housing estate. The Racecourse Recreation Ground comprises a sports area, children's play area and public toilets. The Racecourse Pub (on Nacton Road) reputedly stands on the site of the finishing line. In 2009 the Racecourse went bankrupt and was demolished later in the year.
The Recreation Ground, usually referred to as Treflan, is a football stadium in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales and is the home of Mid Wales League Division One club Llansantffraid Village.Llansantffraid Village Football Club on Mid Wales League The Recreation Ground was the home of Welsh Premier League team The New SaintsTreflan, Llansantffriad on The New Saints FC until they moved to Park Hall in nearby Oswestry, England, the former home of Oswestry Town F.C.
Frimley Green Football Club is a football club based in Frimley Green, near Camberley, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Frimley Green Recreation Ground.
Retrieved 22 December 2018. He has also been involved with pitch preparation at the Antigua Recreation Ground at St. John's.Middle of Attention, CricInfo, 10 May 2002. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
New Bradwell St Peter Football Club is a football club based in New Bradwell in Milton Keynes, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
The Wagait Shire Council office is on Wagait Tower Road. A sports and recreation ground, operated by the council, is on Forsyth Road. Wagait Beach Bush Retreat offers holiday accommodation.
During his time at The Old Recreation Ground, Hammond played 48 war league, 11 war cup, 9 Central League, and 2 Staffs Cup games before being released in summer 1921.
Local community organisations include the 15th Cheltenham (Shurdington) Scout Group, the Cricket Club, and a Women's Institute. Shurdington has one of the 471 King George's Fields as its recreation ground.
For the size of village there is a large recreation ground located at the west end of the village with a village hall, children's play area and two football pitches.
The sea can be observed from the outskirts of the village, and there is a foot track which leads to it next to the village store, past the recreation ground.
Wellington Women used Petone Recreation Ground as a home venue between 1998 and 2002. From 2015/16 season some Plunket Shield matches will be played when Basin Reserve is unavailable.
The Recreation Ground later became a target for vandalism with one occasion, vandals threw used nappies on the pitch and a fifth of the Recreation Ground's bucket seats were damaged.
Ashton & Backwell United Football Club is a football club based in Backwell, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset FA, they are currently members of the and play at Backwell Recreation Ground.
Sheet Recreation Ground lies on a plot of land between Village Street, Inmans Lane and the old A3, from which there is vehicular access. On its edge is Sheet Scout Hut.
A.F.C. Portchester is a football club based in Portchester, a suburb of the town of Fareham, Hampshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Wicor Recreation Ground.
His second spell at The Old Recreation Ground was just as uneventful and he was released after playing just one game in the 1923–24 season. He moved on to Willenhall.
After its closure in 1981, it was sealed with soil. The landfill then underwent a series of restoration works from 1995 to 2004, which turned the landfill into a recreation ground.
He made his first-class cricket debut for Hampshire in a County Championship against Lancashire at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth in May 1901.Hampshire v Lancashire, May 1901 (Scorecard) . Hcs.cricketarchive.co.uk.
Football Club Deportivo Galicia is a football club based in London, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Bedfont Recreation Ground in Bedfont, groundsharing with Bedfont Sports.
HKFA, 四海挑戰盃七人足球賽 The qualification matches for Third "District" Division League teams were played in Happy Valley Recreation Ground on 24 August 2008.
The recreation ground is situated to the south east of the village. In the car park of the recreation ground there is a recycling centre for plastics, glass and clothes. There are two football pitches, a tarmac tennis court, a pavilion, a bike track, skate park, a newly renovated multi-purpose basketball court (lacking nets for some strange reason), the chalk pit (chalkies) and a play park. The car park is accessed from West Hill Road South.
The top scorer was George Davidson who also took most wickets. Long Eaton Recreation Ground (being used for a cycle race in 1885) During the season Derbyshire played their first home fixture away from the County Ground, when they played Lancashire at the Recreation Ground, Long Eaton. This was the only occasion on which they used the venue. Two important players made their debut in the season whose performance came to the fore once Derbyshire regained first-class status.
Trig Point Kithurst Hill Sport and leisure facilities include a recreation ground with football and cricket pitches and a leisure centre. Storrington has a Non-League football club Storrington F.C., who play at the recreation ground. Storrington is thinly disguised as the home of the home team in Hugh de Sélincourt's 1924 novel The Cricket Match, complete with chestnut trees and duck pond. In later editions a cartoon map of the village is used as end pages.
W.G. Grace, who played at the ground over forty times. Denis Compton, who broke the record for most first-class centuries in a season in a match at the Central Recreation Ground in 1947. In total, the Central Recreation Ground hosted 228 first-class matches, and 14 List A matches. The ground was initially leased from the Cornwallis family (the descendants of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis), until 1869 when the ground was purchased by the cricketing trust.
Newton Abbot has two non-league football clubs: Buckland Athletic F.C., which plays at Homers Heath, and Newton Abbot Spurs A.F.C., which plays at the Recreation Ground. The headquarters of Devon County Football Association are in the town. Newton Abbot's South Devon Cricket Club was established in 1851 and also plays at the Recreation Ground. The town has a long-standing rugby union club, Newton Abbot RFC (established 1873), which plays home games at Rackerhayes in nearby Kingsteignton.
Alan Dickinson won a cap for Yorkshire while at Castleford; he played left-, i.e. number 8, in the 12-12 draw with Cumberland at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Tuesday 15 February 1977.
Lodge, Nottingham Arboretum 1851 Lodge, Forest Recreation Ground, Mansfield Road. Built in 1857 as the Lodge to the racecourse Henry Moses Wood (1788-28 September 1867) was an architect based in Nottingham.
He joined Aldershot Town, making his debut against Bognor Regis Town in August 1996. Adams spent seven months at the Recreation Ground before Dover Athletic paid £3,000 to sign him in February 1997.
Founded in 1962, Winscombe Rugby Football Club is one of the newest clubs in the south-west of England. They play at the Winscombe War Memorial Recreation Ground, also known as the Rec.
Grimsby Golf Course, Capes Recreation Ground, The Humber Royal Hotel on Littlecoates Road, Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby Leisure Centre on Cromwell Road, and part of the Freshney Parkway recreation area are within Little Coates.
He left The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the campaign and returned to Mansfield. He later spent two spells with Margate and also played for Carlisle United and Distillery (Irish League).
Shepherdswell's cricket team is Shepherdswell C.C. The team plays "friendly" village fixtures from May to September each year against other Kent teams. Both the football and cricket teams play on Shepherdswell Recreation Ground.
Cottenham Park is home to a recreation ground with the same name. Its facilities include a cricket ground and several tarmac tennis courts. It was opened in 1897, under the name Melbury Gardens.
Billy Pattinson won 6-caps for Cumbria while at Workington, he made his début for Cumbria in the 9-3 victory over New Zealand at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 8 October 1980.
A side view of The Beau Brown Pavilion, looking east. This pavilion, though not the oldest structure at the Showground, is the largest single enclosed space. The building commenced its life in suburban Sydney in about 1886, when it was erected as a skating rink at the Ashfield Recreation Ground. However, by the end of that decade the management of the Ashfield Recreation Ground, a private company, was in financial trouble and the decision was taken to sell its buildings.
Old Court House Recreation Ground Old Court House Recreation Ground is a public park in High Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of the borough's Premier Parks and received a Green Flag Award for 2009–2010.London Borough of Barnet, Old Court House The park has six free tennis courts, a bowling green with a pavilion, a children's playground, a café and a car park (off Manor Close). It has formal gardens, grassed areas, rockeries, and a tree trail.
North Sheen was incorporated into Kew in 1965 when the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created. Opened in June 1909 and extended in 1923, the recreation ground was originally part of an orchard belonging to the Popham Estate, owned by the Leyborne Pophams whose family seat was at Littlecote House, Wiltshire. During the Second World War the recreation ground was used for allotments and there was an underground public shelter opposite what is now the sports pavilion clubhouse.
Whitemore's playground On the main street, opposite the church, is a recreation ground and playground, both maintained by the Meander Valley Council. The recreation ground was upgraded with toilets c.1949 that were replaced with newer ones in 1966. Playground equipment was installed in 1964. Whitemore cricket club began in the 19th century. An early record is of a match against Oaks in 1898, though club minutes date only from 1927 at which time it was playing in the Westmoreland association.
After the demise of Aldershot F.C., the Recreation Ground remained without any tenants. Aldershot Town were formed soon after and consequently chose to adopt the Recreation Ground as their home. In March 2018, Aldershot Town presented proposals for the redevelopment of the EBB Stadium to Rushmoor Borough Council which would see the potential development of a new stadium, containing both seating and standing areas, that will give the club a 'long-term home from which to build our ambitions on the pitch'.
The Friends of Bath Recreation Ground is a separate group of residents local to the Recreation Ground, that holds the view that the Rec should not be used for professional sport,No place like home , Peter Wilby, The Observer, 4 March 2007 and that the council's actions in this matter have been dubious for many years. They threaten to take legal action should the Trust, Bath Rugby and the Charity Commission reach an agreement to allow development on the Rec.
Oakdale Rugby Club play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two East league, and are a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons. Their home games are played at the Recreation Ground, and in addition to the senior team the club has two thriving junior sides. There is a bowls club that regularly meets by the Oakdale Recreation Ground at a dedicated bowls green. Oakdale Aikido Club has been in existence since 1973, training twice weekly at Oakdale Comprehensive School.
The village has a well-appointed recreation ground. Adjacent to this is the Townley Memorial village hall, which includes meeting rooms and a small indoor sports hall, and provides a venue for sports and social clubs. There are a community centre and a village hall on separate sites, the hall being adjacent to the extensive recreation ground. The village also has a retirement home, Home Close: the Rector currently sits on the Residents' Committee, visits the home regularly and conducts services there.
Blandford Forum has a Non-League football club, Blandford United F.C., who play at Blandford Recreation Ground. Blandford Bowls Club play in several men's and women's leagues and have a six rinks green, also on the recreation ground on Milldown Road. Blandford Cricket Club has three men's teams that play in divisions in a local county league, plus several youth teams that compete in the North Dorset Junior leagues. The club has its own cricket ground at the top of Whitecliff Mill Street.
South Norwood Recreation Ground is a park located in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon. In 1889, Croydon Corporation acquired the land and the borough surveyor estimated that it would cost just over £1,300 to lay out. Over a quarter of the projected cost was to install land drainage, which indicates that the site was quite wet. The recreation ground includes a sports area, football pitches, tennis court, floodlit courts, bowling green with pavilion and a children's playground.
In 1889, the town of Brentford, Middlesex was home to the Brentford Rowing Club and Boston Park Cricket Club. Attempts to form football and rugby clubs in the town fell by the wayside until a new recreation ground was opened on 17 October 1889. Seven days earlier, a meeting had taken place at the Oxford & Cambridge pub near Kew Bridge, during which it had been endeavoured between the rowing and cricket club members to decide how best to use the recreation ground, in the hope of forming a permanent football or rugby club in the town. The rowing club's co-founder Archer Green immediately submitted an application to the Chiswick Local Board for the use of the recreation ground and a meeting with the board was called for 15 October.
The Recreation Ground (commonly the Rec) is a large open space in the centre of Bath, England, next to the River Avon, which is available to be used by permission from the Recreation Ground Trust for recreational purposes by the public at large but particularly the people of Bath and surrounding areas.The Recreation Ground, Bath - a statement under the Charities Act, Charity Commission, 22 August 2007 About a quarter of the Rec is leased to Bath Rugby during the rugby union season as a sports ground capable of holding 14,500 people. During the summer the rugby ground's temporary East Stand is removed to make way for cricket on a larger pitch. This cricket pitch is used for local contests and was used by Somerset County Cricket Club until 2011.
It supplies water to South and Central Mumbai. A popular recreation ground, the ground is named after Joseph Baptista, a freedom fighter and close aide of the Indian freedom movement activist, Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Ronnie Mather made his début for Wigan against Dewsbury at Crown Flatt on Saturday 19 August 1950, and played his last game for Wigan against Whitehaven at Recreation Ground on Saturday 21 September 1957.
The pavilion has several changing rooms on the ground and first floors, and a refreshment area for staff and guests. Until 1897, pupils took their PE and games lessons at the Forest Recreation Ground.
The club have played at several grounds, including CB Hounslow United's Osterley Sports Club. In 2015 they moved to Edgware Town's Silver Jubilee Park, before relocating to the Bedfont Recreation Ground the following year.
The procession marches through the village by torchlight on the third Saturday in September, climaxing with a firework display in the recreation ground. The money raised through the street collection is spent on charities.
Agricultural shows were held on the ground from this date. By 1906 the showground was expanded by approximately 4 hectares.Lot 6, Section 56 This area had also been part of the original Recreation Ground.
In August 2004 Tredegar moved from the Recreation Ground to a purpose built ground at Tredegar Leisure Centre. Lights were added with the help of funding from the Welsh League and the local council.
In the south of the site there are two wet grazed meadows and more woodland. The entrance to the site is at the northern end of the local recreation ground, which is off Leicester Road.
There is also a local bowls club that play on the green on the recreation ground. The bowls club have received a lottery grant to refurbish their hut for their closing tournament in September 2014.
Radstock Town Football Club is a football club based in Radstock, Somerset, England. It is a member of the and plays at the Southfields Recreation Ground. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.
Phil Kitchin won caps for Cumberland while at Whitehaven, making his début aged-19 alongside; Brian Edgar, Dick Huddart, Syd Lowdon, William "Bill" McAlone and Ike Southward, against Yorkshire at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven circa-1960.
The Forest Recreation Ground boasts floodlit hard surface courts and grass pitches for ball games, and a traditional bowling lawn. There is also an enclosed children's playground. These facilities are maintained by Nottingham City Council.
Archived 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-18.Explorer Map 163 – Gravesend & Rochester, Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16. The site, which is now used as a recreation ground, is around west of Gillingham High Street.
Colney Heath Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
The St. Margaretsbury recreation ground hosts both a football club, St. Margaretsbury F.C., and both youth and adult and cricket club. The village has a Scout Group, the 1st Stanstead Abbotts & St. Margaret's Scout Group.
Loxwood Football Club is a football club based in Loxwood, West Sussex, England. Nicknamed "The Magpies" and affiliated to the Surrey County FA, they are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground.
Away from The Old Recreation Ground the side struggled, managing just a single win. Jack Roberts was the club's top goalscorer with 28 league strikes in 37 games – also making him the division's top scorer.
Emerald Park The club moved to the Recreation Ground in 1889, with the first match at the new ground played on 9 November, a 2–0 win over Yarmouth St Pauls. The record attendance of 4,473 was set in 1951 for an FA Cup first round replay against Orient. In 1983 the club left the Recreation Ground to move to Emerald Park. In November 2019 they announced plans to move to a new ground on the site of East Norfolk Sixth Form College on Church Lane.
Staines also has several successful junior football clubs: Staines Town, Staines Lammas and Staines Albion, as well as girls' clubs Kempton Girls FC — Colne Valley and the U11, one of the best girls' junior clubs in Surrey. Staines Rugby Football Club used to play at the Lammas (a recreation ground in the town also known as the Ashby Recreation Ground). The club moved to The Reeves (on Snakey Lane, Hanworth) in the 1960s but kept its name. It has teams named Swans, Cobs and Mucky Ducks.
John O'Neil won caps for Cumberland while at Workington, he made his début for Cumberland in the victory over Yorkshire at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven during 1958, he played (alongside Dick Huddart), and scored 4-tries (equalling Jack Coulson's Cumberland county record set in 1932, no one has emulated this record since) in the 43-19 victory over Yorkshire at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 14 September 1960, and he played in Cumberland's victories in the County Championship during the 1961–62 season and 1963–64 season.
IPL was the main sponsor of Bath Rugby during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.Bath Rugby's main sponsor agrees new contract It is now the club's Official Business Partner, and the South Stand at the Recreation Ground is named the IPL Stand.Layout of the Recreation Ground, Bath The company has also provided support for the Bath Rugby Foundation. IPL also sponsored the University of Bath's TeamBath rugby team from 2011 to 2013,Rugby at TeamBath and the netball team from 2011 to 2013.
A section of the "Model Traffic Area" The recreation ground opened in 1932, and includes a variety of recreational facilities, including tennis courts and a small theatre. In 1938, the Minister of Transport opened a 'Model Traffic Area', a scaled-down road network where children can use model cars or cycles. The Model Traffic Area was designed to teach children about road traffic in a safe environment. In 2009, as a result of a public vote, the recreation ground received a £400,000 grant for major refurbishment.
Ladywell began to develop as a suburb of London with the arrival of the railway station in 1857, and in 1889 land between the River Ravensbourne and the station was bought by London County Council and Lewisham District Board of Works. Further parcels of land were bought in 1891 and ’94 and the whole area was laid out as a public amenity and named Ladywell Recreation Ground. According to author and historian Nick Barratt, Ladywell Recreation Ground was purchased for the parish in 1889.
Antigua Recreation Ground in June 2003 The Antigua Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. International cricket has been played at the ground since 1978 when a One Day International (ODI) was played between the West Indies and Australia. The ground has also hosted 22 Test Matches, the first was played in 1981 between the West Indies and England. The ground was also used to stage a World Series Cricket Supertest between the WSC Australian and WSC West Indian teams in 1979.
The park was originally called the Recreation Ground. In 1842 the Eastern Counties Railway arrived in Chelmsford and an 18 arch railway viaduct was built through the ground. In 1917 the council ran its services through a series of committees, each November the mayor was changed and planted an oak tree in the recreation ground, the trees now mature, form an avenue. During World War II the park was the location of a gun emplacement which fired a gun battery of 64 twin rockets.
The Recreation Ground, Tredegar is a cricket ground and former greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, southeast Wales. The stadium was situated on the west side of the London and North Western Railway line and north of the Whitworth coal pits. The Recreation Ground located south of Stable Lane was a very large park area opened in 1899 as an industrial welfare ground. It was built over two old pit shafts and gifted to the public by Lord Tredegar in 1890s.
Many cricket clubs are based in the city, including Bath Cricket Club, who are based at the North Parade Ground and play in the West of England Premier League. Cricket is also played on the Recreation Ground, just across from where the Rugby is played. The Recreation Ground is also home to Bath Croquet Club, which was re-formed in 1976 and is affiliated with the South West Federation of Croquet Clubs. The Bath Half Marathon is run annually through the city streets, with over 10,000 runners.
Bookham Football Club is a football club based in Great Bookham, near Leatherhead in Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at the Chrystie Recreation Ground.
Massey scored three goals in 71 league games during his two years at the Recreation Ground. He later moved on to a handful of non-league sides, including: Fisher Athletic, Bromley (on loan) and Erith & Belvedere.
In 2013 the park received a Green Flag Award, and won a gold prize in the London in Bloom awards. Lordship Recreation Ground is protected in perpetuity as a Fields in Trust Queen Elizabeth II Field.
George Cottrell played in Cheltenham's 0-18 defeat by The Original All Blacks during the 1905–1906 New Zealand tour in Europe and North America at Athletic and Recreation Ground, Cheltenham on Wednesday 6 December 1905.
Send has a recreation ground, the Lancaster Hall and the Church Rooms. There are two pubs in the village: The New Inn in Cartbridge, adjacent to the Wey Navigation and The Saddlers Arms in Send Marsh.
The Wellesey Recreation Ground was opened on 6 August 1888, with the first event, cycle races on a cinder track, watched by a crowd of around 3,000.Great Yarmouth Town Pyramid Passion Cricket pitches and a tennis court were also created in the ground, with the first football match at the ground thought to have been on 11 April 1890 when a County Captain's team played a Yarmouth XI. After fundraising started in 1891, a new grandstand was erected the following year and opened on 11 June 1892 for a joint athletics and cycling meeting watched by around 4,200 spectators. The stand was given Grade II listed building status in 2002. Great Yarmouth Town initially played at the Beaconsfield Recreation Ground before moving to the Wellesey Recreation Ground at the start of the 1901–02 season.
Johnstone joined Port Vale in April 1921, making his debut soon after. He played three Second Division games in both the 1920–21 and 1921–22 campaigns, before he was allowed to leave The Old Recreation Ground.
For example, Langham House, a block of flats, is typical of the era.Histon Road: Langham House, Cambridge 2000. Near the southern end to the west is the Histon Road Recreation Ground.Histon Road Recreation Ground, Breathing Places, BBC.
Wanchai Sports Federation () is a football club which currently plays in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club is operated by the Wan Chai District Council. The club plays its home matches at Happy Valley Recreation Ground.
The recreation ground is situated in the west of the village and contains two football pitches, a pavilion and a play park. There are car parks in front of the village shop and in the adjoining road.
He made 19 appearances during his final season of professional football and was released in May 2009, due to budget constraints. During his three seasons at the Recreation Ground, Newman made 92 appearances and scored two goals.
Battersea council agreed to provide space for the statue on its Latchmere Recreation Ground, part of the council's new Latchmere Estate, which offered terraced homes to rent for seven and sixpence a week.; "Latchmere Recreation Ground Park Management Plan 2008" , Wandsworth Borough Council, 3, 6. The statue was unveiled on 15 September 1906 in front of a large crowd, with speakers that included George Bernard Shaw, the Irish feminist Charlotte Despard, the mayor of Battersea, James H. Brown (secretary of the Battersea Trades and Labour Council), and the Reverend Charles Noel.; .
Rowledge's community includes its own small shopping area with a butcher, convenience store (containing a post office), cafe, hairdresser and garage, and a public house: The Hare & Hounds. Local societies, sports and social activities include the school's activities, Village Hall, St. James' Church, Methodist Church Hall, Rowledge Club and the Recreation Ground with a newly refurbished play-area. The village holds Rowledge Village Fayre annually on Spring Bank Holiday Monday at the Recreation Ground. Rowledge Village Fayre has a large number of attractions and raises a significant sum of money for charities.
The major Antiguan sport is cricket. Vivian ("Viv") Richards is one of the most famous Antiguans, who played for, and captained, the West Indies cricket team. Richards scored the fastest Test century at the Antigua Recreation Ground, it was also the venue at which Brian Lara twice broke the world record for an individual Test innings (375 in 1993/94, 400 not out in 2003/04). Antigua was the location of a 2007 Cricket World Cup site, on a new Recreation Ground constructed on an old cane field in the north of the island.
Woolston Rovers Rugby Club was founded at the Lido Country Club on Manchester Road, Woolston in 1959. The first game played by Woolston Rovers was against Cadishead in the 1960–61 season with Woolston losing 58–8. For the first two seasons Woolston had no pitch, and played all their games away from home. At the start of the third year they acquired a pitch in Victoria Park, where they played until they moved to Bennetts Recreation Ground, Padgate. The Jubilee Pavilion at Bennetts Recreation Ground was opened in 1978.
The Paddington Recreation Ground was "the earliest public athletic ground of its kind in London". It was first used for recreational purposes in 1860 when the local church laid down a cricket pitch for the parish community to share. During the 1880s, Mr Richard Beachcroft, Secretary of the Paddington Cricket Club, led the initiative to formalise and extend the cricket ground by forming a committee of local cricket clubs and negotiating arrangements with local landowners.Plaque in Paddington Recreation Ground The pavilion was renamed "The Richard Beachcroft Pavilion" in 2010 to recognise this work.
Cricinfo It was also known as the Old Recreation Ground, or the Old Rec. A number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson, began their first-class careers there. One of Antigua's most famous sons, Viv Richards, scored the fastest Test match century off 56 balls against England in the "Blackwash" series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground. It was also where Brian Lara twice set the record for highest individual Test innings, scoring 375 in 1994 and the current record of 400 not out in 2004, both times against England.
A natural habitat part of the cleared towpath beside the Basingstoke Canal, Sheerwater,which is particularly home to swans here. Sheerwater Recreation Ground was created as part of the development of the area by London County Council in the 1950s. Ownership was transferred to the Urban District Council of Woking (now Woking Borough Council) on 26 September 1961 with the covenant that the land be used only as a recreation ground, children's playground or public open space. Part of the area is now an international size oval running track, home to Woking Athletics Club.
"Cricket club members' milestone hike to Lord's", Eastbourne Today, 17 April 2008. The club's old minute books show that the present cricket club was reformed on May 10, 1904 and that cricket was played at the turn of the century on the field that is now Horsebridge Recreation Ground. Several years later Hellingly moved cricket grounds around the village until in 1953 a new cricket pitch was laid and a pavilion was erected back at Horsebridge Recreation Ground. 1972 saw six local clubs get together to form the East Sussex Cricket League.
Clitterhouse Recreation Ground Clitterhouse Stream Clitterhouse Recreation Ground or Clitterhouse Playing Fields is a park and Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in Brent Cross in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a large area of mown grass with a children's playground, bordered by thick hedges. Clitterhouse Stream (or Clitterhouse Brook), a tributary of the River Brent, runs along its eastern border. The £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood development includes spending several million pounds on improving the park, including extensive landscaping, sports facilities and a nature park.
Otenhajmer won in 3:47.0, though Bannister set a personal best finishing second in 3:48.4. Bannister was no longer seen as invincible. His training was a very modern individualised mixture of interval training influenced by coach Franz Stampfl with elements of block periodisation, fell running and anaerobic elements of training which were later perfected by Arthur Lydiard. Blue plaque at the Paddington Recreation Ground pavilion From 1951 to 1954, Bannister trained at the track at Paddington Recreation Ground in Maida Vale while he was a medical student at the nearby St Mary's Hospital.
J. Tayler's map of Sheffield of 1832 shows a string of four small dams below (north) of what is now Crookes Valley Road and on the site of the present day upper Ponderosa. These four dams were filled in during the second half of the 19th century and by 1903 it was shown on the map as Crookesmoor Recreation Ground. During World War II the recreation ground was used as a station for barrage balloons to defend the city."A History of Sheffield", David Hay, Page 125 Gives details of J. Tayler‘s map.
Stainland Bowling Green, with the pavilion. The cricket ground is beyond the pavilion Stainland has five sports clubs; Stainland United FC, Stainland Stags ARLFC, Stainland CC, Stainland Lions Running Club and Stainland Bowling Club. All are based at Stainland Recreation Ground except for Stainland Lions who are based at Heath RUFC, Greetland. Stainland Recreation Ground (Stainland Rec or the Rec) lies west of the village centre and has two football pitches, a rugby pitch, a cricket ground, a bowling green, a tennis court, a five-a-side pitch, and a playground.
It is now used as the headquarters of the Tautuku Fishing Club. Between Tomahawk Beach and Tomahawk Road is Tomahawk Domain and recreation ground, which serves as a sports ground and is home to Grants Braes football club.
The recreation ground is also the site of an annual bonfire and firework event, commemorating the gunpowder plot. It takes place on or around 5 November and includes competitions and refreshments with the proceeds benefitting local youth organisations.
Kelley played for Herberts Athletic and Coventry City. He played one game as a guest for Port Vale during World War II in a 1–0 win over Walsall at the Old Recreation Ground on 19 January 1946.
Barton Stacey Football Club was established in 1919. The team plays and trains on the Barton Stacey recreation ground. The club currently fields four youth teams at Under 8, U9, U13 and U15, along with a senior side.
Pwllheli F.C. () is a football club based in Pwllheli in North Wales. They are members of the Welsh Alliance League and play at the Recreation Ground. They play in the North Wales Coast West Football League Premier Division.
He was released from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1930, and moved on to Rochdale, Wrexham, Shrewsbury Town, Northwich Victoria and then returned to old club Nantwich, before finishing his career with his hometown club Crewe Alexandra.
The stadium was constructed north of Highstone Road, south of Bank Street and east of Bedford Street. Dillington Park was originally a park and then a recreation ground named after the area known as Dillington in Worsbrough Common.
He was released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer. He had played a total of 146 first team games and scored three goals for the club. Lyons later played for Walsall in a player-coach capacity.
At the centre of the village is the 17th century Chequers Inn. and Maresfield church founded in approx 1100. There is also the Maresfield recreation ground, which is home to the 'Maresfield Cricket Club', which was established in 1756.
Goldsworth Park is home to local football club Goldsworth Park Rangers who play at Goldsworth Park Recreation Ground. Goldsworth Park Angling Club, established 2015, manages angling at Goldsworth Park Lake and Brookwood Ponds, under licence with Woking Borough Council.
Billy Banks played in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
Geoff Robinson played in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
Poole joined Port Vale from Mossley in September 1920. He played nine Second Division games and one FA Cup game before being released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the 1920–21 season.
Unlike most urban areas which relies mainly on electric supply, the ground is powered by wind turbines, solar cells and energy generated from combustion of methane gas.Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground - Environmental Protection Department. Retrieved on 13 February 2007.
This covers the Southend and surrounding areas. Home games are played at The Wakering Recreation Ground. It is a Sunday League set up. As a club, they train every Tuesday and on Sunday when there is no game on.
The celebrations include a parade of decorated floats and people through the village. The recreation ground hosts fund-raising stalls and displays including sheepdog handling and historic cars. Either a cow or two pigs are roasted for the feast.
Bitton Association Football Club is a football club based in the South Gloucestershire suburb of Bitton, in England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at the Recreation Ground on Bath Road.
In nearby Stirling Way the Parish Council provides a children's play area. Elsewhere on the south side of the village is the Recreation Ground, previously used for organised sporting events but now used as an informal recreation and dog walking area.
He made 31 Second Division appearances in 1923–24, beating off competition from Sidney Brown and Robert Radford. However he suffered a head injury in March 1924 and was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in the summer.
In 1888-1889 season Sherwin also played in three F.A. Cup ties with Notts County winning all three. The victory at Recreation Ground, Staveley, against Staveley on 8 December 1888 was Sherwin’ last game for Notts County. County won 3-1.
Nottingham Goose Fair in 2007 The city's Goose Fair is held on the Forest in October of every year. Other smaller travelling fairs and circuses take place on the recreation ground throughout the year, usually coinciding with local school holidays.
On 13 & 14 February at South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Otago v Canterbury. Otago won by 2 wickets. Canterbury scored 68 & 97; Otago scored 105 & 62–8. Arthur Powys, recalled as captain of Canterbury after missing the 1865 fixture, chose to bat.
The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium, located in Hanley, Stoke-on- Trent and home to Port Vale for almost 40 years. The Rec had been Vale's home between 1913 and 1950 and was the sixth ground the club used.
For this period the Education Department rented it from the Church trustees. A new school was built, on donated land, opposite the church and next to the recreation ground. This state school was opened in a ceremony on 23 August 1929.
Retrieved 2016-11-10. The ground has also held five Second XI fixtures between 1948 and 1952 for the Essex Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Vista Road Recreation Ground, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
His application for bail was refused and he was remanded in custody. The eight other suspects were later eliminated from the inquiry. Hopkins was unemployed and lived with his parents close to the recreation ground where Naomi Smith was found.
Beachlands contains a recreation ground, community shopping centre, primary school and a war veterans home. Separation Point Lookout in the suburb's southwest provides views south of Southgate Dunes and overlooking Greys Beach to the west and Mahomets Beach to the southeast.
The Ironbank-Cherry Gardens Football Club, known as the Thunderers, is an Australian rules football club that plays in Division 2 of the Hills Football League. The club's colours are green and gold and play at Cherry Gardens Ironbank Recreation Ground.
The recreation ground is home to Bunwell FC, winners of the South Norfolk league division 3 in 2008, during the winter months and Bunwell CC in the summer. A greyhound racing track was opened on the meadow just off the Turnpike road where coursing used to take place (village hall recreation ground today). The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks. Racing took place from 1935-1940 but the site closed during World War II, due to petrol shortages.
There are regular fairs and fetes at Flitton and Greenfield Village Hall, which also serves as a communal recreation ground. A traditional method of "stone picking" was adopted during the development of the recreation ground when local children were asked to pick stones from the field by hand to remove the bad fortune associated with the 1920s strawberry blight. Maypole dancing was used for several years on May Day as a further example of Celtic pagan tradition. Accordingly, a carnival procession using carts and later tractors, from Westoning to Flitton would be used to start off the May Day celebrations.
However, due to the abandonment of the Second Test between West Indies v England on 13 February 2009 after just ten balls (due to an unfit outfield), an extra Test, called the Third Test, began at the Antigua Recreation Ground on 15 February 2009, despite concerns about the dilapidated condition of the stadium. Like many other cricket grounds in the Caribbean, the Antigua Recreation Ground traditionally hosts a variety of off the field entertainment, particularly music, both live and recorded, during breaks in play. For many years, an entertainer called Gravy would operate in the stands, usually in fancy dress.
Ickleford has a primary school (Ickleford Primary School), village hall, general store and a unisex hairdresser There are three public houses: The Plume of Feathers, The Old George and The Cricketers. The large Sports and Recreation ground also contains a playground and a licensed bar. The Sports and Recreation Ground caters for several sports, including cricket, football, squash and pétanque, and is home to the Ickleford Cricket Club, whose symbol represents two crossed farmers pitchforks. The club was founded in 1947 and in 2006 won promotion to Division 3 of the Saracens Herts League, and was promoted to Division 2 in 2010.
The village has two pubs – the Beaufort Arms and the Fox Inn, both on the High Street – a primary school, a village shop, a post office and a hair salon. There is also a village hall with a recreation ground and a cricket club. On the last Saturday in August, the annual Hawkesbury Horticultural Show takes place at the village hall & recreation ground. The show features a large marquee, where the best fruit, vegetables and flowers, as well as home baking, varied crafts, home made wine & beer, original photographs and pictures are exhibited – all produced by the local community.
Saltergate was also home to Chesterfield Cricket Club from 1871 to 1894. There are records of six cricket matches involving teams called Derbyshire or Chesterfield playing against the All-England Eleven from 1858 to 1872. The first four of these would have been held at Chesterfield Cricket Club's first Recreation Ground site, 100 yards closer to the town; however Chesterfield Cricket Club played a United South of England Eleven in September 1871 and an All-England Eleven in September 1872 after the move to the New Recreation Ground, Saltergate. Derbyshire County Cricket Club, founded in 1870, staged two first-class matches at Saltergate.
Following the merger, plans were drawn up to rebuild Park Hall in a project referred to as "Oswald Park". In 2005, TNS started to rebuild Park Hall with a view to moving there in 2008 because they were unable to improve the Recreation Ground as it was a council- owned recreation ground. Shortly afterwards Total Network Solutions renamed themselves The New Saints as their sponsorship deal lapsed due to the sponsoring company being bought out by British Telecom. During renovation, Park Hall's pitch was replaced with artificial Ligaturf, as used at the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg.
New Earswick Cricket Club play at the recreation ground on White Rose Avenue. As of 2014 their two teams will play in Division 3 (South) and Division 4 (Central) of the York and District Senior Cricket League. The recreation ground is shared with New Earswick All Blacks, an open age rugby league club that was founded in the 1980s and currently play in The Yorkshire Men's League Amateur Rugby League competition, in 2019–20, playing in the Premier Division (the top tier). Steve Webster, 10 times world champion in the FIM Sidecar World Championship, was born and raised in the village.
Teams in the village cover all ages of adult and junior games. Lancing F.C. is based at the Culver Road 3G Ground, owned by Sussex County FA, and also Monks Recreation Ground. Lancing FC is the village's main club, formed in 1941, and is currently playing in the Southern Combination League (County Football). As of Summer 2016, they will be merging with Lancing United Youth FC to become a Community Club catering for all ages from U6 - 60+ while Lancing Utd and lancing Utd colts play at the Middleton estates Sports Pavilion at Croshaw Recreation Ground, Boundstone Lane.
It is also used as a polling station for general elections. There is an annual firework display on the weekend nearest 5 November in the Carrington School Playing field, next to the 1st Flackwell Heath Scout's HQ (it was previously held on the recreation ground), which features two firework displays and several foods and drink stores. The firework display has been hugely successful for 19 years and for the 20th anniversary in 2012, the display is set to be bigger and better than ever. A village Fête held every year on the recreation ground was revived as the 'Cherry Fayre'.
Prior to their move to Bearscroft Lane the club played at Judith's Field on London Road, which was an open recreation ground with a pavilion. In 2002 they moved to their current ground, located a few hundred yards from their previous home.
Bill McAlone played left-, i.e. number 8, in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
Albert Pepperell represented Cumberland. Albert Pepperell played in Cumberland's 5-4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.
John McKeown played , and scored 4-goals in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
The recreation ground in Victoria Park is home to Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club.Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club There are two golf courses to the south of the village: Woodhall Hills (established 1905) off Woodhall Road, and Calverley Golf Club off Woodhall Lane.
A recreation ground next to the Obel Tower. The Salmon of Knowledge is visible on the left. With an average of 670,000 visitors per year between 2007 and 2011, one of the most popular parks is Botanic Gardens in the Queen's Quarter.
Donoghue played for Celtic and Millwall Athletic, before joining Port Vale in August 1922. After three Second Division matches he lost his place in the first team and was released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the 1922–23.
Jones' career at Pontypool was extremely successful, becoming a leading scorer over several seasons including 172 tries over his entire career. Such was Jones' scoring record, that the left wing corner pointing to Conway Road at Pontypool's Recreation ground, was nicknamed 'Ponty's Corner'.
Wiveliscombe Primary School serves most of the surrounding villages. Kingsmead School, for pupils aged 11 to 16, houses a Theatre and Sports Hall and a youth club complementing the town's Recreation Ground where the Tennis, Rugby, Cricket and Football Clubs have their bases.
Slinfold has a village shop and Post Office, a primary school and pre-school, a recreation ground, a village hall and one public house, the Red Lyon.The Red Lyon Where Slinfold Railway station used to be is now a Caravan Club site.
Park and ride services are operated from car parks at Landore and Fabian Way. During busy periods of the year, additional services are operated from the Brynmill recreation ground. Subsidised services to Fforestfach were cut in 2015 due to local authority financial constraints.
1865 sexton's cottage, nor a Chinese incense burner is extant. The wrought iron entry gates and posts, which in 1864 were moved from Rockhampton's recreation ground to the cemetery, have been removed to the Japanese gardens. A New perimeter fence has been erected.
The Alexandra Recreation Ground, also known as Nantwich Road, was a multi- sport venue in Crewe in England. It was the home ground of Crewe Alexandra, and also hosted an England home match, FA Cup semi-final and 1886-87 Welsh Cup final.
The club originally played at the Recreation Ground on Regent Street. In 1949 they moved to Oldends Lane, with the ground officially opened on 25 August 1949 by England captain Billy Wright prior to a friendly match against Cheltenham Town.History Stonehouse Town F.C.
Vince McKeating represented Cumberland. Vince McKeating played in Cumberland's 5-4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.
Brodie joined Fourth Division club Aldershot in July 1958. At the time he was completing his National Service and was stationed in the town. He remained at the Recreation Ground until February 1961 and departed having made 106 appearances for the club.
There was also a Methodist chapel. Alms houses were built in the 19th century along with a village school. Local amenities included a recreation ground. There were a number of shops including The Village Chippy and Cooperative with grocers, butchers and drapers.
With fitness classes, clubs, and hall available to hire. Kintbury is also home to North Berks Football League club Kintbury Rangers F.C., who play at the Recreation Ground. Notable former players include Southampton F.C striker Charlie Austin and former Everton player Brett Angell.
The Amrapali Institutewas initially started as a single branch and has grown into a group of institution, which are offering higher education in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India. The institute has separate hostel facilities for boys and girls, with recreation ground.
Harold Poynton won a cap for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity, he played , alongside Wakefield Trinity teammates; ; Fred Smith, left-; Neil Fox, left-; Jack Wilkinson, and right-; Derek Turner in the defeat by Cumberland, at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 14 September 1960.
The village has a primary school - St John the Baptist CoE; older children attend Swanmore College nearby. It has several green areas, e.g. a recreation ground and park area. It has a thriving village hall which is used by many societies and clubs.
The development including a supermarket was delayed when the town council opposed a link road through part of the recreation ground. Tesco, who had pledged to invest in a £20 million store in the development withdrew in January 2015 following financial set-backs.
The town is also represented by Newport Cricket Club, which plays at Victoria recreation ground. Its two teams compete in Harwoods Renault Divisions 1 and 2. The Isle of Wight County Cricket Ground is located at Newclose, on the outskirts of the town.
Radnor Gardens is a small public riverside garden and recreation ground in Strawberry Hill, south of Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It has a First World War memorial, a grass area, a bowling green and a children's playground.
The locality borders onto Old Bedhampton, the area around St Thomas the Apostle parish church. The fourth, and least known,Borough Council Open Spaces Overview space in Bedhampton is Scratchface Recreation Ground, situated to the west of the village within the parish boundary.
In 1895, the land was first used as a public recreation ground and was classed as one of the finest parks within the city of Sheffield. The park used to be home to a boating lake, which has since been filled in.
Golders Hill Park borders the east of its area; over half of it is included in two purely Childs Hill census output areas though it borders too Golders Green. Another park, Clitterhouse Recreation Ground is just over the usual borders of the area.
Park Island Park Island sports and recreation ground is to the north of Taradale, within 5 minutes drive, and adjacent to the suburb of Tamatea. It is heavily used for local, regional and national sporting events, in particular soccer, hockey, and rugby.
The park is now on English Heritage's National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Robert Marnock lived near Tunbridge Wells, in Rusthall, and his last commission was the Grosvenor Recreation Ground, near Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells, opened in 1889 by Mayor John Stone-Wigg.
Smith joined Port Vale from Littleworth in August 1925. He featured in eight Second Division matches in 1925–26. He appeared 16 times at The Old Recreation Ground in 1926–27. He was again a covering player in the 1927–28 campaign, making 16 appearances.
Having previously played on Alveston's village green and on Stratford's Recreation Ground, the club moved to the Home Guard Club in Tiddington in 1975. Floodlights were erected in 1999. However, they left the ground in 2010 and later played at Bearley Sports and Social Club.
Wrexham A.F.C. played their home games in the 1881–82 and 1882–83 seasons at Rhosddu Recreation Ground (changing the club's name to Wrexham Athletic for one season), before moving back to the Racecourse Ground for the 1883–84 season, where they have remained.
Support facilities for the fleet were also added over time, including a canteen and recreation ground. The nearby Royal Naval Hospital in Castletown served the naval base from 1904 (replacing an earlier small hospital) until 1957, when it was handed over to the NHS.
Waterer's Park marks the start of an additional stream flowing north from Knaphill, the northern suburb of Woking forming a confluence west of Horsell Common. Just before the confluence is the confluence of the Parley Brook that stems from the Goldsworth Park recreation ground.
The 2012–13 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division is the 45th season of the highest competitive football league of Antigua and Barbuda. Old Road FC are the defending champions having won their 1st championship last season. All games are played at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Panoramic view of the Kassam Stadium Oxford United had no regular home until 1913, switching between the Quarry Recreation Ground, Wootten's Field (now Stephen Road), Sandy Lane (now Osler Road) and the Britannia Field (now the top end of Lime Walk), all in Headington.
Buxhall is a village and a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The nearest town is Stowmarket. It is home to a public house, St Mary's Church, Buxhall Windmill, and a village recreation ground with children's play area.
Edinburgh Street Recreation Ground was a former football and greyhound racing track Edinburgh Street, Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire. It is not to be confused with the Gorse Hill Speedway Dirt Track which was located to west on Cricklade Road and hosted meetings in 1928–1930.
In 2006, Edwards remained at the crease for 36 balls at the Antigua Recreation Ground, with India unable to claim the final wicket, while in 2009 he prevented England from a win at the same ground by remaining unbeaten on five after 26 deliveries.
The campaign ended on 31 October with mass meetings. A Conservative meeting of 6,000 people at the Walthamstow skating rink was addressed by Lord Charles Beresford, while Russell Rea MP spoke to a crowd of 10,000 at the Liberal meeting in the Walthamstow recreation ground.
Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in St. John's, on the island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It had Test cricket status.
The club initially played at the Crowshaw Recreation Ground, before moving to Culver Road in 1952.Lancing Nomad Online A 350-seat stand was built by the following year. In 1981 the ground was bought by the Sussex County Football Association and floodlights were installed.
The sports club sponsors a football team. The team plays at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John's. The team won the 2018–19 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division, making it their first league championship, and earning a berth into the 2020 Caribbean Club Shield.
The current Betws-y-Coed Golf Club was founded in the 1970s. There was a much earlier club and course located on or near the Recreation Ground. The village is home to at least one well known rock band; Melys were founded there in 1996.
Chilworth has three churches, St Thomas' CoE, Chilworth Free Church and St Martha's; two schools, Chilworth Infant School and Tillingbourne Junior School; and a gastro-pub, The Percy Arms. For sports, the village has a recreation ground with a sports pavilion, used for football.
There is also a rugby field in Darrenlas - The recreation ground which was home to Mountain Ash RFC for many years but is now used by the community for a range of other purposes. Mountain Ash public library is also located in Knight Street.
It lasted over half a century, but is now the town recreation ground. The Prairie View Cemetery was founded in 1910, and is still in use. It is on 17th Street SE, quite a way east of town (the name is apt).Blinsky op.
Welshpool Football Club () is a football team, based in Welshpool, playing in the Mid Wales Football League. The club was founded as Welshpool Town F.C. in 1878 and plays at the Maes y Dre Recreation Ground, Welshpool, playing in the Ardal Leagues North East.
In November 2007, the club entered into a charity partnership with Hong Kong Red Cross. The partnership is a pioneer between a sports association and a humanitarian organisation in Hong Kong. The club plays most of its home matches at Happy Valley Recreation Ground.
Harrison joined Port Vale as an amateur in September 1931, signing as a professional in November 1932. He played three Second Division games in the 1932–33 season and left The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer to Leek Alexandra in May 1933.
Cudham hosts one of the oldest village shows and fetes dating back to Victorian times, annually on the August Bank Holiday Monday. Cudham also hosts the famous annual Cudham Craic music festival, a popular 2 day music event in Cudham's recreation ground promoted by KentBand.com.
Lillie Road Recreation Ground in 2005 Lillie Rec (proper name Lillie Road Recreational Ground), is a park located in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 0.8 mile (1.25 km) south of Hammersmith tube station, and at the junction of Lillie Road and Fulham Palace Road.
Originally based at the Duke of Wellington Public House before moving to the Recreation Ground in 1936. The club are now based on the outskirts of the village at a former gravel pit at Wickham Bishops Road and fields men's, ladies and junior teams.
The 1st XI gained promotion from Division 2 in 2013 after winning the League. Crown Wood's existing youth set-up continues under the merged club. AFC Crowthorne is one of the local football teams that play their home games at the Morgan Recreation ground.
The club made a profit of £1,265 on the season, having made a healthy £13,475 in gate receipt money. The City Council agreed to extend the lease on the Old Recreation Ground until June 1950, leaving ample time for Vale Park to be constructed.
After initially playing at St Aubin's College, the second Kirkley moved to the Kirkley Recreation Ground on Walmer Road in 1896 after the site was bought by several local businessmen for the club for £746 17s 6d. The new ground was opened on 5 September 1896. Financial difficulties led to the club selling the ground to the Lowestoft Corporation for £1,600 in the late 1900s, after which they moved to a ground on Carlton Road known as the Run. When the third version of Kirkley were established, they continued to play at the Run, before returning to the Kirkley Recreation Ground in the early 1920s.
Bath Rugby plays at the Recreation Ground. Bath Cricket Club play at the North Parade cricket ground next door to the Recreation Ground. Bath City F.C. is the major football team in Bath city but there are also clubs in the surrounding areas such as; Paulton Rovers F. C., Bishop Sutton A.F.C., Radstock Town F.C. and Welton Rovers F.C.. The Bath Half Marathon is run annually through the city streets, with over 10,000 runners. Bath also has a thriving cycling community, with places for biking including Royal Victoria Park, 'The Tumps' in Odd Down/east, the jumps on top of Lansdown, and Prior Park.
The Chequers, on Park Road In the high street is the small joint Post Office and newsagent with a traditional village butcher's shop opposite. A children's park is fenced off from the rest of the recreation ground which provides various playground apparatus for young children. The village has two public houses and a social club, Westoning Recreation Club (situated at the recreation ground on Greenfield Road). The pubs are The Chequers, a half-timber and thatch building of 18th-century date, and The Bell, an 18th-century brick and tile house that had its sign displayed from an old oak standing by the roadside.
At the time this could have been thought unpatriotic of him. In 1869, on the closing of the Deptford Dockyard, he purchased back from the government as much of the site of Sayes Court as was available and by 1876 was turning some of this into a recreation ground for his Deptford tenants.John Evelyn's great garden at Deptford by Edward Watson, Bygone Kent, Volume 10 number 11, November 1989 In 1886, he dedicated an acre and a half of the Sayes Court recreation ground that he had created, in perpetuity to the public and a permanent provision was made for the Evelyn estate to cover the expense of maintenance and caretaking.
Sunday football on Duppas Hill Recreational Ground There has been a public park at Duppas Hill since 1865, when the Croydon Board of Health bought land from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,000 to create Croydon's first recreation ground. It was laid out with paths, a bandstand, pavilion and an ornate drinking fountain. The Board of Health had to deal with cattle trespassing, drinking booths and other problems. The Board had proposed enclosing it with iron posts and railings intending to turn the area into a park rather than a recreation ground for all to enjoy sports and games freely, and in particular aimed to restrict horse- riding.
Recreation ground, Kington, 2010 At the end of 1887 or the beginning of 1888, he retired from the service of the bank and took up his residence in Melbourne. A few years after he moved to England, where he has lived for the rest of his life apart for a visit to Rockhampton in about 1900. In 1888, he donated a parcel of 12 acres of parkland to his home town Kington as a charitable trust to be used as a recreation ground. Tomb of Thomas Skarratt Hall in East Finchley Cemetery, 2016 In late 1898 or early 1899, Hall purchased Weeting Hall in Weeting, Norfolk as a country estate.
The Labour party had won control of the council in the previous election in 1995 for the first time and were hopeful of staying in control of the council. They pledged to maintain bus passes for the elderly and press on with CCTV in the town centre. However the Conservatives attacked Labour for having increased council tax over the last four years, including 9.73% in the last year. A proposed development on the local recreation ground for an arts and leisure centre was a major issue in the campaign, with Labour saying it would be good for Bromsgrove, while the Conservatives pledged to try to save the recreation ground.
Seething Wells Filter Beds Seething Wells is considered to roughly consist of any land previously used as a waterworks on the southeast bank of the Thames facing Hampton Court Park. This land lies primarily in Surbiton in Greater London, although a small part of this land extends into Elmbridge in Surrey. The Seething Wells area is now primarily residential, bordering Long Ditton Recreation Ground on the west side, and the Victoria Recreation Ground to the south. As well as many houses, the residential area contains a hall of residence for Kingston University, and an old waterworks building that has been converted inside into a gym.
Chessington Road Recreation Ground was purchased on 16 October 1930 for £1,000.Chessington Road recreation ground At 207 Hook Road is a Blue plaque commemorating the author Enid Blyton who lived at the address between 1920 and 1924. The former RAF Chessington Hospital, demolished in the 1990s, first opened as RAF Hook around 1938 as a regional barrage balloon depot and was operated by RAF Balloon Command. It became a vital part of Britain's defence against the Luftwaffe in World War II and originally featured a number of large barrage balloon sheds as well as extensive garages and workshops for the station's support vehicles.
It is adjoined by the Hilbert recreation ground, parts of which have been designated as a local nature reserve by the Kent High Weald Partnership; these include Roundabout Woods and the adjoining grass areas. The Hilbert Recreation Ground was donated to the town by Cllr Edward Strange in 1931, on the site of the form John Beane's Charity Farm. There are two football pitches, built as part of the King George V playing fields scheme, and a skatepark. The Salomons Museum preserves the home of David Salomons, the first Jew to serve as Lord Mayor of London and the first non-Christian to sit in Parliament.
Several years before the establishment of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) in 1885, the team appeared on the struggling local cricket scene, dominating the Perth and Fremantle metropolitan clubs. Teams from Perth and Fremantle had been playing regularly since their first match on the Old Recreation Ground in Wellington Square in November 1852. It was not until the mid-1880s that the cricket establishment managed to excise part of the so-called New Recreation Ground (today's Esplanade) for a dedicated cricket facility. A few years later, in 1889, the association finally secured a 999-year lease on the then swampy 14½ acre patch of land to house the WACA Ground.
The Meadow near Tennison Road In 1935, the area of Heavers Meadow and the adjacent allotments was passed to Croydon Corporation by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to be used as an open space or recreation ground and allotments. Before 1900, the western side of the site was wooded and known as Dragnet Wood in 1800 and Selhurst Wood in 1867, by which time it had been split into two parts by railway development. Norbury Brook runs north west along the south- side of the meadow before being 'culverted' under Selhurst Road. The Brook can be seen later in Thornton Heath Recreation Ground and at the rear of houses in between.
The Nelson Recreation Ground also known as the Olympic Sports Stadium was a former sports ground and stadium on Janefield Street (formerly Porter Street), in Camlachie, Glasgow, Scotland. The recreation ground hosted trotting races as early as 1902 and in 1923 William Nelson built a more substantial trotting track and whippet track on the land behind numbers 15 to 31 Porter Street adjacent to the north-west side of Celtic Park. The grounds also hosted the Eastern Highland Games and foot racing based on the Powderhall Sprint. In 1928 the Nelson Dirt Track Racing Motor Club became the first club to introduce speedway to Scotland.
Aldershot Town play their home games at The Recreation Ground, which has a capacity of 7,100. The stadium was previously the home of Aldershot F.C. The stadium's current sponsor is EBB Paper, therefore the ground is advertly known as The EBB Stadium at The Recreation Ground, however is affectionately known as 'The Rec'. In March 2018, Aldershot Town presented proposals for the redevelopment of the EBB Stadium to Rushmoor Borough Council which would see the potential development of a new stadium, containing both seating and standing areas, that will give the club a 'long-term home from which to build our ambitions on the pitch'.
The club has played at the Recreation Ground since their establishment. A seated stand and cover for 150 was installed after joining the Western League, with floodlights erected in 2001. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 48 is seated and 200 covered.
The club initially played at Woodhouse Recreation Ground, before moving to Green Lane in Hove Edge. When Green Lane was used for housing, the club moved to St Giles Road. The ground currently has a capacity of 1,000, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered.
Shatin Sports Association () is a sport club based in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong. The team current plays in the Hong Kong First Division. The club plays most of its home matches at Ma On Shan Sports Ground and Tsang Tai Uk Recreation Ground.
Tynecastle moved to the Meggetland Sports Complex in 2018, where they share the main stadium grass pitch with Boroughmuir RFC. They originally played at the Fernieside Recreation Ground, which had been Tollcross United's home since 1971, before sharing Saughton Enclosure with Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale from 2015.
The village has sporting facilities including a lawn bowling green, two tennis courts, a cricket pitch, a football pitch and even a small basketball area. These are all located in or around the Recreation Ground (a piece of land with an area of about 4.4 hectares).
Broadwater Farm Estate can be seen in the distance Lordship Recreation Ground is a public park in Tottenham, London Borough of Haringey. It is over in size. Access is from Lordship Lane and from opposite Downhills Park in Downhills Park Road. It stretches approximately 750m north-south.
White signed professional forms with Port Vale in October 1948. His only appearance came at outside-right in a 2–1 defeat to Ipswich Town at The Old Recreation Ground on 23 October. He was transferred to Winsford United by manager Gordon Hodgson in July 1949.
The 2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 5–6, 2001. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A total of 44 events were contested, 23 by boys and 21 by girls.
John Tembey played left-, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
Previously it hosted the 'crock fair'. Hearsall Common has a long history of being common land going back to at least the thirteenth century. It was reassigned as recreation ground by a Coventry Corporation Act of 1927, along with other areas of common land in Coventry.
The village has a football Club that has been running for over 100 years at the heart of the Village. The current Longhope side compete in North Gloucestershire Division One. Their home ground is the Recreation Ground. In July 2019, Longhope Football Club hosted The Legends Cup.
Pepperell represented Cumberland. Stan Pepperell played right-, i.e. number 3, in Cumberland's 5-4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.
Jimmy Hayton represented Cumberland. Jimmy Hayton played right-, i.e. number 10, in Cumberland's 5-4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.
Withersfield Cricket club are a small village cricket club. The club has made its way up to the Hunts County Bats Sunday League. The cricket club play at the Recreation Ground in Withersfield. The legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman could trace his family history to Withersfield.
Killisick Recreation Ground lies outside Killisick, alongside the area's eastern boundary. The ground contains a playground, an outdoor gym, two grass football pitches and a smaller, fenced tarmac pitch. A funfair is held on the ground every year.Gedling Funfairs Killisick Community Centre is on Killisick Road.
North District Football Club (), currently known as Golik North District due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong First Division. The club plays most of its home matches at Fanling Recreation Ground and North District Sports Ground.
Pitstone has a Non-League football team Pitstone & Ivinghoe United F.C. who play at The Recreation Ground on Vicarage Road. Pitstone is the home of internationally acclaimed cyclist, Nick Clarke who holds the record for the RRA "Side to Side" record of Pembroke to Great Yarmouth.
Its eponymous park consists of a playground, sports field and tennis courts. Amenities include Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School, St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School and Osidge library. New Southgate Cemetery, the North London Business Park, and New Southgate Recreation Ground front Brunswick Park Road.
A town hall and recreation ground were built in 1915. The town was gazetted in 1972, a year after work began on the construction of the nearby South Dandalup Dam. On 28 October 1994, the $50 million North Dandalup Dam was opened 6 km from the town.
Candy Evans won caps playing left-, i.e. number 11 for Glamorgan County RLFC while at Castleford in the 19–12 victory over Cumberland at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 21 March 1931, and 12–33 defeat by Yorkshire at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Wednesday 15 April 1931.
The village of Graffham contains two pubs The Forester's Arms and The White Horse, a recreation ground, a village shop, the Anglican parish church of St Giles, which was largely rebuilt between 1874 and 1887, and a primary school. Seaford College, an independent school, is close by.
Community groups, clubs, and sports teams. include Claygate Cricket Club and Claygate Royals Football Club. A major annual event is the Claygate Flower & Village Show which takes place on the Recreation Ground in late July each year. 2013 saw the 100th show, where there were 7,000 visitors.
In late 2016, fundraising was undertaken in conjunction with a local supermarket to raise funds for a multi use games area. In July 2017 construction began on the surface which is situated in the recreation ground, on the disused site of the former village bowling green.
From 1978 to 1981, Sai Tso Wan Landfill () served East Kowloon. Approximately 1.6 million tonnes of domestic waste and commercial waste were dumped in the site during its four-year operation. The disposed waste stacked up to 65 metres high.Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground – Environmental Protection Department.
A boomerang was used to set a Guinness World Record with a throw of by David Schummy on 15 March 2005 at Murarrie Recreation Ground, Australia. This broke the record set by Erin Hemmings who threw an Aerobie on 14 July 2003 at Fort Funston, San Francisco.
Robert Craven Memorial Hall Bramhope has a Round Table, which organises activities to raise money for charity. Bramhope has a cricket club which plays at the Recreation Ground on Old Lane. The club plays in the Leeds and Wetherby Cricket League and has two senior teams.
The match was played at the Alexander Recreation Ground, Crewe and England won 5–1. John Goodall scored on his debut. His second international appearance was on 17 March 1889 at Hampden Park against Scotland. England won 5–0 and John Goodall scored the fourth goal.
Ye Olde Dolphin Inne is reputedly Derby's oldest public house. Parks and open spaces adjacent to the River Derwent include Cathedral Green, the River Gardens and Bass' Recreation Ground. Derby bus station is located in the city centre, with the main railway station situated to the south-east.
Adams joined Port Vale as an amateur in August 1936, signing as a professional in October of that year. He played one Third Division North match but was unable to gain a regular first team place at The Old Recreation Ground and was instead released in April 1937.
In October 2003, Gavin Smith was killed in Lordship Recreation Ground. Mark Duggan, member of TMD off-shoot Star Gang, was arrested in suspicion of the murder. He was released without charge however. In March 2004, Marcus Cox, a TMD member, was shot dead on Tottenham High Road.
Certain remnants of the heathland and its environment remain. Mature lime trees, with some younger replacements, line the boundaries to the recreation ground. In addition, large oak, chestnut, hawthorn, sycamore and ash trees feature. Heath Wood, which lies just beyond the suburb boundary, is a privately owned chestnut coppice.
Mayow Park, formerly known as Sydenham Recreation Ground, is a municipal park in London Borough of Lewisham. Located on Mayow Road in Sydenham, south east London, it is the borough's oldest park and its second oldest public open space after Blackheath. The park has a Green Flag Award.
What If There Had Been No Port In The Vale?: Startling Port Vale Stories! (Witan Books, 2011, ) The final match at the Old Recreation Ground was described as an "uninspiring finale" as Vale lost 1–0 to Aldershot in front of a crowd of 9,645 on 22 April 1950.
Nunsthorpe And Bradley Park Community Trust closes shop. This is Grimsby (24 April 2012). The Nunsthorpe Tenants and Residents Association was formed in 2006 and was involved in combating anti- social behaviour on the estate. It joined the campaign to restore the Nunsthorpe Recreation Ground following damage by vandals.
Smith played for Scotswood and Derby County, before joining Port Vale in August 1932. He never made his mark at The Old Recreation Ground, and played just six Second Division games during the 1932–33 season. He was given a free transfer to Carlisle United in May 1933.
Latchmere Recreation Ground is located approximately south of the far larger Battersea Park and the River Thames beyond. It is bounded by Burns Road to the south and Reform Street to the east and north. The former Latchmere School site, converted to housing in 1996, forms the eastern boundary.
He played 32 league and cup games in the 1924–25 campaign and dislocated his right arm in February 1925. His career at The Old Recreation Ground was effectively finished, and he retired at the close of the 1925–26 campaign after playing just 14 games that season.
The Melville family provided land for the village hall and recreation ground on Lincoln Road, Branston in the early 1920s.Parish Plan The heir of the Leslie-Melville family is the Lord Balgonie, and many items from Branston Hall are now found on the family's estate in the Scottish Highlands.
Harrison played for Sneyd Colliery before joining Port Vale as an amateur in May 1936, signing as a professional in August of that year. He played just two Third Division North and two cup games and left The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer in April 1937.
Headington has a non-league football team, Headington Amateurs, who play at the Barton Recreation Ground. Oxford United traditionally also played in the area at the Manor Ground: indeed they were originally known as Headington United. However they moved to the Kassam Stadium in 2001, leaving Headington behind.
There are both private Tennis and Bowls Clubs, open to anyone to join for an annual fee subject to vetting both on the public Recreation Ground. There are cricket nets available locked away and the site for their use is about to have a building placed upon it.
It 100 parking spaces for residents of the apartment block. Park Hill Recreation Ground, a large urban park and ornamental gardens in Croydon, is located opposite the building. The Ashcroft Theatre and Fairfield Halls which provide theatre performances and concerts are both on the same road as Altitude 25.
Nottingham Forest played their first ever match on 22 March 1866 against local opposition, Notts County, at the Forest Recreation Ground. 17 of Forest's players played just 11 of Notts' and it finished 0–0. They played again less than a month later which also finished 0–0.
He signed as a 35-year-old in November 1934 and made his final footballing appearance on 19 November at The Old Recreation Ground in a goalless draw against the club with which he made his name – Blackpool. He retired at the end of the 1934–35 season.
HKFA, 四海挑戰盃七人足球賽 The qualification matches for Third "A" Division League teams were played in Happy Valley Recreation Ground on 17 August 2008. Hi Lee and Ornament had fewer than 7 people to play the games and were subsequently disqualified.
Control and ownership of the land was vested in the Newport Town Council, with the proviso "I desire to saddle the gift with no restrictions except that it be always a recreation ground for the people". At the time of the offer, there was a crop of wheat growing in the field.Isle of Wight County Press dated 27 March 1897, Page 6 Within a few months, the Corporation had raised subscriptions amounting to £717 15s 2d towards the recreation ground, £68 1s 6d towards a celebration fund, with £70 17s 8d left to the discretion of the committee. In addition to the ornamental layout of the ground, the plans included a cycle track, cricket pitch and a pavilion.
Joseph Whitehead, erected in 1906 in Battersea's Latchmere Recreation Ground, subsequently removed and presumed destroyed. The area was originally common land: Latchmoor Common or Latchmere Common, and increasingly converted to allotments at the end of the 19th-century. Pressure from the local vestry to develop the land for housing resulted in the Latchmere Estate housing development led by local politician, John Burns MP. Building work commenced from 1902 and was one of the earliest examples of public social housing development to be executed by a local council. The creation of the recreation ground and preservation of some of the historic amenity value of the land was a condition of the development and the park formally opened in 1906.
Crystal Palace Park contains the National Sports Centre, which includes an international-class athletic stadium, and a former motorsport circuit that was used in the 1969 film The Italian Job.The television transmitter is visible in the scene where they try to blow the doors off an armoured truck. The Crystal Palace Park once housed a football ground, which hosted the FA Cup final from 1895 to 1914, as well as London County Cricket Club games from 1900 to 1908, when the club folded, and Crystal Palace FC's matches from their formation in 1905 until the club was forced to relocate during the First World War. Other facilities include Alexandra Recreation Ground, Penge Recreation Ground and Royston Playing Fields.
Condition of the track in 2017 The children's railway connects the northern part of the city with a recreation ground with an arboretum, an artificial lake and a zoo. The train runs from the railway station named Sportiwnaja (Спортивная) near the sports stadium via Chadschi Mukan (Хаджи Мукан) to the station named Tulpar (Тулпар) near the entrance of the zoo. Initially, the children's railway was nearly the only way to get to this recreation ground, and thus it was used by 176,000 passengers in the months from Mai to September of year of its inauguration. The track has a complex height profile: Immediately after passing the bridge behind Sportivnaya is a nearly long incline with two sharp radii.
Shevington has an amateur rugby league club called Shevington Sharks who play in the North West Counties League. Home games are played at St. John Rigby College. The Shevington football, Shevington Strikers, plays its matches on the recreation ground behind the Methodist church. Gathurst Golf Club is also in the village.
Milecastle 1 (Stott's Pow) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located near the (now disappeared) valley of Stott's Pow. Its remains are covered over, and are located beneath the recreation ground at Miller's Dene. Early excavations and investigations of Turret 0B were mistakenly interpreted as Milecastle 1.
The club has played at the Runnymede Stadium since their re-establishment in 1963. The land was previously part of a recreation ground and was offered to the club by the local council. The ground currently has a capacity of 5,500, of which 262 is seated and 3,300 is covered.
Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in London, England. It was established in 1894. The home ground is at Paddington Recreation Ground, Maida Vale. The Men's First Team play in the Men's England Hockey League and the Women's First Team play in the Women's England Hockey League.
Whitehaven R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club playing in Whitehaven in west Cumbria. They play in Betfred Championship after winning Betfred League 1 in 2019. Their stadium is called the Recreation Ground (known locally as the Recre). Their nicknames are 'Haven' or the 'Marras' (a local dialect word for 'mates').
Pubs Galore Sarn Inn A small group of farmers called the Sarnies beat the eggheads in 2005. A small recreation ground includes a tennis court and a bowling green. Historic buildings in the parish include Great Cefnyberen, a Grade II timber framed house, which dates from the mid-16th century.
The school was started in the late 1950s and was known then as Bishop Anstey. St. Stephen's College has the distinction of having an amphitheatre style auditorium, which is fringed at the rear by the main school block in a semicircle fashion. Major landmarks include the Yolande Pompey Recreation Ground.
Davis played for Bredbury United, before joining Second Division side Port Vale as an amateur in January 1920. His single appearance came at inside-right in a goalless draw with Fulham at The Old Recreation Ground on 16 April 1921. He was released, probably in 1922, and moved on to Macclesfield.
The club initially played in Barnet, before relocating to Wood Green Recreation Ground. In 1920 they moved again, this time to a ground on White Hart Lane opposite Perth Road. They moved to their final ground, Coles Park, in 1930, with the ground later used by the merged club Edmonton & Haringey.
Rebels FC is a British Virgin Islands football club based in Road Town. The club competes in the BVIFA National Football League, the top tier of British Virgin Islands football. The club was founded in 2009, and play their home matches in the 3,000-capacity, A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground.
The 2012 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 9–10, 2012. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Detailed reports were published. A total of 45 events were contested, 22 by boys and 23 by girls.
William Elliott (15 November 1842 – 1891) was an English cricketer. Elliott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Elliott made his first-class debut for Richard Daft's XI against a United North of England Eleven at the Recreation Ground, Holbeck in 1870.
The 2013 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1, 2013. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Detailed reports were published. A total of 28 events were contested, 15 by boys and 13 by girls.
Presently, Cheveley has many local amenities. The recreation ground provides an off-road field, where cricket, football and mere dog walking take place. The Red Lion public house is situated to the south of the village. The local village store, Cheveley Post Office is situated opposite the Red Lion pub.
McIlwaine also played two championship matches in 1970, the first of which was against local rivals Sussex. His final first-class match came in the same season against Glamorgan at the United Services Recreation Ground in his home city of Portsmouth. At the end of the 1970 season McIlwaine left Hampshire.
David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination – David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p.98 The track was written as a homage to the Free Festival, organised by the Beckenham Arts Lab, which was held at Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham on 16 August 1969.The Free Festival which inspired the song: BowieWonderworld.
Billy Ivison represented Cumberland while at Workington Town. Billy Ivison played , and scored a try in Cumberland's 5–4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.
Eagles Super Strikers FC are a Grenadian football club based in Sauteurs. The club most recently competed in the GFA First Division, and were promoted to the GFA Premier Division, the top-tier of football in Grenada, in 2016. The club's home ground is the Fond Recreation Ground in Sauteurs.
There is a recreation ground with a community sports hall on the south side of the village which is home to the local football and cricket teams. the football team play in the Black Sheep Brewery Hambleton Football Combination. The cricket team play in the Darlington and District Crickety League.
In 1899 a recreation ground was added to the park, while in the early 20th century Low Moor Gala was held raising money for local hospitals. In 1931 Horsfall playing fields were added to the park, in 2014 these became a Queen Elizabeth II Playing fields and also contains Horsfall Stadium.
The Palstone Park recreation ground is the home of the South Brent Football Club. It was founded as South Brent United in 1931. It is also the home of South Brent Judo Club formed in April 1974. Locals complain that South Brent experiences higher rainfall than surrounding towns and villages.
Arncott or Arncot is a village and civil parish about southeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,738. There are two neighbourhoods: Lower and Upper Arncott. Upper Arncott is the larger neighbourhood and includes the village green, recreation ground, shop and most of Arncott's housing.
It underwent an extensive refurbishment in December 2019. The Hockley Heath Recreation Ground is situated on the Old Warwick Road. It has a children's play area, a multi-use games area and 2 full-size football pitches. In 2014 a new BMX track was built, funded by the village fete committee.
Shenton then lost his first team place, and featured just ten times in the 1933–34 season, 15 times in the 1934–35 season, and 14 times in the 1935–36 campaign. He was released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer, and later played for Shelton Iron and Steel.
Shortly before midnight as they drove into the car park of the local recreation ground, Naomi's body was discovered underneath the children's slide of the playground. A post mortem examination carried out later revealed that she had been sexually assaulted, her throat had been cut and her body had been mutilated.
Heavers Meadow is an open space covering an area of with a footpath through a flood meadow.London Borough of Croydon – Heavers Meadow, accessed 2 March 2013 King George's Field (recreation ground) is sited near the junction of Selhurst Road and Sydenham Road with entrances on Sydenham Road and Gloucester Road.
Retrieved on 13 February 2007. After its closure in 1981, it was sealed with soil and planted over with Grasslands and trees. Sin Fat Road, which runs up the hill and hosts Sceneway Garden Minibus Terminus, was constructed. Sai Tso Wan Landfill was later rebuilt into Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground.
Frederick Mills (10 July 1898 - 4 November 1929) was an English cricketer. Mills was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire. Mills made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Hampshire in the 1921 County Championship at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth.
After a spell with Plate Glass Rangers in South Africa, Johnson returned to England to join Fourth Division club Aldershot in August 1985. Over the course of three seasons at the Recreation Ground, Johnson made 75 league appearances and scored 20 goals and closed out his career in non- league football with Leatherhead.
They were promoted to the Premier Division in 1996 but the club was dissolved in 2000 after over 50 years of history. In 2018 a new team named Wombwell Town FC were formed to play in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League and play at the Wombwell Recreation Ground in the town.
He moved on to Port Vale, and made his debut for the Central League side at inside-left in a 5–0 defeat at Stalybridge Celtic on 3 September 1912. After eight goals in 24 appearances he announced his retirement at The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the 1912–13 season.
The club moved, in 2005, to a temporary stadium at Kenwyn, near Truro and the following year to Camborne Recreation Ground. In 2010 the club returned to the Mennaye Field and announced that the capacity would be increased from its original capacity of 3,500 to the current capacity of 4,000 with 2,200 seats.
In season 2011–12 the Club achieved more silverware when it won both the Middlesex and Surrey County Football Associations Saturday Premier Cups a unique feat in modern times. After careful consideration the Club decided to return its former home at the Recreation Ground, Laleham at the start of the 2015–16 season.
The village is served by South Littleton Parish Council. The Littletons First School is in South Littleton which also has a large recreation ground. There are also allotments and bowling and tennis clubs. There is a shop and post office and a fish and chip shop located on the village High Street.
The village has a primary school, Shrewton CE VC Primary School. Appleford School, an independent specialist dyslexia school, is near the village. The whole length of the River Till is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Shrewton has a Non-League football club, Shrewton United F.C., who play at the Recreation Ground.
St Andrews United Football Club is a Scottish football club based in St Andrews, Fife. Founded in 1921, their home ground is The Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground. The team colours are black shirts with black shorts and black socks. The team plays in the , having moved from the junior leagues in 2018.
From 1978 to 1981, the knoll currently occupied by Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground was known as Sai Tso Wan Landfill. The landfill served East Kowloon. During its operation, the landfill held approximately 1.6 million tonnes of domestic waste and commercial waste. Rubbish in the landfill stacked up to 65 metres high.
Hoo Village Hall & Jubilee Hall are located on Pottery Road Recreation Ground. Hoo Village Hall & Jubilee Hall are run as a charitable trust by a management committee. Hoo has one 1.5-acre allotment site (made up of 35 plots) located off Everest Drive. The allotments site is managed by the Parish Council.
In Pontardawe the splits into two sections at the rear of Pontardawe leisure centre. One cycle path goes to the east of the leisure centre alongside the River Tawe. The other path keeps following the canal tow path to Ystradgynlais. The cycle path continues through the Pontardawe recreation ground alongside the river.
The 2002 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1–2, 2002. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A detailed report was published. A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.
The 2003 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 31–June 1, 2003. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A detailed report was published. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by boys and 22 by girls.
He joined Port Vale for a four-figure fee in April 1949. He scored twice on his debut, a 3–1 win over Torquay United at The Old Recreation Ground on 23 April. He scored three goals in eight Third Division South games in 1949–50, but lost his place in October 1949.
The club originally played on Hackney Marshes, before moving to the Low Hall Recreation Ground in Walthamstow when they moved up to the Essex Business Houses League. When the club joined the Middlesex County League they began playing at Leyton Sports Centre. In 2012 the club began groundsharing at the Cheshunt Stadium.
There is access by a footpath from Kings Road and paths leading from behind Elms Vale Recreation Ground, There is also access via High Meadow and the adjoining Nemo Down. Whinless Down, High Meadow and Nemo Down together form a network of pathways covering an area of over 60.7-hectare (150 acres).
Forest of Dean: Social life, Victoria County History A wooden village hall was built after World War I and a recreation ground was laid out in the mid-1930s. An association football club had its own ground by the later 1950s. A social club built at Milkwall by 1959 was later enlarged.
Cecil Victor Jenkinson (15 May 1891 - 6 November 1980) was an English cricketer. Jenkinson was a right-handed batsman played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Ilford, Essex. Jenkinson made his first-class debut for Essex in the 1922 County Championship against Hampshire at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth.
Wilson played for Seaham Harbour and Portsmouth, before moving north to join Port Vale in February 1921. He only played two Second Division games before being released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the season. He moved on to Walsall, Stafford Rangers, Worcester City, Bristol Rovers, Willenhall, and Wellington Town.
Syd Lowdon played , i.e. number 5 (opposite Australia's Clive Churchill), was captain, and created two tries in Whitehaven's 14-11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.
The main local football club is Great Yarmouth Town, known as the Bloaters, which plays in the Eastern Counties League. Its ground is at Wellesley Recreation Ground, named after Sir Arthur Wellesley. There is strong East Anglian rivalry with Gorleston. Local football clubs are served by the Great Yarmouth and District League.
A bridge inside Heavers Meadow Heavers Meadow is a meadow located in South Norwood and Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon. South Norwood Recreation Ground is on the other side of the road. The meadow covers an area of 8 acres (3.34 hectares). With meadows there are not usually many facilities.
A larger housing estate, originally entirely public housing, was built to a geometric layout in the eastern fields. This area has its own parade of shops, the Brook recreation ground, three schools, and a youth/community centre along Radstock Way. Oakley, a small country house, is listed and has Victorian gothic architecture features.
The entrance to the council-run Sports and Leisure Centre on the Recreation Ground is to the east of the bridge. Further east on North Parade Road is the Bath Cricket Club Ground, and the Bath Law Courts which holds the Bath Magistrates' Court and the Bath County Court and Family Court.
A large recreation ground takes up a minority of Halliford Park to the north of the main village (mainly woodland) which has football, flowers, trees and paths. Between this and a farm that is now an agricultural smallholding is a landscaped set of raised bungalows with gardens on Park Home lease terms.
Antigua Recreation Ground, the original home venue of the Antigua and Barbuda national football team. The original home stadium of the Antigua and Barbuda national football team. Located in the heart of the capital, Saint John's, right on Independence Avenue. The maximum capacity that this stadium can hold is roughly 12,000 spectators.
Although, the Mayor thought that the public would vote for the recreation ground, even if a full penny rate per annum were needed. In October 1900, the question was raised as to whether the recreation ground could be turned into allotments, as this would provide fine recreation for classes of people such as clerks and mechanics, who could on their half-holidays grow fruit and vegetables. This motion was quickly quashed on the basis that the agreement was that the land could be used for genuine recreation only.Isle of Wight County Press dated 20 October 1900, Page 7 By 1902, Newport Cricket Club was playing at the ground, although the pavilion and some of the other works had not yet been finished.
The club was formed in late 1961 and the first game was played towards the end of the 1961-2 season away to Hove Yeoman (3rd XV), winning the game 28-0. The first matches were played in a white and blue kit, but at the end of the season the club voted to move to an all black strip. The first full season was in 1962-3 and the team was based at the Fairfield recreation ground, with social aspects being undertaken at the Kings Head public house. The social venue moved on to the Potters and then to the Junction Inn until a permanent club house was built in 1970 at the Southway recreation ground, where the club is based to this day.
The area to the south and east of Oldfields Road uses an SM1 postcode and the area to the north and west uses SM3. The borders of the area are generally regarded to be the main Pyl Brook stream to the south, bordering West Sutton and North Cheam; the East Pyl Brook to the north where it borders Rosehill and St Helier; Benhilton to the east; and Lower Morden and Morden Park to the west. Sutton Common is within the Stonecot and Sutton North wards of Sutton Council. What remains of the former common can be found at Sutton Green, Sutton Common Park, Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground, Hamilton Avenue Recreation Ground, Thomas Wall Park in Rosehill, and Rosehill Park East and West.
Ryde Pier seen from Ryde Union St The town's large and long esplanade area has always been an attraction for tourists, especially those day-tripping from the mainland, as the amenities are all available by walking from the pier. A swimming pool, bowls club, bowling alley, and boating lake are among the attractions, and there are various children's playgrounds, amusement arcades and cafés. Ryde has few large public open spaces beyond the esplanade, but areas for public recreation include Appley Park, Puckpool Park, Vernon Square, Simeon Street Recreation Ground, St John's Park, St Thomas' churchyard, Salter Road recreation ground, and Oakfield Football Club. At one time Ryde had two separate piers; the other being the Victoria Pier, no longer in existence.
The Monkey Bridge At the junction of Stony Lane and Victoria Road by the roadside was the 19th century lock-up and a public urinal, however these have been walled up for some considerable time. The lock-up and urinal are now over-topped by a section of raised stone paved pavement with railings known as 'The Monkey Bridge' overlooking a small triangular area of land at the road junction that was the site of the village stocks. Eccleshill War Memorial North of Stony Lane is the former Stoney Lane Quarry now a recreation ground known as The Delph, a grassed area with a fenced children's play ground and triangulation pillar. South of Stony Lane is a grassed recreation ground or common with Village Green Status.
Lord Rothermere bought Hemsted in 1912 and during 1923-24 the estate was dispersed. Benenden School bought Hemsted House and park and the farms were sold at auction in Maidstone. Symbolic of the end of an era was the felling of the great Hemsted Oak in New Pond Road, 'probably the finest specimen of an oak in the South of England'. The trunk, weighing eight tons, went to the Wembley Exhibition of 1924. Lord Rothermere became a great benefactor to the parish of Benenden and Iden Green, giving to Benenden, the St George’s Club, War Memorial, and recreation ground (where the village hall now stands) and giving to Iden Green, two allotment fields and the Iden Green recreation ground and Pavilion.
Bertie Oldfield The AIF tour of England concluded with three first-class games against representative sides (i.e., consisting of players chosen from several counties) and finally a one-day exhibition match on what is believed to be the world's oldest cricket ground. The first-class matches were all of three-day duration starting on Monday, 1 September, against a South of England XI ("the South") at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings; and then another game against the South on the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth, starting Thursday, 4 September. Finally, to end their English programme, the AIF played C. I. Thornton's XI at the North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, starting on Monday, 8 September and ending on Wednesday, 10 September.
The Noel Moxon Stand, erected 1892. In July 1891 the Association were offered the grandstand and skating rink from the Ashfield Recreation Ground and Garden Palace, who had gone into receivership due to the depression. The grandstand was bought and relocated for a cost of £1,095. The Grandstand was ready for the show of 1892.
The pupils used the Morrison Hill swimming pool, Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Happy Valley Recreation Ground, all within 10 minutes of walking time. The school moved back to their new secondary school campus at Police School Road in the academic year 2011/2012, when the first pre- university cohort commenced their IB Diploma Programme studies.
Thomas Barnes (11 May 1849 – 22 September 1873) was an English cricketer. Barnes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Barnes made his first-class debut for Richard Daft's XI against the United North of England Eleven at the Recreation Ground, Holbeck.
Towers joined Fourth Division club Aldershot in July 1963. Despite a mid-table finish in the league, he enjoyed a good 1963–64 season at the Recreation Ground, scoring 15 goals in 32 games, including a goal in the FA Cup third round giant-killing of Aston Villa. He departed the club after the season.
Llangollen were formed on Tuesday 22 October 1872, at the National Schoolroom by members of Llangollen Cricket Club. Their first match was played on The Recreation Ground on Saturday 26 October 1872. The club reformed again on Monday 10 September 1877. The club has the honour of playing in the inaugural Welsh Cup competition.
During the club's 102 years, the most widely known player was former St Kilda player Matthew Young. Hagley's cricket team was formed in the 1890s and was playing by 1896. Similarly to the football club they played on a paddock, adjacent to the current recreation ground, moving to the new ground in 1902.Scott, p.
The finals were played at The Recreation Ground, Bath on Friday 3 August 2012. For the finals, the 6 qualified teams were split into two pools of three teams. Scoring remained the same as in the previous rounds (4 points for a win, etc.), and the winner of each pool progressed to the final.
There is a lot of green park land in Millbrook, hence its full title of Millbrook Park Estate, this includes Green Park, Mansel Park, Test Park, Millbrook Recreation Ground, as well as numerous school playing fields. A huge green belt cuts through the main estate, from Millbrook roundabout, to the Top Shops on Windermere Avenue.
Kenley and Northolt Towers, resurfaced with distinctive colours as part of the regeneration programme, as seen from Lordship Recreation Ground. The Broadwater Farm Community Centre is in the foreground. In 2005 the Metropolitan Police disbanded the Broadwater Farm Unit altogether as it was no longer required in an area with such a low crime rate.
However Reid fell out of the first team picture at The Old Recreation Ground, and played just one game in both the 1924–25 and 1925–26 seasons. He was sold on to league rivals Clapton Orient for £230 in January 1927. He later played for Northwich Victoria (Cheshire County League) and New Brighton.
Ammanford Association Football Club is a football club from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales. They play in the Cymru South. They are now based at the Recreation Ground in Ammanford. The club is affiliated to the Football Association of Wales (FAW), West Wales Football Association (WWFA), Welsh Football League and the Carmarthenshire Association Football League.
Briggs joined Port Vale in December 1937, at the age of 20. He played a mere eight Third Division North games in the 1937–38 season before being released from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1938. He moved on to Aston Villa and Wrexham. He also guested for Watford during the Second World War.
Since the first International Youth Arts Festival, venues across the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames have been supporting artists by transforming their venues into performance spaces. The festival includes over 200 events staged in venues including Rose Theatre, Arthur Cotterell Theatre, Kingston Library, Fairfield Recreation Ground, Eagle Brewery Wharf and The Library club.
He played 11 Third Division South games for the club in 1946–47, scoring at The Old Recreation Ground in a 1–1 draw with Northampton Town. After putting in a transfer request, he was sold on to Nottingham Forest in October 1946 for a 'substantial sum' above what the Vale had paid for him.
Broadview Recreation Ground The primary school is Kings Worthy Primary School. Most pupils from Kings Worthy Primary go on to study at Henry Beaufort School. Sports within Kingsworthy are limited, however the Worthys Football club were runners up in the 2017 Jack West cup Final. Steve Brine (local MP) offered support saying "up the worthys".
They currently play in Yorkshire League Division 6. Hornsea Town F.C. are an amateur football team who also play at the Hollis Recreation Ground. Their nicknames include 'Town' or 'The Seasiders'. Hornsea Town had a successful year in the Humber Premier League Division One 2016–17 season, winning the league ahead of A.F.C. Walkington.
Reginald Robotham (14 July 1911 – 31 January 1978) was an English cricketer. Robotham was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Robotham made a single first-class cricket appearance for Sussex County Cricket Club against MCC at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, in 1946.
By 1931, although housing in the village had approximately doubled, only the Church, vicarage, new school, recreation ground and a handful of houses existed south of the railway. However Lane Ends, on the Burnley Accrington Road had developed into a hamlet. By 1961 semi-detached housing had extended along Manchester Road to Lane Ends.
The village pub is called the Coach and Horses. Horsley also used to have a second pub called the Ship Inn, but this has been a private house for many years. A recreation ground is situated off French Lane. The rec has a small football pitch and contains the local crown green bowling club.
On the financial side, the club wished to move back to the Athletic Ground due to the lack of space to develop The Old Recreation Ground. However, the council would only offer £20,000 for the land at the Old Rec, and refused to waive the first option on a repurchase, thereby killing the club's ambitions.
Both were constructed in a part of the park which was known as the recreation ground, and thus marked on old Ordnance Survey maps, it was an area of quite steep banking built as a dam wall for the reservoir."Old Ordnance Survey Maps: Sheffield (West)" Gives history and topography of Old Great Dam.
Micklefield AFC are an amateur football team. They play their home fixtures in the village recreation ground. The pitch consists of 1 small covered terraced stand and a metal barrier runs round the perimeter to prevent encroachment. Micklefield AFC was established in 1953, although it wasn't until the late 1960s that it rose to prominence.
Davis played in 18 first-class matches, 12 of which were for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He played regularly for touring sides such as the All England Eleven and United All-England Eleven and was later employed by Nottingham Coporation to operate Forest Recreation Ground in the town.Thomas Davis, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
They play at the Watchetts recreation ground in Camberley. Men's, ladies and mixed teams play all year in the Aldershot and District LTA League. Both Camberley Chess Club and Camberley Junior Chess Club meet every Tuesday at the Camberley Baptist Church Hall, Frimley Road, Camberley, GU15 3EN. They were 2007–8 Berkshire League champions.
He made 43 appearances in the 1922–23 campaign, with Daniel Smith deputizing in one match. He retired from league football at The Old Recreation Ground in May 1923 and returned to Hednesford Town for a three year spell. He went on to run the New Inn and several other pubs in the Wolverhampton area.
He was given a free transfer away from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1928 and despite being in his 40s managed to go on play for Halifax Town. The "Shaymen" finished 13th in Third Division North, before dropping into the re-election zone in 1929–30. He later played for Chester and Oswestry Town.
Local amenities include a bilingual primary school, which teaches through the medium of both Welsh and English, a golf club, a convenience store with a post office, a recreation ground managed by village residents (home of local archery, cricket, football, petanque and tennis clubs), a GP surgery, and local pub called 'The Creigiau Inn'.
South Kilburn is within the London Borough of Brent, to the east/southeast of Queens Park tube station, immediately south of Kilburn Park tube station, north of Maida Hill, and to the west of the Paddington Recreation Ground. Carlton Vale is the numbered street that separates the northern and southern parts of the estate.
Histon and Impington is home to Histon Football Club who play in Non-League football in the Southern Football League. The village recreation ground is home to a group of football clubs for children called the Histon Hornets as well as to Histon Cricket Club, which fields a number of teams at both youth and adult level.
The modern Kirkley also played at the Recreation Ground, now more commonly known as Walmer Road. On 26 December 2005 the club played its first league match against Lowestoft Town since the 1934–35 season, attracting a record crowd of 1,125. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated and covered.
The recreation ground is situated next to the village's church, St Barnabas School, and the village hall. Drakes Broughton has other amenities including a general store, hairdressers, and a fish and chip shop. The village gave its name to an early composition by Elgar, written in about 1878, a hymn tune with words by Francis Stanfield (1835-1914).
Most of these teams can be found playing locally on a Sunday at various points across Pitsea, including Eversley Recreation Ground and Pitsea School. Northlands Park is a large open space in Pitsea and is home to two large fishing lakes regularly used by anglers. The lake holds bream, carp, eel, perch, pike, roach, rudd and tench.
Great Yarmouth Town Football Club is a football club based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Wellesley Recreation Ground, whose grandstand is believed to be the world's oldest football stand still in regular use, having been opened on 11 June 1892. The club is affiliated to the Norfolk County FA.
Leiston initially played at the old Recreation Ground, today known as Park Hill, with players changing in the White Horse Hotel or at the Works Hall. In 1921 they moved to their current ground on Victory Road, then known as the Leiston Works Athletic Association, after Garretts bought the ground. It was later renamed the Leiston Town Athletic Association.
Later this land became the Hancock Museum. The committee realised that the Bull Park was too small for the Exhibition and requested Town Moor recreation ground. This is where the current park is now. The Royal Jubilee Mining, Engineering and Industrial Exhibition was held in 1887 and proved to be a tremendous success, attracting 2,000,000 visitors.
Gibbs said that although he had worked as hard as he could, his health had been poor. Slack also thanked his opponents for their courtesy during the campaign, and after a meeting at the St Albans Liberal Club he went to Clarence Park recreation ground to kick off for the St Albans Football Club at a match.
Livingstone played for Strathclyde, Rangers, Stevenston United, Dumbarton Harps, Vale of Leven, and Bathgate. He then joined Port Vale in March 1921. His only Second Division appearance came in a 2–1 win over Cardiff City at Ninian Park on 26 March. He was released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the 1920–21 season.
The ground is no longer in use as a cricket ground. This site is used as a recreation ground with football pitches laid out and was used by the Royal Engineers for hockey, football and rugby union in the past.Milton H (1979) Kent cricket grounds, in The Cricket Statistician, no. 28, December 1979, pp.2–10.
Hong Ning Road Park () is a public park between the districts of Ngau Tau Kok and Sau Mau Ping in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is divided into two phases linked by a staircase. The park is distinct from the similarly-named Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground, which is located down the hill closer to Kwun Tong Town Centre.
In 1896 it was among the townships consolidated to form the township of North Manchester for Poor Law purposes. At the height of the Industrial Revolution there was less industry here than in Bradford village and consequently back-to-back terraced houses abounded everywhere. Two open spaces were the David Lewis Play Ground and Bradford Recreation Ground.
Elsworth has a primary school and pre-school, as well as a recreation ground, a business park and a Post Office/shop. There are two remaining pubs in the village. The George and Dragon at Cowdell End opened in the first half of the 19th century and was rebuilt after an 1880 fire. A restaurant was added in 1975.
The cricket club, which plays in the recreation ground, has two Saturday teams and a Sunday team. The rugby union club plays at King Arthur's Community School in the town. In 2010 they won the Dorset & Wilts division of the English Rugby Union South West Division. Wincanton Cycling Club was founded in2017 and regularly carries out group rides.
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground was built in part to promote environmental protection in Hong Kong. Therefore, it was built with a number of features for environmental protection. Wind turbines generate electricity by wind, which can either be used directly or stored in batteries for later use. Most electricity generated from the turbines is used for street lighting.
To the north, dense planting of native trees separates the Heath from the M20 motorway.Maidstone Green Spaces Strategy: Penenden Heath dated March 2006 Soil at the northern end of the recreation ground displays characteristics of heathland and dry acid grassland. Other areas evidence sheep's sorrel and common heath. Gorse and broom have been introduced in recent years.
Taylor played for Southwell, Mansfield Mechanics, Notts County, Shirebrook, and Burnley. He played one game as a guest for Port Vale during World War II, in a 2–0 defeat to Manchester United in a Lancashire regional Section, Subsidiary Tournament match at the Old Recreation Ground on 13 April 1918. He later played for Oldham Athletic, and Newark Town.
The Houghton Club The village has a pub, The Boot Inn,The Boot Inn with a garden running down to the banks of the River Test. There is no village shop or school. Houghton has a village hall, used for functions such as the annual village Harvest Supper.Village website There is a small recreation ground next to the hall.
The club played at the Red Bridge field until World War II, after which they moved to the Mutual Meadow on Newport Road. They also relocated their headquarters from the Forresters Arms to the Railway Tavern. The club later relocated to the Recreation Ground on Bradwell Road in the Bradville area of Milton Keynes. Floodlights were installed in 1998.
Smith joined Port Vale in September 1938. He scored on his debut at inside-right in a 4–0 win over Walsall in a first round Southern Section Cup match at The Old Recreation Ground on 26 September. He made 13 Third Division South and five cup appearances in 1938–39, before he transferred to Chelsea in May 1939.
Jones played for South Liverpool, before joining Port Vale in June 1946. He made twelve Third Division South appearances in the 1946–47 season, and scored one goal in a 5–3 defeat to Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road on 5 April. At the end of the season manager Gordon Hodgson allowed him to leave The Old Recreation Ground.
Busbridge Tennis Association is a community initiative which was fundamental in the process of renovating the tennis courts and recreation ground at the top of Holloway Hill and overlooking Godalming. In 2012 they secured £37,900 of Olympic Legacy Funding from Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund for flood lights on all four courts allowing for expansion with junior tennis training.
36 lots in the state were bought by the Government of New South Wales for the Birch Grove Recreation Ground (later Birchgrove Oval). Public concerns about pollution and health led agitation to reclaim Snail's Bay. A trust was formed in 1882, and architect Ferdinand Reuss Jnr. prepared a plan of landscaped gardens, walks, shrubbery and "big oval cricket ground".
Shopping centres are located on Margetson Crescent, Wordsworth Drive, Buchanan Road, Lindsay Avenue, Wheata Road and Chaucer Road. Playing fields are situated at Colley Recreation Ground and Parson Cross Park. A new library was built on Wordsworth Avenue, opposite the Asda in 2011. The church for the post-war New Parson Cross area is St Paul's on Wordsworth Avenue.
The 2013 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series (styled for sponsorship reasons as the 2013 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series) was the fourth Rugby Union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2013–14 Aviva Premiership Clubs. The group stages were run on 1–3 August 2013 and the final at the Recreation Ground on 9 August 2013.
This is one of New Zealand's oldest and finest courses. A state integrated Presbyterian boys' secondary school, John McGlashan College, is located close to the golf course. To the southeast of the course lies a recreation ground, Bishopscourt, and nearby is Balmacewen Intermediate School. As with Prospect Park, this area is often referred to as a separate suburb, Balmacewen.
Sheerwater has a Non-League football club Sheerwater F.C. who play on the Sheerwater Recreation Ground. Sheerwater has a Scout group and a Gardening Association. The towpath of the Basingstoke canal is on the Sheerwater side, which provides a traffic-free pedestrian and cycle route to Woking town centre in one direction and to West Byfleet in the other.
"Montaza" does mean "park", but like most words in Arabic there is an essence that is missing by literal English translation. It can only be understood with a greater awareness of the root: "nuzha"(Arabic: نزهة). This means variably - to be far, untouched, unblemished, and free. Thus "montaza" takes meanings such as promenade, walk, stroll; recreation ground; park.
He was replaced by David Pratt in December 1944. For the 1945–46 season they were placed in the Third Division South (North Region), with new manager Billy Frith. The Council agreed to allow the Vale to rent The Old Recreation Ground until 24 June 1950. Plans for the new stadium now were expanded to a massive 80,000 capacity.
Since 2006, the cricket club's first team has used the nickname "The Tigers". There is also an equestrian centre with a Pony Club . Outside the Recreation Ground towards the school there is a newly built cemetery. Ickleford also has a Scout troop (the 1st Ickleford (9th Hitchin)) with active groups for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, and Brownies for girls.
The current site of the almshouses was previously that of Croydon's workhouse. Duppas Hill was Croydon's first recreation ground. Croydon Board of Health bought land from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,000 in 1865. The Whitgift Foundation state that the clay and bricks for the Whitgift almshouses came from Duppas Hill after Park Hill, Croydon bricks proved to be inferior.
The ground currently has a capacity of 7,100, though the record attendance at the ground is 19,138, recorded when Aldershot played Carlisle United on 28 January 1970 in an FA Cup replay. The ground is affectionately known as 'The Rec' though for sponsorship reasons its official name has been The EBB Stadium at The Recreation Ground.
The take-off point for the contest was the Tally-Ho grounds, adjacent to Cannon Hill Park. Both aviators then flew anti-clockwise around the circuit, landing at Redditch recreation ground, Coventry, Nuneaton, Tamworth and Walsall and finishing at Edgbaston. Hamel won the race by a margin of just twenty seconds.The Hucks-Hamel Race Flight 6 September 1913, p.
The league will be contested by 10 teams, including Ottos Rangers, Urlings Golden Stars and Five Islands, all of which were promoted from the 2013–14 Division 1. Willikies, All Saints United and Potters Tigers were each relegated. All games are played at Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John's. The stadium has a capacity of 9,000.
An area of what is now Chorlton Park was used many centuries ago for horse racing. As a public park it dates from 1928: there are gardens, many trees, and recreational facilities. The Recreation Ground, Beech Park, was opened in 1896, donated to the community by Lord Egerton. Longford Park also is the home of Trafford Athletics Club.
In the 1970s the club moved to the Pilkington Glassworks Recreation Ground and Social Club before acquiring its present site. Wheatley Hills Tennis Club lies on Greenhouse Road. Established in 1954, the club offers professional coaching to players of all ages.socialtennis.com - Wheatey Hills Tennis Club Retrieved 29 January 2011 The Wheatley Golf club lies nearby on Armthorpe Road.
Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa. It is situated in the centre of the town, on Voortrekker Street. It is the headquarters of the South Western Districts Cricket Board. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1889, when South Western Districts hosted the touring R. G. Warton's XI from England.
Aylesford Football Club are based in the village, playing at the Recreation Ground on Forstal Road since before the War Aylesford Bulls Rugby Football Club is located at the Jack Williams Memorial Ground in Hall Road. They run children's age-grade teams from U6-U18 plus several adult teams for men and women of all levels.
Bredbo also has a community hall, tennis and basketball courts, village green, cemetery, war memorial and recreation ground. Public toilets are located immediately behind the community hall. The Cooma-Monaro library offers a mobile library service. Religious services are offered through St Bartholomew's Anglican Church, which is located high on a hill with views overlooking the town.
He scored 26 goals in 75 league games in his two seasons at Sincil Bank. He joined Port Vale in May 1938. He played three Third Division South games, scoring one goal in the season opening 3–1 defeat to Aldershot at The Old Recreation Ground on 27 August. He was handed a free transfer in April 1939.
Wilson played for West Bromwich Albion, before joining Port Vale in May 1935. He failed to gain a regular first team spot and having made just the three Second Division appearances in the 1935–36 season he was transferred away from The Old Recreation Ground to Wigan Athletic in December 1935. Later he moved to Shrewsbury Town.
The May Fayre is arranged by Tenterden Town Council and is held every year on the May Bank Holiday Monday on Tenterden Recreation Ground. The next May Fayre is due to be held in 2021 (there will be no May Fayre in 2020 because of the VE75 celebrations on the re-arranged Bank Holiday Friday 8 May).
The recreation ground is used for major village events such as The village Fete, Bonfire Night and Proms in the Park. There is also a Pavilion which is used by local community groups such as the church, beavers, cubs, scouts, an under 3s club and local football teams. The venue is managed by the Parish clerk.
The village has a local youth football club named Hockley Heath Football Club. The club was founded in September 2011 and as of 2020 has teams across eight age groups from under 6 to under 13. The teams play matches at the Hockley Heath Recreation ground. There is an adults Sunday league football team called Hockley Heath Dynamos.
Winton Rec pavilion. Winton Recreation Ground is the only significant green space in an area of approximately one square mile, serving a population of 4750 people. The idea of creating a public recreation facility for Winton was first envisaged in 1902. The Earl of Malmesbury gave nearly six hectares of suitable land to Bournemouth Borough Council in 1904.
The official opening of Winton Recreation Ground took place in September 1906. The facilities available at the ground include Richmond Park Bowls Club, tennis courts, cycle track, children's playground, playgroups play building and a cricket pitch. The cricket pavilion is over 90 years old and it was extended in 1962 and refurbished in 1999. Winton Banks.
It was known as Welford Road Recreation Ground before it was renamed to celebrate Nelson Mandela. The park's facilities include a small children's play area, flood- lighting, and public toilets. As of March 2017, a selection of outdoor gym equipment has been installed opposite the children's play area. This is similar to that previously installed in Victoria Park, Leicester.
Football is a very popular sport in the village. There are two football teams, Turners Hill and Turners Hill reserves. Football is often played at the recreation ground (always called "the rec or the ark" by villagers) for fun as well as by all three teams. There is a traditional rivalry with the nearest village Crawley Down.
Wrington Redhill AFC plays at the recreation ground in Wrington. The club operates a 1st team, a reserve team and an A team. The 1st team plays in the Erra Somerset County League in the premier division. The reserve team plays in Weston super Mare and District League Division 1 and A team in the W&D; division 4.
A second recreation ground created in 1926 became the home of Berry Hill Rugby Football club. In 1939 woodland was cleared to form the Christchurch holiday campsite. Berry Hill was the location of one of the first day schools in the Forest of Dean when P. M. Procter opened a day school in his new chapel in 1813.
Lomas played for Leek and Congleton, before joining Second Division club Port Vale in July 1924. He played as a left-half in a 3–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at The Old Recreation Ground on 30 August 1924 and was released without signing as a professional, most likely at the end of the 1924–25 season.
Rowe played for Manchester Central, Reading and Queen's Park Rangers, before joining Port Vale in May 1937. He played 37 Third Division North games during the 1937–38 season, and featured in 35 Third Division South in the 1938–39 campaign. He left The Old Recreation Ground during World War II, though later guested for Crewe Alexandra.
Newton Tony C of E Primary School serves the village and neighbouring communities. It was opened in the 1950s on the same site as a National School built in 1857, which was destroyed by fire. Land for the school had been given by Sir Alexander Malet. The village has a recreation ground and a village hall.
Each registered team acts as the host once a season and decides where the match day will take place (e.g. their local recreation ground, school playing fields, park). The match days are organised and coordinated by the buntkicktgut team and the host team. The playing year is split up into a summer and a winter league.
He was sold to local rivals Port Vale for £1,000 in June 1924. He was a regular feature in the 1924–25 season, scoring against Stoke in a 2–0 win at The Old Recreation Ground on 24 January. However, he suffered an injury in December 1925 and was forced to retire after the 1925–26 season.
South Harrow has two recreational grounds: Alexandra Park was named after Queen Alexandra, who frequently visited the area. There is a children's play area, natural rough area, and fitness zone. Nearby is Northolt Park (Chiltern Main Line). Roxeth Recreation Ground is a large recreational ground containing Cricket and Football pitches, Ball courts, natural roughland and a children's play area.
Tonkin joined Cambridge United on 1 July 2008. In January 2010, Tonkin joined Oxford United for an undisclosed fee. In May 2012, Tonkin was released by the club after being deemed surplus to requirements. On 25 May 2012, Tonkin joined Aldershot Town on a one-year deal which sees him join former teammate Josh Payne at the Recreation Ground.
Retrieved from Trove, 27 June 2012. Two matches were recorded against the Mercantiles team, comprising players from the "Perth stores", in August and September 1886. The first match was won by West Australians, and the second by Mercantiles, with both being played at the Old Recreation Ground (now Wellington Square). G. Moffatt was West Australians' captain in both matches.
The village stocks were originally situated on the main road. They were re-sited on the recreation ground in the early 1970s. They are believed to be the only remaining set in the Forest of Dean. The village was the home of the Forest of Dean chronicler Winifred Foley and her husband Sydney until the mid-1970s.
Forest Fields is slightly north of the city centre just past The Forest recreation ground. The area includes 31 roads from Noel Street (Asda), to Nottingham Road (NCN Claredon, Sherwood Rise practitioners, Djanogly Sixth Form) and from Gregory Boulevard to Gladstone Street (Basford factories). The areas that surround Forest Fields are New Basford, Sherwood Rise, Hyson Green and Radford.
Bishopsbourne is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Northern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Longford. The 2016 census has a population of 136 for the state suburb of Bishopsbourne. It is a farming community and has a church, graveyard and recreation ground.
Bradley resigned from the managerial post at Great Yarmouth in 1955, but remained in Norfolk, becoming the licensee of the Jolly Farmers pub in the village of Ormesby St Margaret near Great Yarmouth where he remained for 27 years. Following his death in 2002, his ashes were scattered on the Great Yarmouth pitch at The Wellesley Recreation Ground.
On 21 July 1911, the club re-organised, with J.H.Edwards elected chairman. The club also stepped up to the Central League. Facing another financial crisis, coupled with numerous issues with their Cobridge Ground, Vale transferred to The Old Recreation Ground in 1912, moving from Burslem to Hanley. This allowed the club to regular host over 10,000 spectators.
The 1944–45 season was Port Vale's second season of football in the wartime league system of World War II. First-team football was reinstated at the Old Recreation Ground for the first time since the 1939–40 season, however success was limited as they finished in the lower reaches of the North Championship and the League North Cup.
There is also a large Tesco which is accessible to pedestrians from the High Street (and by vehicles from Smallhythe Road), and a Waitrose store accessed by pedestrians from Sayers Lane (with vehicular access from Recreation Ground Road). A number of local tourist attractions draw a great many visitors, especially the Kent & East Sussex Railway line to Bodiam, Chapel Down (a local vineyard which produces some highly acclaimed wines) and Smallhythe Place, which once belonged to the late Ellen Terry, which now holds both a museum and a theatre. Tenterden and District Museum is at the heart of the town, on Station Road. The town also benefits from a leisure centre at the end of Recreation Ground Road, which was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1990, run by Ashford Borough Council.
Recreation Ground Bath Rugby is a rugby union team in the Premiership league. It plays in blue, white and black kit at the Recreation Ground in the city, where it has been since the late 19th century, following its establishment in 1865. The team's first major honour was winning the John Player Cup, now sponsored as the LV Cup and also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup, four years consecutively from 1984 until 1987. The team then led the Courage league in six seasons in eight years between 1988 and 1989 and 1995–96, during which time it also won the renamed Pilkington Cup in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1996. It finally won the Heineken Cup in the 1997–98 season, and topped the Zürich Premiership (now Aviva Premiership) in 2003–04.
The playing field was donated to the people of the Borough of Hyde for recreation by Newton Mill Ltd.National Archives in 1973, but had a covenant restricting their use as a "recreation ground for the use of the residents of Hyde"."The Corporation (The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Hyde) hereby covenants with the Grantors (Newton Mill Ltd) that the Corporation will use the land hereby conveyed as a recreation ground for the use of the residents of Hyde aforesaid and district and to be known as Waldorf Playing Fields only PROVIDED ALWAYS that in the event of the Corporation requiring the said land to be used for school purposes only then the Corporation will provide within the boundaries of Hyde a similar plot of land of similar size for the purposes of a recreation ground to be so named as aforesaid and that this covenant shall apply to such substituted land as aforesaid, but without this present proviso" The Borough of Hyde was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. In 1986 Tameside became a unitary authority with the abolition of the Greater Manchester County Council.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman Bowater, formally opened the Black Patch Recreation Ground on 20 June 1911. In 1966 management was taken over by the new Borough of Warley, now Sandwell Metropolitan Council, whose Planning Department confirms that covenants held by Pilkington and Tangye still exist, but until then Black Patch Park was under the stewardship of Birmingham Parks Department.
Financially, the club were on much better terms than twelve years ago, with even practice matches well attended, and supporters groups busy raising cash to improve The Old Recreation Ground. Seats were priced between one and two shillings. The club had also made almost £700 on their 1918–19 Central League season. In 1919–20, they recorded a profit of almost £650.
Heras fence in Lordship Recreation Ground, Haringey, London Heras Fence Base Block Heras fencing is a brand of temporary fencing intended for use on construction sites. It consists of individual panels approximately wide and tall. Each panel consists of a metal tubing frame, with feet slotted into concrete or synthetic blocks. In the middle of the panel is a metal mesh.
Alfred Edwin Newcomb (20 November 1873 - 4 February 1932) was an English cricketer. Newcomb was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm slow and right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Newcomb made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Hampshire in the 1911 County Championship at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth.
He promoted legislation to abolish imprisonment for small debtors. His legislation against organ grinders on the grounds that they were street nuisances was less successful. Bass was a philanthropist both in Burton and Derby. His obituarists claimed that his contributions totalled £80,000, and that he had given Derby a new library, museum, school of art, recreation ground, and swimming baths.
Newton St Cyres is home to a public house, the Beer Engine, which is situated next to the railway station, and an Italian restaurant, Belluno, which was formerly the Crown and Sceptre public house. Traditional cheeses can be bought from the Quickes Farm shop. The village has a recreation ground with two football pitches, a cricket pitch and two tennis courts.
What is now Victoria Park is shown on the map as a recreation ground. The park was opened in 1898 on land donated by Earl Spencer of Althorpe. At that time it was half the present size. Further land was acquired from the Earl in 1910 and 1911 and it now has a bowling green, tennis courts and children's play area.
It has outdoor nets and shares its facilities with the local football club. It is based at the Oakley Recreation Ground. The Club also has links with neighbouring Lincroft School, sharing facilities and a desire to increase opportunities for youth cricket in the local area. In 2014, Pilgrims Oakley received Clubmark accreditation from the ECB, recognition that it met various national standards.
He was a member of the Canterbury side that inflicted the only defeat on the touring Australian team in 1877-78. A month later he took his best bowling figures, 6 for 27 (all bowled) in Canterbury's annual match against Otago, at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground. He made his highest first-class score in 1879-80 at Dunedin's Caledonian Ground.
This club is located on Little Common Road, and also has a football club, Judo, Keepfit classes and a fully equipped gym Bexhill-on-Sea Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1890. It closed at the time of WW2."Bexhill-on-Sea Golf Club", "Golf’s Missing Links". Bexhill is home to the Little Common Ramblers Cricket Club playing at the Recreation Ground.
Lewes At the club's annual general meeting in 1890, the secretary at the time, William G. Carn, proposed that the name became "one more identified with the town". His proposal was successful, and the club became Kingston Wanderers F.C. in the 1890–91 season. The club's first season as Kingston Wanderers also heralded a change of home ground to the Fairfield Recreation Ground.
An annual Village Fete takes place every summer on the recreation ground, to raise money for the upkeep of the Village Hall. The Village Hall hosts annual pantomimes, and usually a play, put on by the amateur dramatics society the Roadwater Players. The village also hosts regular music events at the Hall. The Village Shop is next door to the Village Hall.
Somerset Football Club, also known as the "Sharks", is a soccer club which represents Somerset in the Tasmanian Northern Championship. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams. Somerset play their home games at Somerset Recreation Ground, in Somerset, Tasmania. Somerset Football Club was formed in 1979 by a dedicated soccer player known as Nigel Brown.
Tongham play their home games at Poyle Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU10 1DU. In 2007 Tongham Parish Council opened a new community centre, built on the site of the old pavilion in the recreation ground. This modern building with improved changing room facilities and club room bar became the new home for Tongham Football Club which they also share with the village cricket team.
The Forest Recreation Ground supports many important habitats and species. Mature trees include turkey oak, English elm, English oak, sessile oak, rowan, silver birch, common lime and horse chestnut. Additionally, there have been more recent plantings of London plane, beech, various maples and silver lime. Perennials include autumn crocus, spring crocus, bluebell, ramsons, primrose, wild privet, hazel and guelder rose.
The club played for many years at the Hitchin Road Recreation Ground before moving into the newly-developed Roker Park ground in 1965. This ground was just a meadow named "Roker" when it was first used by Stotfold Athletic in 1911. In 1951 the club joined the South Midlands League Division Two, finishing 2nd to gain immediate promotion to Division One.
The 2012 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series (styled for sponsorship reasons as the 2012 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series) was the third Rugby Union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2012–13 Aviva Premiership Clubs. It began on Friday July 13 and lasted 4 weeks, with the final at the Recreation Ground on Friday 3 August 2012.
Cunningham played for Clyde, Partick Thistle, Cork City and Barnsley, before joining Port Vale in May 1933. He played just two Second Division games before leaving The Old Recreation Ground and dropping down to the Third Division North to play for Crewe Alexandra in November 1933. He died less than a year later on 3 September 1934, at the age of 28.
Their crest depicts a skull and crossbones. Their home ground is technically Burnpark Recreation Ground in Shortlees (a council housing estate within the historic parish of Riccarton, which today forms the southern portion of the Kilmarnock urban area), but home fixtures are played at various locations in the locality, including Riccarton Public Park and the artificial surface at Grange Academy.
Sanderson joined Port Vale from Newcastle United in June 1938. He made his debut in the 1938–39 season, and played the first two matches of the cancelled 1939–40 season, before war broke out. He returned to The Old Recreation Ground in March 1945, but failed to gain a regular spot and was given a free transfer in May 1946.
Baum played for Bolton Wanderers in two spells, Darwen (on loan) and South Shields, before joining Port Vale in March 1938 with just two minutes of the transfer window remaining. He played just three Third Division North games before being handed a free transfer away from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the 1937–38 season in May 1938.
As a result, the War Office decided to build the post in Templemore instead. Its construction was started and completed in the first decade of 1800. Sir John Carden also gave a training and recreation ground of 40 acres adjoining. The barracks had two squares, surrounded by company lines, stores, married quarters, officers mess block, church, military prison and hospital.
Sutton Bonington Cricket Club was founded in 1824.Sutton Bonington Cricket Club There is a lawn bowls club and a tennis club, both situated at the junction of Marle Pit Hill and Landcroft Lane. Two football teams, Sutton Bonington F.C. and Sutton Bonington Academicals F.C., are based at the Recreation Ground on Main Street, and both play in the North Leicestershire Football League.
Everton no longer has a shop (it having closed c. 1995) but is home to a pub, local church, and a primary school. There is a large recreation ground which contains both full-sized and five-a-side football pitches, a basketball net, and a fenced-in children's play area. Licensing records for the Thornton Arms public house go back to 1822.
Elstead marathon.The adult five mile race at the river Wey bridge The Elstead Village Tennis Club was formed in 1989 and now has five floodlit all weather courts and a clubhouse with parking. Elstead Cricket Club, founded in the 1880s, are based in the self-built pavilion on the Thursley Road recreation ground. Elstead Royal British Legion has a club house.
Hoo has three recreation grounds managed by the Parish Council.Hoo Saint Werburgh Parish Council, A History 1894-1984. By D.S. Worsdale (December 1983) – Published by Hoo St Werburgh Parish Council. Kingshill Recreation Ground, located off Fourwents Road, is a 7.71-acre site which includes a play park, surfaced football and basketball pitch, woodland walks and open space surrounded by treeline.
Blind House The Recreation Ground Box is home to Box Church of England Primary School. The earliest school was established near the church in 1708; the present building on the High Street is from 1875. Pevsner describes it as "Gothic, with a terrible, spindly tower". The Selwyn Hall (built 1969) is used for community functions and houses the village library.
Also on the recreation ground is the unique 'Box Rock Circus', a diameter circle which is an earth-science educational facility. It was constructed during 2012 by local craftsmen with stone donated by numerous companies and funded principally by landfill tax funds. The facility was formally opened on 14 May 2013 by Professor of Geosciences Communication, and television personality, Iain Stewart.
Mills joined Port Vale from Middleport, initially as an amateur, in April 1932.Kent, p. 200. He signed professional forms the next month and scored his first goal in professional football on 10 December 1932, in a 3–1 win over Bradford Park Avenue at The Old Recreation Ground. He finished the 1932–33 season with three goals in 37 appearances.
Newman joined Port Vale in December 1920 and made his debut on Christmas Day, in a 2–0 defeat to Bristol City at The Old Recreation Ground. He played 19 of the remaining 23 Second Division games that season, but was released in the summer. He later played for Exeter City (in two spells), Halifax Town and Yeovil & Petters United.
Recreation Grounds (known officially as Patricroft Recreation Ground, but not in Patricroft) and large playing fields alongside Worsley Brook between Schofield Road and the M60 motorway. Peel Green has been home to Eccles Rugby Union Club since 1948 and Barton Hall Cricket Club formerly played in here. Peel Green has been the home of Eccles Archery Club since it was founded in 1953.
The Final Stage was played at The Recreation Ground, Bath on Friday 9 August 2013 in front of a sell out crowd. For the finals, the 6 qualified teams were split into two pools of three teams. Scoring was the same as in the previous rounds (4 points for a win, etc.), and the winner of each pool progressed to the final.
Land next to the recreation ground has been turned into a public space in memory of Andrée Peel (13 February 1905 – 5 March 2010). Known as Agent Rose, she was a member of the French Resistance during World War II and spent her last years in the village. She died peacefully at the Lampton House nursing home on 5 March 2010.
The 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acts as a qualifier for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4 April 2019 with pool stage matches played at So Kon Po Recreation Ground with knock-out stage matches played at the Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens for men.
Thomas Monds was instrumental in formation of the first school. This private school was built in 1843, though Thomas Reibey converted it into St Andrews church in 1845, and the school moved elsewhere in the town. A Government school was built in 1873, next to the current recreation ground,Stevenson, pp.26–27 and both schools were open as of 1883.
Whiteman's Green has a large recreation ground, home to the local football team, Cuckfield Cosmos, and neighbouring town Haywards Heath's Rugby Team. The ground is also regularly used by kitesurfers due to the strong winds often present. A recent addition to this area is the Skate Park. Parking is limited, and at busy times, namely Saturday mornings, cars park along the main road.
The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket. They were fined 12d each and made to do penance. Sidlesham has a Non- League football club Sidlesham F.C. who play at The Memorial Recreation Ground.
The Central Kimberley Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The league was formed in 1991, and a number of the clubs represent local Aboriginal communities. Presently there a six clubs in the competition, The league plays triple headers at the Fitzroy Crossing recreation ground, matches usually start at 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.
Their main rivals are Caversham Trents FC who also have boys teams competing in many of the same divisions as their AFC counterparts who are also known to use Highdown School as their training ground. The club colours are blue and white and their main ground is Mapledurham Playing Fields. The Albert Road recreation ground offers facilities for tennis, croquet, and bowls.
Elsby joined Port Vale as an amateur in November 1948 and signed as a professional in May 1949. He made his debut in a goalless draw with Crystal Palace at The Old Recreation Ground on 7 May 1949, as Bill McGarry was rested. This was his only appearance of the 1948–49 season. He played two Third Division South games in 1949–50.
Village Hall Events page Events include circuit training, a monthly music night, a WI group and karate. Also for the 2014–15 season a football club, Burton United F.C, was formed and admitted into the North Lancashire and District Football League. The club however folded at the end of the 2015-16 season. The club played their home games at Burton recreation ground.
Meols Park and Recreation Ground is located in Meols on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The park consists of a small playground area and a larger grassed area, with an area for playing football. The park is situated on School Lane and is bordered by Mumfords Lane, Greenwood Road and Dovepoint Road. The park is also near to the North Wirral Coastal Park.
A trained physician, Brookes believed that the best way to prevent illness was through physical exercise. In 1850, he had initiated a local athletic competition that he referred to as "Meetings of the Olympian Class"A Brief History of the Olympic Games by David C. Young, p. 144. Blackwell Publishing. 2004. at the Gaskell recreation ground at Much Wenlock, Shropshire.
Wadhurst United F.C. (based at the Recreation Ground, South View Road) is Wadhurst's local football team. They were formed in 1890 and joined the Sussex County League Division Three in 2004. They left the league after the 2005–06 season, to rejoin the East Sussex Football League. The club won the East Sussex League Division Two title in the 2008–09 season.
Hayes played for Liverpool Badgers before joining Port Vale in June 1920. After making his debut in a 4–0 defeat by Birmingham at St Andrew's on 2 May on the penultimate Second Division game of the 1920–21 season. He played two games in the 1921–22 season before departing The Old Recreation Ground to return to Merseyside with Tranmere Rovers.
The village has a recreation ground with children's playground, tennis courts, bowling green, football pitch and cricket pitches, and there is a modern village hall with meeting rooms and sports pavilion. The village has a conservation area, Foxton Dovecot and Meadow, established in 2006.Friends of the Dovecot Meadow (2006) Foxton Dovecot and Meadow. Foxton, United Kingdom: Friends of the Dovecot Meadow, 16pp.
However, in September 1926, at age 40, he picked up an injury and lost his first team place at The Old Recreation Ground. He played just 11 games in the 1926–27 season, as goalkeeping duties were shared out between Fern, George Holdcroft, Howard Matthews, and Alex Binnie. Fern then left the club and continued his playing career with Colwyn Bay United.
By 1764 there were two public houses, The Crown and The Plough. The Crown is still open as a pub but in the 1980s The Plough become The Old Plough and is now a restaurant. There is a village store on the High Street and a village hall, called the Ashley Pavilion, which is adjacent to the recreation ground and children's play area.
Caersws Football Club () is a football team, playing in the Ardal Leagues North East. The club was founded in 1887 as Caersws Amateurs, and adopted the present name when amateur status was dropped in 1974. The team plays at the Recreation Ground, Caersws, which accommodates 4000 spectators (375 seated). The team's first choice strip is blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.
The erection of a Fives court on the Recreation Ground of the University of Melbourne is noted in the Council minutes of Trinity College in 1873,Minutes, Trinity College Council, 30 May 1873, vol. 1., p. 18. and there were newspaper reports of an "annual tournament in connexion [sic.] with the University Fives Club" in 1881, when Professor Herbert Strong acted as judge.
He joined Third Division North side Port Vale for a "substantial fee" in June 1936. Starting off firmly in the first 11, his place slipped away over the 1936–37 season and he went on to score twice in 21 league and cup games. In August 1937 he was given a free transfer from The Old Recreation Ground to Second Division club Southampton.
He scored his first senior goal on 9 October 1926, in a 2–1 defeat to Notts County at Meadow Lane. However, he fractured a collarbone in November 1926 and missed the rest of the 1926–27 season. He was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in May 1927, and moved on to Oldham Athletic, Gresley Rovers and Sutton Town.
Park Hall Stadium is a football stadium in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was opened by Shropshire County Council in 1993, originally as the home of Oswestry Town. In 2003, Oswestry Town merged with Total Network Solutions F.C. (TNS) to form current Cymru Premier team The New Saints. The newly merged club moved away from Park Hall to Total Network Solutions' Recreation Ground.
Northwood Football Club is an English football club based in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. They play their home games at the Acretweed Stadium in Northwood Recreation Ground, also known as Chestnut Avenue – the road on which the ground is located. The club are currently members of the .
Their youngest ever player was Jeff Matthew Harris, who made his debut at the age of 12 years and 124 days. TNS play at Park Hall in Oswestry after moving there in 2007 from the Recreation Ground in Llansantffraid. Park Hall accommodates 2,034 spectators of which 1,000 are seated and there are plans to upgrade the ground to 3,000 capacity in the future.
He left Old Trafford and joined Second Division rivals Port Vale in September 1922. He enjoyed a positive start to the 1922–23 campaign, scoring the only goal of the game against former club Manchester United at The Old Recreation Ground. He was a first-team regular until an ankle injury in October 1922 put him out of action until January 1923.
The village boasts a recreation ground which includes woodland walks, the village beck, bird-hide, picnic areas, a football pitch, a multi-use games area and a new children's playground. The village pub is the Hare and Hounds. It serves hot food and real ales. The village hall is a popular venue for parties, concerts, dances, whist drives and other social events.
Although Humula is a small town, it has its own fire brigade, public school,p and a recreation ground. After surviving many fires including the latest in February 2006, Humula is still in one piece. Murraguldrie Post Office opened nearby on 20 March 1874 and was replaced by a Humula office in 1888. Humula has been around for well over 100 years.
Beeston High Road during improvement works in September 2006 A£1.4-million environmental improvement scheme covered pavements and lighting for the non-pedestrianised eastern end of the High Road. Further east Broadgate saw improvements, with a new space at the top entrance to Broadgate Recreation Ground. The works were completed in late 2006. The shopping centre is traversed by Wollaton Road.
Ford played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1936. He signed professional forms at The Old Recreation Ground in January 1937. He played three Third Division North games and one cup game from March 1937 to the end of the season, before transferring back to Wolves in September 1937. He later moved on to Northampton Town.
The UK TROBI Champion grew at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire, measuring 28 m high by 167 cm d.b.h. in 1999 but was felled in 2014; another at Courteenhall in the same county measured 166 cm d.b.h.. In London, many examples still survive, notably around the Millfields Recreation Ground, the largest measuring 31 m high by 88 cm d.b.h.;Johnson, O. (2011).
In an away game on a very hard ground Jack was tackled and broke his jaw. Some time later the Parks Committee offered the use of the recreation ground at the top of Beaconsfield Road. It was at this time a man called Jack Smith joined the Club. He was a 100 yards sprint champion and no opposition player could catch him.
Clifton School viewed from across the recreation ground. The village, a 'Village Design Statement' area, has a junior and infant school, St John's Primary Academy, originally built in the 1870s. It is a top-performing school, which was called 'outstanding' in successive Ofsted inspections such as in 2014. It was 7th best in England for SATS level 5 in December 2007.
On the financial side, the directors wished to leave The Old Recreation Ground for new and bigger stadia, however attempts to move to the greyhound track at Sun Street were blocked by Stoke City, who claimed the Vale would be too close to them. Overall the club lost £1,051 on the season, with their income £1,155 lower than the previous campaign.
The investigation was headed by Detective Superintendent Tony Bayliss of the Warwickshire Police Force. An incident room was set up at Bedworth Police Station. Throughout Friday 15 September, Police search teams of approximately 30 officers scoured the area around the recreation ground to search for clues. The initial search was hampered by poor weather and continued over the next few days.
Hackney Rugby Football Club is a rugby club based in Hackney, London, England. Hackney RFC has five senior teams, playing home matches at Spring Hill Recreation Ground. They are currently playing in London 2 North West (a tier 7 league in the English rugby union system) after gaining promotion from London 3 North West as champions in the 2016-17 season.
Hackney RFC currently fields four senior men's teams and two women's team, playing home matches at Spring Hill Recreation Ground. The men's 1st XV competes in London 2 North West. The 2nd XV and 3rd XV compete in the Middlesex Merit League, in the premier and 3rd Divisions respectively. The 4th XV began playing friendlies in the 2011/12 season.
Napier Recreation Ground was a cricket ground in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The ground first held a first-class match when Hawke's Bay played Wellington in 1884. Hawke's Bay would play nineteen further first-class matches there, the last of which came in 1913 against Auckland. During this period the ground played host to the touring Fijians, Marylebone Cricket Club and Australians.
This was averted in the penultimate game of the season when United recorded a 1–3 success, beating local rivals, Chorley, at Rangletts Recreation Ground. The club finished bottom of the twelve team league with Southport Central as champions. At the end of the season the Lancashire league became, in effect, the Second Division of the Lancashire Combination, and the league itself closed.
Frimley Town Football Club was formed over 100 years ago. It runs four teams, and the first team competes in the Senior Division of the Aldershot & District Football League. The club is based at Chobham Road recreation ground. Frimley Green, a neighbouring village, has hosted the British Darts Organisation's (BDO) World Professional Darts Championship since 1986 each January in the Lakeside complex.
The Shots also made it to the Conference League Cup Final after a 4–3 penalty shoot out victory over near neighbours Woking in the semi-final. The final, played at the Recreation Ground on 3 April, was against Rushden & Diamonds. With the scores 1–1 at full-time, then 3–3 after extra time, Aldershot won 4–3 on penalties.
Jan Smuts Ground (formerly known as Recreation Ground and The Oval) is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1906, when the East London cricket team hosted the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Border used the ground as their principal home ground from the 1906-07 season until 1987-88.
Dymock played for Scotland at Under 19 grade. While with Edinburgh academy he played for the Scotland U20 side against Glasgow Warriors on 13 November 2006 at Meggetland. He also played for the Scotland U20 side in January 2007 against his own Edinburgh side. He followed the Glasgow and Edinburgh matches with a match against England U20 at the Recreation Ground in Bath.
The highest attendance recorded at the Recreation Ground was 1,996 for a pre- season friendly between The New Saints F.C. (then known as "Total Network Solutions") and Chelsea F.C. on 9 August 2002. The Recreation Ground's record attendance in the league stands at 1,042, set at a Welsh Premier League game between The New Saints and Rhyl F.C. on 23 January 2005.
He found all three goals of the 1929–30 campaign on 14 September, in a 3–2 win over Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park. In November 1929, he moved to Port Vale, after the "Valiants" paid United a four figure fee. Rawlings scored on his Vale debut in a 5–2 win over Accrington Stanley at The Old Recreation Ground on 9 November.
In 2012, the club were demoted into the West Sussex League on ground grading issues, and now play in the League's Premier Division. Also known as 'The Robins', the team play their home fixtures at Bosham's local recreation ground on Walton Lane. The club also operates a reserve side, and youth team – known as the 'Bosham Cygnets', composed of local youngsters.
For the season, he scored 1,902 runs at an average of fifty. Regarding his batting, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack said, "The great batsman of the eleven was Armstrong. In form nearly all through the tour, he struck the happy medium, being brilliant without recklessness." The highlight of his tour was a triple century (303 not out) at the Recreation Ground in Bath against Somerset.
A now unused turnstile and kiosk at the William Street entrance, a Grade II listed building, built circa 1930 In the early part of the 1890s, the land on which the Recreation Ground now lies as well as the North Parade land were part of the Bathwick Estate, which was owned by the Forester family. In 1894, a lease was granted to the Directors of The Bath and County Recreation Ground Company Limited by Captain G W Forester. This lease allowed work to be carried out on the land which would make it suitable for cricket matches, lawn tennis and archery tournaments, football matches and all other outdoor sports. As part of this work, a cricket pavilion was started on the north side of the ground. The first Bath rugby matches were also played on the ground in 1884.
White Roding Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Martin. The village public house is the Black Horse Inn. A further landmark is the remains of White Roding tower mill. Trades and services include a recreation ground with a sports and social club, a garage services autocentre, a farm shop with restaurant, a flower shop, a barn wedding venue, and a catering equipment supplier.
The Philp-Hoggarth battle took place on 21 February 1948 at the Petone Recreation Ground New Zealand. For the third and final time they would meet to decide the champion. Hoggarth was stopped by knock-out, Philp winning the New Zealand bantamweight title and the belt. He retained the belt until his eventual retirement from the ring on 6 June 1954, when he vacated the title.
If this can be done I will donate £50 to any charity benefit. On October 14 Tauranga played a match on the Waihi Recreation Ground and lost 6–19 in front of a large attendance, Iles again leading the Tauranga team. These efforts to grow the game in the area, while somewhat remarkable, ultimately proved futile and Iles returned to the rugby union field the following season.
These include; the Canal Wharf, land behind the Church, St, Martin's Hall, the Churchyard and now the Leon Recreation Ground, which was once part of the lands belonging to the Chantry. The poppers each weigh about . The bore, will take up to of gunpowder, which is plugged with well-rammed newspaper. They are fired three times on St. Martin's Day: noon, 2pm and 4pm.
Southwick 1882 Football Club is a football club based in Southwick, West Sussex, England. The club was founded in 1882 and was among the founding members of the Sussex County League, which they have won six times. Nicknamed The Wickers, they are currently members of the and play at Southwick Recreation Ground. Southwick play in red and black stripes with black shorts and socks.
The village includes some of public footpaths, maintained by local government two or three times a year. Near the community centre there is a doctor's surgery and a play area for young children. At Westhall there is another play area and a recreation ground for informal games. The village post office reopened in 2014 in the local library, housed in the historic courthouse building.
In 1905 another coalmine was founded in Marl. It was named after Hermann Brassert, the "father of the common mining law of 1865". In 1910 the coal production began and in the 1950s about 5,000 people were employed "on Brassert". In 1972 the mine was closed and 2/3 of the mine area became a commercial park, the other 1/3 a recreation ground.
Ilminster Town Football Club is a football club based in Ilminster, Somerset, England. They are currently members of the and field three further mens teams in the Perry Street League. They have two ladies teams, the first team in the South West Regional League, Premier Division and the reserves in the Somerset County Women's League, Division One. The club plays its home games at the Recreation Ground.
In modern Hedge End this is St. Johns Road. An Enclosure Act of 1863–1865 formally divided Botley Common into plots. Some plots were used for development, were for allotments and were assigned to the lord of the manor, William Warner to be used for a Recreation Ground. St. John's School was built in 1863, admitting its first 13 children on 18 January 1864.
Vale Park, home of Port Vale. Completed in 1950, at the time of its construction it was nicknamed 'The Wembley of the North'. The city's other professional football club is Port Vale, who were formed in 1876 and play at Vale Park in the Burslem area. Previous stadiums include the Athletic Ground in Cobridge (1886–1913), and The Old Recreation Ground in Hanley (1913–1950).
Retrieved 18 July 2011. Perth and the Tradesmen of Perth who played a match in May 1846. Other matches were played in the country centres of York, Bunbury, Toodyay and Beverley during the same period. A club was formed in Fremantle in 1852, and matches between Perth and Fremantle commenced in November 1852, played on the Perth Recreation Ground on the present site of Wellington Square.
Wrecclesham is a village on the southern outskirts of the large town of Farnham in Surrey, England. Its local government district is the Borough of Waverley. Wrecclesham recreation ground caters for cricket, football, rugby and tennis clubs. This is where Jonny Wilkinson and Graham Thorpe started careers in their professional sports, as well as many sportsmen of some generations before such as Billy Beldham and Vic Cannings.
It has been suggested that Wednesday played on the Ball Inn Recreation Ground on the south side of Myrtle Road as this is the only flat piece of land in the area. Wednesday stayed at Myrtle Road until 1877 when they played their last game there, a 0-0 draw in front of a large attendance against Heeley. Wednesday then moved again to Sheaf House.
Wolfson Boat Club shares the University College Boathouse with Somerville, St Peter's, and Univ. This is a new building, constructed in 2007. It is situated on the far side of the river from the town, next to Queen's College Recreation Ground, and primarily accessible along the river's bridle path. Prior to the use of this building, a different building was used, one situated in the same place.
By 1948 the Reserve Team had switched to the Hounslow & District League Division 2. In 1955 the Club also entered a team in Division 1 of the Staines & District League. In the mid-1980s the Club moved to the Laleham Recreation Ground and changed its affiliation to the Woking League (which subsequently became the Guildford & Woking Alliance League) under the jurisdiction of the Surrey County Football Association.
Chamberlayne was a generous supporter of various activities and causes. In 1897, to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee he donated the recreation ground at Netley, near Southampton to the village. He and his wife also gave a party for the schoolchildren of Woolston at Weston Grove House. As Lord of the Manor, he funded the restoration of the chapel at the Leicestershire village of East Norton.
It was surrounded by a 430-yard cinder track for athletics and cycling, hence the name. On the north side was a 1,000 capacity grandstand, along with three shower baths and a gymnasium. They left the stadium for The Old Recreation Ground in 1913, and it was demolished in the 1980s after decades of use for amateur football. A Mercedes garage was later built near the site.
On 22 December 2011 the church building suffered major damage in a fire. Bob's Park "Bob's Park" is next to Kingsley Hall and forms part of the Bromley by Bow Centre. In 1993 the park was shown on Land Registry maps as Bromley Recreation Ground and was also known as Grace Street Park. It was later renamed by local people after the park keeper, Robert Grenfell.
Pewsey has two rugby teams and a junior club. For the 2017/18 season, Pewsey Vale 1st XV plays in the SSE South West Division, Dorset & Wilts 1 North League. PVRFC have a joint second team called Alfred's Nomads, shared with Marlborough RFC; they play in Dorset and Wilts 3 North. Pewsey has a Non- League football team Pewsey Vale F.C. who play at The Recreation Ground.
First-class matches played by Raphael Wallace (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2013. In the match, played at the Antigua Recreation Ground, Wallace took 2/33 in the Windwards' first innings, but in the second innings went wicketless, also scoring six runs without losing his wicket.Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, Other First-Class matches in West Indies 1979/80 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
Latrobe's Henley-on-Mersey Regatta held on Australia Day 26 January each year at Belles Parade consists of woodchopping, Ferret racing, Triathlon, Iron Trial Strongman, Boat Race, Cherry Spitting and Gum boot throwing. The Christmas Carnival Series is a series of professional athletics and professional cycling events. The boxing day carnival (26 December) is held at the Latrobe Recreation Ground. This event also stages a woodchopping event.
The first issue of Buckden Roundabout, a community magazine, came out in September 1979. It has appeared monthly since. A charitable trust set up in 1958 manages the village hall and the adjacent recreation ground of some , with four tennis courts, a children's play area, cricket and football pitches, and a bowls green. There is a cricket club, football club and bowls club (founded in 1929).
The 2010–11 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division (also known as the 2010–11 Digicel and Observer Group Premier Division for sponsoring purposes) is the 43rd season of the highest competitive football league of Antigua and Barbuda. It began on 19 September 2010 and will conclude on 14 February 2011. Bassa are the defending champions. All games are played at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Umpires considering whether to remove the covers on the cricket pitch, Abbey Lawn. 18 June 2011 The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket, tennis, bowls, pétanque, and football clubs play their home fixtures here. The hockey club practices here, though it now plays its fixtures on an all-weather pitch elsewhere.
New Bradwell has a Non-League football team New Bradwell St Peter F.C. who play at The Recreation Ground. It also has two cricket teams. New Bradwell is known in Milton Keynes for its silver band. The band has been in existence for over 100 years and is famous locally for waking the residents of New Bradwell on Christmas morning, playing carols in the street.
South Norwood Library is a public library in South Norwood, South London. It stands in the London Borough of Croydon and is part of the Croydon Libraries arm of the council. It is next to the High Street on Selhurst Road / Lawrence Road and is also close to South Norwood Recreation Ground. Like other Croydon libraries, the library is based on more than one level.
Croydon Road Recreation Ground is a public park located in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. It is near the High St and adjacent to Beckenham Beacon. The park features a café and bandstand, as well as a bowling green and other sports facilities. The park was laid out by the Sydenham firm Reid and Bornemann in 1890 and was formally opened on 23 September 1891.
U.K. Web. 28 April 2017. and it's welfare schemes also included a maternity home, medical service, recreation ground, swimming baths and other sports facilities including the formation of Frickley Colliery F.C. later Frickley Athletic F.C. and Frickley Cricket Club, as part of the Frickley Athletic Club. The Barnsley seam was worked until 1934 by hand-got tub stalls when mechanical conveying was introduced at the coal face.
Sidley United used to play their home games at Gullivers Sports Ground, Glovers Lane, North Road, Sidley, East Sussex, TN39 5BL. Following the collapse of Sidley Social club, Gullivers closed and is no longer available. On 28 February 2015 the clubhouse suffered extensive damage following a fire. Sidley United now play their home matches at Little Common Recreation Ground, Green Lane, Bexhill-on- Sea, TN39 4PH.
The village has little in the way of amenities. It has a village hallWest Wickham parish website and recreation ground, which is used for sports, leisure activities and events by local residents and clubs. A post office also operates once a week from the village hall. It had one public house, the White Horse, that opened in the early 19th century but has closed in recent years.
In 1904 it was decided to demolish the structure, a process that ended with the foundations being destroyed by explosives in 1907, leaving four large holes in the ground. The loss of the tower did not diminish the park’s appeal as a public recreation ground, and it continued to offer football, cricket, cycling, rowing, athletics and in winter, ice skating on the frozen lake.
Within Oakridge Lynch can be found the parish church of St. Bartholomew's, the nearby Oakridge Parochial School primary, the village Shop and Post Office, The Butchers Arms pub, and the Village Hall. The Butchers Arms is an 18th-century building with stone walls and oak beamed ceilings. The Annual Oakridge Village Show is held on the first Saturday in September at the local recreation ground.
Gordon played for Queen's Park, before joining Port Vale of the Second Division in August 1922. He scored his first goal at The Old Recreation Ground on 4 September, in a 1–0 win over Hull City. He went on to find the net in home wins over Clapton Orient and Bury. He was a first team regular until falling out of favour in December 1922.
This is Grimsby (28 April 2012). During the late 1970s the Bradley Park Estate was built on land between Stainton Drive and the Bradley Recreation Ground. This land had once been part of Bradley parish. Some place names in Bradley Park, such as Bremerhaven Way, reflect Grimsby's links with its twin town, although Wymark View was named after the actor who was born in nearby Cleethorpes.
Nearby are Ryebank Fields and to the south the area around Turn Moss towards the River Mersey. An area of Chorlton Park was used many centuries ago for horse racing. The park is now the largest municipal park in Chorlton and has sports facilities and many mature trees. The Recreation Ground (Beech Park) was opened in 1896 having been donated to the community by Lord Egerton.
Until recently there was a Post Office and shop serving this area of the village. The village primary school (Higham County Primary), village hall (Higham Memorial Hall), park (Higham Recreation Ground), tennis courts and the Knowle Restaurant are approximately halfway between the two parts of the village on School Lane. Until the 1990s the GP surgery serving the village was also based in this area.
Little Coates was already inhabited at the time of the Norman conquest. By 1861 it had a population of 59 and consisted of Saint Michael's church and a few cottages. There was also a farm on the site where now stands the recreation ground and golf course. Situated just within the parish, near present-day Chelmsford Avenue and Westhill Road, were natural water springs.
Simpson began winning club time trials, but sensed resentment of his boasting from senior members. He left Harworth & District and joined Rotherham's Scala Wheelers at the end of 1954. Simpson's first road race was as a junior at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham. After leaving school he was an apprentice draughtsman at an engineering company in Retford, using the commute by bike as training.
Armitage joined Port Vale in December 1932. He started off with a first team spot but soon lost it to the more youthful Jack Round, as Armitage struggled with a knee injury. He posted 11 appearances in 1932–33, but played just the one Second Division game in 1933–34 before he left The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer in May 1934.
Wilberforce Park is a heritage-listed public parkland at 47 George Road, Wilberforce, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It was first established in 1810 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and surveyed by James Meehan in 1811. It is also known as Great Square, Reserved Square and the Recreation Ground. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 2011.
Lauder joined Port Vale from Partick Thistle for a £300 fee in November 1921, after impressing on trial the previous month. He scored his first goal in the Football League in a 2–1 defeat to Coventry City at The Old Recreation Ground on 30 January. He was released at the end of the 1921–22 season after having scored three goals in 21 Second Division games.
The site is currently maintained and managed by Kingston council's outsourced contractor, Idverde via its subsidiary company, Quadrillon Services. A community group, the 'Friends of Latchmere Recreation Ground' (FoLaR), was formed in 2017 to support the use and development of the site. Plans for improving the natural environmental facilities by building a wildlife pond and possibly re-exposing part of the culverted Latchmere Stream have been proposed.
He hit seven goals in 30 appearances in the 1935–36 season, including the winner against First Division champions Sunderland in an FA Cup Third Round replay at The Old Recreation Ground. Despite such cup exploits, Vale suffered relegation out of the Second Division. Rhodes bagged five goals in 36 games in 1936–37, as Vale struggled to adapt to life in the Third Division North.
Seagulls Football Club was established in 1908 and began competing in the Tweed District Rugby Union competition in 1909.History of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Land located in the west of Tweed-Heads was purchased where the stadium and clubhouse were built in 1972. The Seagulls played their home games at Tweed Heads Recreation Ground. Coach Mick McGrath decided to name the team the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Chew played for Luton Town, before joining Port Vale in March 1946. He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground in a 4–1 win over Notts County on 23 September, but only had two short spells in the first team, finishing with nine Third Division South and three FA Cup appearances before being released by manager Gordon Hodgson at the end of the season.
Nottingham Academy, Greenwood Campus supported Nottinghamshire Pride in 2018. Nottingham Pride 2010 took place at the Forest Recreation Ground on 31 July. It was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Brian Grocock, and the event was headlined by The Cheeky Girls, with other acts including Kenelis, Lisa Scott-Lee and Betty. Pride 2011 had over 20,000 visitors, with headline act Ruth Lorenzo performing.
Oldfield played for Helsby, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in December 1945. He became a regular in the war leagues, and signed as a professional in February 1946. He actually guested for Vale's opponents on 20 April 1946, when Southend United lost 2–1 at The Old Recreation Ground. Oldfield then played for Vale in the reverse fixture two days later – which finished 1–1.
Godalming initially played at the Recreation Ground, before moving to the Weycourt ground, taking over the tenancy from Farncombe. Improvement works at the site included moving the pitch to the site of a former rubbish tip. During the works, the club temporarily played at Broadwater Park. In 1985 the main stand from Addlestone & Weybridge Town's Liberty Lane ground was purchased for £225 after the club went bust.
The railway tunnel which carries the line under the South Downs is visible from the recreation ground. There is a pedestrian crossing over the railway at this point which the trains 'hoot' for as a warning to those crossing the line. There is also a path under the railway bridge from South Lane. Both paths lead to the walks around the disused chalk pits.
North Waltham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, England. It is located around southwest of Basingstoke and just north of the M3 motorway. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 840. The village is home to a pond, shop, Victorian primary school, a recreation ground and two pubs: The Fox, and The Wheatsheaf.
As with the Eastleigh fixture, Reading fielded separate teams in either half. A 0–0 draw with Premier League Fulham followed a week later at the Recreation Ground in Aldershot. Twenty-one different players featured for Reading. As part of the club's training camp in Bad Erlach, Austria, the Royals faced Turkish giants Beşiktaş in Graz, as part of the Turks' preparation for their Europa League campaign.
James Oakes (5 November 1902 – 7 November 1992) was an English footballer who played as a full-back. Noted for his clean play, he turned professional at Port Vale in November 1923. He played at The Old Recreation Ground for ten years, helping the "Valiants" to top the Third Division North in 1929–30. He was sold on to Charlton Athletic for £3,000 in January 1933.
By 1901 the population of Emsworth was about 2,000. It grew rapidly during the 20th century to about 5,000 by the middle of the century. In 1906 construction began on the post office, with local cricketer George Wilder laying an inscribed brick. The renamed Emsworth Recreation Ground dates from 1909 and is the current home of Emsworth Cricket Club, which was founded in 1811.
Colliers Wood shares its postcode district of SW19 with Wimbledon. It merges into Merton Abbey. Colliers Wood has three parks: a recreation ground, the National Trust-owned Wandle Park, which covers an area of approximately , and the more informal Wandle Meadow Nature Park. Colliers Wood United F.C. is a semi-professional football club founded in Colliers Wood but now based in nearby New Malden.
Seething Wells is served most directly by the Transport for London Electric Parade and Victoria Recreation Ground K3 bus stops, as well as the Seething Wells Kingston University Campus, St Leonard's Road, and Cleaveland Road bus stops run by several private companies. It is also around half a mile from Surbiton railway station. Additionally, there are passenger ferries just north of the river side of Seething Wells.
Watson played for Worksop Town, Aston Villa, Rotherham Town, Kilmarnock, and Chesterfield Town. During World War I played as a guest for Port Vale in a 1–0 defeat to Manchester City in a wartime league match at the Old Recreation Ground on 19 April 1919. After the war he rejoined Worksop Town, before returning to Kilmarnock for the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons.
There are public allotments between St. Joseph's churchyard and the recreation ground and a public dog-walking area off Mowbreck Lane. The town has three busy public houses – the Lane Ends, the Stanley Arms and the Royal Oak Hotel. There are three Biological Heritage Sites at Medlar Ditch, Medlar Meadows and Wesham Marsh. The town's annual Club Day is held in early June, jointly with Kirkham.
An approach was then made to Mr Metcalfe, farmer, Town End, to see if his paddock which was below and next to the Delph recreation ground was available. He advised that the Seed brothers, maltsters, owned the paddock. Mr Michael Seed subsequently approved and offered financial support. Both were withdrawn when Mr Seed learned the club was going to be called “The Clayton Amateur Rugby League Club”.
Benson played for Accrington Stanley, Blackburn Rovers, Stalybridge Celtic and Queen's Park Rangers, before joining Port Vale on a one-month trial in February 1924. He appeared at The Old Recreation Ground in a 2–0 defeat to Bristol City in a Second Division match on 9 February, and failed to impress. He was not kept on at the club, and instead joined Lancashire Combination club Chorley.
Fuller played for Stockport County, before joining Third Division South club Port Vale in May 1938. His only game for the club was on 28 January 1939, in a 2–0 defeat by Mansfield Town at Field Mill. Failing to make an impression at The Old Recreation Ground, he left on a free transfer in April 1939. During the war he guested for Doncaster Rovers and Darlington.
On the evening of 21 September a memorial event was held in the recreation ground close to where Naomi's body had been found. Many local people had gathered and tributes were read out by family members and friends. Naomi's funeral was held on 18 December 1995 with a ceremony at Chapel End Methodist Church. She was carried from the hearse in a white coffin decorated with flowers.
Hove Rugby Club is an English community rugby union club, who play at Hove Recreation Ground in Shirley Drive Hove, and are affiliated to the English RFU via the Sussex RFU. They currently play in London 2 South East - a league a level 7 of the English rugby union system - following their relegation from London 1 South at the end of the 2018–19 season.
In the FA Cup, he scored against First Division champions Sunderland at Roker Park and The Old Recreation Ground, as Vale drew 2–2 before recording a shock 2–0 victory. However Vale slipped to relegation into the Third Division North. Stabb played twice at the start of the 1936–37 season, before transferring to Bradford Park Avenue, back in the Second Division, in September 1936.
Alveley Cricket ClubAlveley Cricket Club was founded in 1908 and played at Coton Hall on the outskirts of the village, at the former home of general Robert E. Lee's ancestors. After the Second World War it moved to play on the Recreation Ground in the centre of Alveley. The club has invested heavily in its facilities. Its pavilion was built in 1981 and extended in 2007.
In modern times Newnham has become one of the most affluent areas of Cambridge and sometimes features in national quality of life surveys.Newnham, Hemingford Abbots and Saffron Walden among best places in UK to live, Sunday Times says; Newnham also has the lowest violent crime rates in the city, see Cambridge Violent Crime Statistics Newnham includes Granchester Meadows and Lammas Land, a recreation ground and playground.
The Kensington Oval, formerly known as the South Dunedin Recreation Ground, is a park and sports ground in Kensington, Dunedin, New Zealand.Herd, J., and Griffiths, G.J., (1980) Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. . p. 90 It is also known as just The Oval, although this name has become less common in recent years due to the potential confusion with the University Oval in the north of the city.
The common of approximately two acres is bounded by Warwick Road, The Drive, Tewkesbury Terrace and Bounds Green Brook to the north of the A406 North Circular Road. Control of the common land passed to the London Borough of Haringey from the Municipal Borough of Wood Green in 1965. Other green areas of land include the Albert Road Recreation Ground and Golf Course Allotments.
Meanwhile, Mill Lane Mission registered their name change with the Surrey F.A. and began playing under the name Carshalton Athletic F.C. in 1907. The first ever match under this name was on 7 September 1907 at home on the Wrythe Green recreation ground in a friendly against Westbrook (Thornton Heath). Carshalton Athletic's original colours were those inherited from St Andrews who played in Red with white stripes.
West Island Line Environmental Impact Assessment. Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Appendix 6.1: "Reclamation History", May 2008Kwok, Ka-chun, Peter, "Remodelling U.C. Complex in Kennedy Town", University of Hong Kong, 1995 In 1903, the Hong Kong Government erected seven boundary stones for the city, inscribed "City Boundary 1903". One of them is located at the Kennedy Town Temporary Recreation Ground at Sai Ning Street ().
First, they played on land at the bottom of Peakes Lane. They then moved to the land on Barratts Recreation Ground, behind the Scartho Road Swimming Pool. It was decided that the club needed a new ground in 1961 however, and after a large amount of fundraising by club members, and help from the Earl of Yarborough, the club moved to its current location of Springfield.
Five of his Test centuries came against Australia. Haynes scored Test centuries at twelve cricket grounds, against five different opponents, including eight at venues outside the West Indies. As of August 2013, he is seventh in the list of Test century-makers for the West Indies. Haynes scored a century on his ODI debut in February 1978 against Australia at the Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's.
In July 1963, Renwick dropped down to the Fourth Division to sign for Aldershot. He was a near ever-present for his first five seasons at the club. After making just seven appearances during the 1968–69 season, he departed the Shots in February 1969. During his five and a half years at the Recreation Ground, Renwick made 231 appearances and scored four goals.
St Philip & St James Primary School is located in Aristotle Lane, having previously below in Leckford Road to the south.Aristotle Lane, Oxford Waterside Residents' Association, Oxford, UK. The Aristotle Lane Allotments are also located here.The Aristotle Lane Allotments, Oxford Waterside Residents' Association, Oxford, UK. To the north of the allotments is the Burgess Field Nature Park, formerly a landfill site. In addition, there is a recreation ground.
Godfrey Keppel Papillon (24 September 1867 - 14 August 1942) was an English cricketer. Papillon was a right-handed batsman. The son of Philip Oxendon Papillon and Emily Caroline Garnier, Papillon was born at Lexden Manor at Lexden, Essex. Papillon appeared once in first-class cricket when he was selected to represent the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1892 at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings.
At the end of the second lap the runners pass across Churchill Bridge, then up Pulteney Road to the finish back in Great Pulteney Street. The course route is unchanged since minor modifications in 2006. It was remeasured in 2006 by IAAF official course measurer Hugh Jones, describing the course as 'officially flat, with three undulations'. The assembly area for the race is the Bath Recreation Ground.
He made his first Test century the following year, scoring 175 against the same team during the first match of the 2001 series between the teams. Gayle's first double century came in June 2002 against New Zealand when he scored 204 in a man of the match performance in Queen's Park. He scored his first triple century against South Africa at Antigua Recreation Ground in May 2005.
However, he only featured ten times in the league in the 1920–21 campaign, as new signing Walter Smith was preferred. Bourne played 13 matches in the 1921–22 season, as he battled with Smith, Teddy Peers and Ernest Blackham for a first team place. Peers won the battle, and Bourne was released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the season.
Braishfield has a long running football club, who play their home games at the Recreation Ground. Founded in 1907, Braishfield football club run two adult sides in the Southampton League, a 1st team and a reserve team. They also have six boys teams at various age groups in the Test Way Youth League known as the Braishfield bees. There is also a village cricket club.
The dug out at the Recreation Ground has since been named the 'Peter Burgin Dug Out' in his memory. The 2007–08 season saw St Ives back in tier 5 for the first time since 1999, having experienced three relegations and three promotions during this period. Unfortunately this yo-yo existence continued as the club had a dreadful campaign in South West 1, finishing in bottom spot with just 1 win and a draw from 22 games. The next year St Ives avoided a further drop and even won their first Cornwall Cup since 1986 (eighth overall), defeating Camborne 10–3 in the final held at Tregorrick Park in St Austell. The following season the club once more reached the final of the Cornwall Cup, this time losing 16–21 to Wadebridge Camels at the Recreation Ground, Camborne, in what was something of an upset.
Crewe were founding members of the Football League Second Division in 1892, having previously been members of the Football Alliance, but lost their league status in 1896 after only four seasons. The club left the Alexandra Recreation Ground shortly before the end of the 1895–96 season, and after playing at a number of different venues, including in nearby Sandbach, they moved to the first Gresty Road ground in 1897.
Facilities at the ground are fairly basic with standing space for at least 500 spectators, although more are possible with limited viewing. Parking is also non-existent on the country lane nearby, although the ground is five minutes or less walk from the Recreation Ground where easier parking can be made nearby and Camborne RFC have also made the Crane Park clubhouse available for team players and supporters.
The club initially played at the Great Cornard Recreation Ground, before moving to Great Cornard Upper School in 1975. In 1982 they moved to their current ground on Blackhouse Lane, although they continued to use the changing facilities at the school until the start of the 1983–84 season. When the club joined the ECL in 1990 the pitch was moved to the top end of Blackhouse Lane.
The 2011–12 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division (also known as the 2011–12 ABFA OBSERVER Group Premier Division for sponsoring purposes) is the 44th season of the highest competitive football league of Antigua and Barbuda. It began on 15 October 2011 and will conclude in March 2012. Parham FC are the defending champions having won their 3rd championship last season. All games are played at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
A Spitfire flies ceremonially over the village during the 2014 fete. The land south of Church Road is a recreation ground called Monson Field, where there are slides, swings and a bowling green. In June 2014 this playing field was the setting for Skellingthorpe's annual Village Gala. The gala comprises numerous attractions: stalls, a lorry pull, live music and a flypast by a Spitfire featured at the 2014 event.
From 1988 to 2012 the Squadron held an annual Reunion in June at Waterbeach Barracks hosted by the Royal Engineers. A service of remembrance was held in the parish church, and the BBMF Lancaster made a flypast over the former RAF airfield.Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum, unpublished archives. In 2013, following the barracks' closure, a reunion was held in the village on 15 June with the Lancaster flypast over the Recreation Ground.
The village of Feckenham has a cricket ground and a recreation ground (which serves mainly as a football pitch). The latter is affectionately known by locals as 'The Playing Fields'. In 2007, the final match of the five-match series of the India v England Blind Cricket tour was played at the Feckenham Cricket Club ground as the Worcester CC pitch had been flooded by the River Severn earlier that year.
The local football teams play their home games at the recreation ground. The club has various age groups ranging from U8 to U18 and senior level, playing in local leagues in the Hampshire area. The Senior team were recently promoted to the Hampshire Premier Division and now play at the highest level the village's team has ever played. The senior team reserves play in the Andover & District division.
The village has a football team which competes in the Cumbria County league. There are facilities for rugby, football and cricket at the Adams recreation ground adjacent to the Seacote beach. This playing field was created in memory of Baron Adams of Ennerdale. The sports facilities of St Bees School are also available, which include a sports hall, squash, tennis and fives courts, and an indoor swimming pool.
The cemetery was opened in 1844 as a private cemetery. The original section and original entrance gates lie to the south-east. A parochial (free section) was added to the north around 1860 and further private sections added to the west (now the centre) and far north. A modern section was added by the Council on former Jeanfield recreation ground to the west, and is known as Jeanfield Cemetery.
The club initially played at the Recreation Ground. A grandstand was built in 1934, but it was destroyed by a bomb during World War II and was not rebuilt. The ground was in a flood plain, resulting in the pitch being described as "frequently reduced to a quagmire".Bungay Town FC Pyramid Passion Matches were sometimes moved to Outney Common or Honeypot Meadow on Bardolph Lane (now a police station).
Daryl McMahon's deflected effort gave the hosts the lead, before Morison and Nurse rounded off the scoring. The victory meant that Stevenage would play Grays Athletic in the semi-final, to be played over two legs. The first leg took place on 10 March, with Grays hosting Stevenage at the New Recreation Ground. The game ended 1–0 to Stevenage thanks to a Santos Gaia header in the second-half.
The Eastwood Academy is home to the Eastwood Theatre, which puts on several theatrical productions, as well as other events such as battle of the bands. Eastwood had its own small police station, which is now closed due to reduced funding. Eastwood Cricket Club play at Belfairs Recreation Ground, Leigh on Sea. They field four sides in the T-Rippon Mid Essex League and a number of youth teams.
Staines Old Town Hall The original manor of Staines became derelict and was demolished. Staines Bridge spans the Thames with a three arch structure completed in 1832. Until the 14th century, Staines was the tidal limit, but this is now downstream at Teddington – a replica London Stone exists in the Lammas Recreation Ground. The administrative offices of Spelthorne Borough Council are by one of the town's more linear parks.
Sheerwater played their home games at Woking Athletic Ground, Sheerwater Recreation Ground, Blackmore Crescent, Sheerwater, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5QJ until the end of the 2017/18 season. From August 2018 until April 2020, The Sheers will play their home games at the Kingfield Stadium, home to National League club Woking while their new leisure facility is being built in the grounds of Bishop David Brown School in Sheerwater.
Burgess Hill Rugby Football Club or BHRFC, known as the Sussex All Blacks, is a rugby union club in Sussex, England. The team currently fields a 1st XV in the Sussex Spitfire 1 league, and a 2nd XV in the Sussex 'Oranjeboom' 2 West league. The team is based at the Southway Recreation ground, on Poveys Close, Burgess Hill, which is owned and managed by Mid Sussex District Council.
The park was originally a swamp and was drained in the 1830s. It was originally used to exercise horses. The ground was known as the Recreation Ground or the "Rec". In 1898 the ground was cleared to form a series of cricket fields, and named in honour of the Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the settlement of the Swan River Colony.
The other is surrounded by the blocks of Lok Wah South Estate. There are also sitting out areas on the market rooftop, on the shopping centre rooftop, and another surrounded by the blocks of Lok Nga Court. Other large parks within close walking distance of the estate include Hong Ning Road Park, the Jordan Valley Playground, Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground, and the Kwun Tong High Level Service Reservoir Playground.
In 2002, Twyford hosted one of the largest events in the region for HM Queen's Golden Jubilee. It consisted of a traditional street party before moving to an evening entertainment in two large marquees at the Recreation Ground. The Sunday was a family funday with tug of war event and firework finale. The event was enjoyed by hundreds of people who came from far and wide to enjoy the event.
Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when Richmond River Colts played New South Wales Colts. The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket. It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
The 2010 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2010 J.P Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series) was the inaugural Rugby Union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2010–11 Aviva Premiership Clubs. It took place during the months of July and August, was sponsored by J.P Morgan Asset Management, and the final was held at the Recreation Ground on 6 August 2010.
Manning joined Second Division side Port Vale as an amateur in January 1920, signing professional forms the next month. He made his debut at inside-right in a 3–1 defeat to West Ham United at Upton Park on 7 February. He was never used again and instead was released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the season. He moved on to Shildon and then Middleton Athletic.
The 1949–50 season was Port Vale's 38th season of football in the English Football League, and their fifth full season in the Third Division South. It was the last season to be played at The Old Recreation Ground – despite numerous clashes with the authorities over the construction of the new stadium. The sale of Ronnie Allen raised a massive £20,000. Manager Gordon Hodgson during his playing days.
Wicor Recreation Ground in 2018 The club was established in 1971 as Loyds Sports.Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p548 History A.F.C. Portchester They joined Division Six of the City of Portsmouth Sunday League. After amalgamating with Colourvision Rangers in 1973 they gained a place in Division Two. In 1976 the club became Wicor Mill, after which they joined the Portsmouth & District League.
The club played at the Barrack Road Recreation Ground until 1984, when they moved to their current Hurn Bridge ground. The site had previously been owned by British Aerospace and had been bought by Christchurch Borough Council. The ground also became the headquarters of the Bournemouth FA, as well as being used by Dorset County Cricket Club and Christchurch Cricket Club. A 200-seat stand was installed in 1995.
The Congregational Chapel was rebuilt from an earlier chapel in 1797. Broadbottom Bridge, one end of which is in Cheshire, was built in 1683. Charlesworth holds an annual carnival on the second Saturday in July on its recreation ground on Marple Road, which includes fell races and other events. The village is at the foot of the "Monks' Road", which was used by the monks of Basingwerk Abbey in North Wales.
They first lived in the hamlet of Sarehole, which Tolkien said were the happiest years of his youth. Sarehole is said to have been the model for The Shire, home to the hobbits. Every year the Tolkien Weekend is held at Sarehole Recreation Ground and Moseley Bog Local Nature Reserve part of the Shire Country Park. 2005 commemorated the 50th anniversary of the release of The Lord of the Rings.
West Harton is an area of the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is primarily a residential area, with several schools and leisure facilities, including St Wilfrid's College for Mathematics and Computing, South Shields Community School and Brinkburn Recreation Ground. South Tyneside District Hospital is also situated in the area. It is served by Tyne Dock Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Bisley is home to Bisley All Stars FC, who are currently a Sunday League club playing in the Surrey & Hants Border League Division 1. They play their home matches at Bisley Recreation Ground. Bisley All Stars currently hold the Isley Cup from their rivals Wisley. It is however highly unlikely it will ever be surrendered given that Wisley F.C. folded at the end of the 2016-17 season.
Oscott is a ward in the northwest of Birmingham, England, within the formal district of Perry Barr. The Ward is centred on the area known as Old Oscott, originally just "Oscott", and should not be confused with nearby New Oscott. It includes the former Booths Farm sand quarry, Aldridge Road Recreation Ground, and Kingstanding Circle. The ward borders the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and areas such as Perry Beeches and Queslett.
In 1900 the contents of the house were auctioned, and the house remained unoccupied until 1911. Then some including house and garden, were resumed by the Government of New South Wales for use as a public reserve. In 1910 the preservation of Vaucluse House was assured by Government resumption of the present estate of approximately . The Department of Lands was apparently charged with establishing a public recreation ground at Vaucluse.
St Neots Town Reserves 3:1 New Bradwell St Peter FC St Neots Town F.C. They resigned from the league at the end of the 2016–17 season after most of the committee resigned.Home page New Bradwell St Peter F.C. In 2018 the name New Bradwell St Peter was resurrected when Spartan South Midlands League Division Two club Loughton Manor adopted the name and moved to the Recreation Ground.
Ringwood has a Non-League football club Ringwood Town F.C., which plays at Long Lane. Ringwood is home to Ellingham and Ringwood Rugby Club who play at Parsonage Barn Lane. They run 3 senior sides, a women's side and all mini and junior ages. There are also two Cricket clubs, Ringwood Cricket Club who play at Carvers Recreation Ground and Ellingham Cricket Club who play at Picket Post.
Hyde joined Port Vale as an amateur in July 1924 and made his Second Division debut at The Old Recreation Ground in a 4–0 victory over Coventry City on 25 October. After missing the next game, he played in a 1–0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday two weeks after his debut, but was not selected again and was probably released at the end of the 1924–25 season.
Based at Hawtreys Field, Westgate-on-Sea Cricket Club runs two Saturday teams and two Sunday teams. In the 2007 season, both Saturday teams played in the Kent Cricket Feeder League East; the Saturday 1st XI team in Division 1C and the Saturday 2nd XI in Division 2C. The Sunday teams do not play in competitive matches. In 2006, Thanet Council opened a free skatepark at the Lymington Road recreation ground.
As with many Industrial Revolution-born villages, Ynysybwl is a community based around a number of key places. The local Trerobart and Glanffrwd schools cater for over 450 pupils. The Recreation Ground is the home to many of the village's sporting clubs, hosting rugby, football, cricket and bowls as well as incorporating a large playing area. Drinking establishments include the Roberttown, Constitutional Club and the Old Ynys-y-Bwl Inn.
Retrieved 2018-12-26. The ground is known to have been used by Chertsey until June 1784, although it has been used in the 20th century for some cricket. Chetsey Cricket Club had "ceased to exist" by 1856 Minutes of Chertsey Recreation Committee meeting on 4 August 1856 and its revival began at the Recreation Ground in Chertsey, followed by its present ground, Grove Road, after the First World War.
He made his first- class debut in 1972 against the touring Australians. His County Championship debut came against Worcestershire at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth. Mottram was a part of Hampshire's 1973 County Championship winning team, where he starred with the ball taking 57 wickets at an average of 22.00, including career best figures of 6-63. His performances and personality made him a cult figure at the club.
The site of the former Chellaston Brickworks is now a designated Local Nature Reserve. Chellaston has intermittently hosted an annual summer carnival complete with floats. Floats were contributed by local groups such as the Scouts and Guides, churches of all denominations, and Chellaston Junior School. The carnival usually took place on the recreation ground, next to the community centre on Barley Croft, but has not been held since the late 1990s.
Simon played for Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, before joining Port Vale in July 1920. He played three Second Division games in the 1920–21 season and then seven games in the 1921–22 season. He scored his first goal for the club on Christmas Eve 1921, in a 3–2 defeat to Barnsley at Oakwell. He was released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer of 1922.
Dickinson played for Dale Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Mansfield Town and Bradford Park Avenue, before being signed to Port Vale in November 1933 for "a substantial fee". Despite scoring goals against both Bradford clubs at Valley Parade and the Horsfall Stadium, he was only utilized in twelve Second Division games before being released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the season. He moved on to Lincoln City and Grantham.
He played six games at the New Recreation Ground. At the end of the season Paul Trollope placed Rigg on the transfer list, having used Rigg only ten times in 2008–09. In August 2009, Rigg signed for Forest Green Rovers, a club where he had spent some time as a youth player, on a one-month loan. He scored six minutes into his debut for Forest Green against Rushden & Diamonds.
McCartney played youth football for Rangers, before becoming one of numerous Scotsmen to sign with English side Port Vale in June 1966, then managed by Jackie Mudie. He played 15 Fourth Division matches during the 1966–67 season, scoring once against Aldershot at the Recreation Ground on 29 October; he also appeared once in the FA Cup. He was released in May 1967, and moved on to Welsh side Oswestry Town.
The "Black Cats" followed up on their league success by lifting the FA Cup in 1937, though Collin did not appear in the final. The club finished seventh in the league in 1936–37 and eighth in 1937–38. He signed with Third Division North club Port Vale in June 1938. He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground on 27 August, in a 3–1 defeat by Aldershot.
The village green was once surrounded with white posts and chains, with a seat in the middle. The fence was put up so that the children could play within without being disturbed by wandering cattle. The posts were removed in the 1930s. In the 1920s, the Asphaltic Slag & Stone Co. Ltd set up a quarry and erected an office on the Stamford road, opposite the entrance to the recreation ground.
Garnant Park (formerly Cwmamman Recreation Ground) was part of Lord Dynevor's Glanrafon Farm estate. It is home to Amman United RFC which was founded in 1903 and is a feeder club for the Scarlets regional team. Players who have gone on to rugby at international level include Claude Davey, Tom Day and Trevor Evans of the British Lions. It is across the river from the old Amman Tinplate Works.
He then lost his first team place at The Old Recreation Ground, and played just three games in the 1932–33 season. He went on to feature 14 times in the 1933–34 campaign, before he was released from the club. In October 1947, he returned to Port Vale as the assistant trainer, and remained a part of the back-room staff until he retired in January 1976.
The parade ground remains an open parkland and grassy area that has not been hindered or interrupted with significant development (except in the case of the Shortland Clinic, which although is not built directly on the oval, does detract visually from the openness of the former military establishment). Significant vistas remain across all areas of the site because the recreation ground is in the centre of the collection of buildings.
Aldershot F.C. adopted the "Rec" as their home ground upon formation in December 1926. The Recreation Ground was owned by the local council and situated on Aldershot High Street. The first stand, the south stand, was opened at the beginning of the 1929-30 season and still remains today. A crowd of 3,522 witnessed the shots record a 2-1 victory over Norwich City on the day of its opening.
The Recreation Ground is a football ground in Aldershot. Games have been played there since 1927 when Aldershot (later reformed as Aldershot Town) was founded. The ground hosted League football between 1932 and 1992 when Aldershot were members of the football league. Its current tenants Aldershot Town have used the ground since forming in 1992 and the ground has once again hosted league football between 2008 and 2013.
By 1918 the local farmers requested that a townsite be declared, and proposed the name be Mybrup. A town hall which was also used as a school and a recreation ground had been built by 1922, and the community knew the area as Jingalup. The town was gazetted in 1924. The name is Aboriginal in origin and is a contraction of the name of a nearby well, Kodjingalup Well.
The village also has a large recreation ground with facilities for outdoor sports, including football, cricket and tennis. This is run by the Corfe Mullen Sports Association, which is made up of volunteers from various sports clubs around Corfe Mullen. There are new allotments on Broadmoor Road that have been in use since 1 November 2019, replacing the old allotments near Lockyer's School which are being built on.
Ecclestone played for Stone Lotus before joining Port Vale in November 1924. He made his debut in a 3–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on 17 April 1926, in one of the last games of the 1925–26 season. He played one Second Division game in the 1926–27 season, before he was given a free transfer away from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1928.
Bathurst's place in Australia's history is evidenced by the large number of landmark monuments, buildings, and parks. Kings Parade, Carillon Memorial and Evans Memorial In the centre of the city is a square known as Kings Parade. Originally a market area from 1849 to 1906 , it was redesignated as a public recreation ground and site for a soldiers memorial. Kings Parade now contains three memorials, an open space park and gardens.
He scored a total of eight goals in 29 appearances in the 1932–33 season, getting on the scoresheet against Stoke City at The Old Recreation Ground and against Manchester United at Old Trafford. He scored three goals in 39 games in the 1933–34 campaign, but was transferred to league rivals Notts County in June 1934. He later moved on to Bradford Park Avenue, eventually joining the training staff there.
The earliest surviving record of Sherston, then called Scorranstone, is an Anglo-Saxon one from the time of Ethelred, who was an Ealdorman of Mercia. Evidence of Roman survives in the parish in the form of ramparts and ditches in a field called Pennymead, which is now the recreation ground. Remains of a Roman villa, built around AD 350, have also been discovered. The Fosseway, a major Roman road, passes nearby.
There are several social clubs in Lower Kingswood, catering for all ages, including youth clubs such as drama and football. For the older generations there is a bowls club and Women's Institute. The football club is named Kingswood Terriers FC and they play in the local Epsom and Ewell Youth League. There is a recreation ground opposite Rookery Way, which includes a play park, bike ramps and football pitches.
There is also an occupation crossing located on the Waterloo line at Knoll Farm, opposite Langborough Recreation Ground, that it is restricted to use by the farm. There is a very busy level crossing further along the same line on Easthampstead Road at Star Lane. BR installed automatic half-barriers (AHB) on it in about 1964. In 1997 Railtrack upgraded it to full barriers and equipped it with CCTV.
The village has a primary school, a post office and a doctors surgery. The village hall has a recreation ground and a multi-use games area. Several community groups make use of the hall including a pre-school, Benger Bears,Benger Bears a playgroup, WI and Over 60's group. There is a pub - the Wellesley Arms, a restaurant - La Flambé, and a hotel/restaurant - The Bell House Hotel.
Burwell is a parish and thus has a parish council to deal with matters within the village. These include the maintenance and provision of both village halls, the recreation ground, playgrounds, and allotments. The Parish Council convenes at the Jubilee Reading Room on The Causeway. Burwell parish falls within Burwell ward and provides three councillors to the local East Cambridgeshire District Council which convenes at The Grange in Ely.
The Rose and Crown pub in Rangeworthy Rangeworthy is a semi-rural farming village in South Gloucestershire, England, nearby communities include Falfield and Charfield. The village population taken at the 2011 census was 675. The village lies between Iron Acton and Bagstone, along the B4058 road. It is a long village divided by a road with a well used village hall, pub, hotel, Indian restaurant, recreation ground, primary school and church.
Twiss played for Chorley and Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale in August 1933. His only Second Division appearance came at centre-forward in a 2–1 loss to Hull City at Anlaby Road on 2 April 1934. He was handed a free transfer away from The Old Recreation Ground the following month, at the end of the 1933–34 season. He moved on to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
The London Loop footpath passes through Happy Valley and Farthing Downs between Hamsey Green and Banstead. The Coulsdon section was the first of the 24 to be opened. Grange Park was obtained partly by Public Subscription but mostly by the Urban District Council in 1929 from the owners of the Coulsdon Court Golf Course. The land was sold for use as an open space or pleasure and recreation ground.
Kensworth Chalk Pit is a working quarry and is the biggest employer in the parish. The pit is owned and mined by Cemex, but has also been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England. The Church of St Mary is located in the village. Kensworth Parish Council administers some local services and facilities in the parish, including a village recreation ground and a provision of allotments.
Crabble Corn Mill There are two significant green areas, the River Recreation Ground and Kearsney Abbey. Despite its name, Kearsney Abbey was never a monastic estate but was the name given to a manor house, built by the Fector family in the early 19th century. The house fell into disrepair after World War II and was demolished around 1960. All that remains of the building today is the billiard room.
The first tournament was held in Auckland in 1975. From there it moved to various venues around the country: Christchurch, Blenheim, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Feilding, Pukekohe and Rotorua. From 2004 to 2013 it was hosted in Queenstown at the Recreation Ground, which is usually the home of the Wakatipu Rugby Club. The tournament then returned to Rotorua for five seasons and, since December 2018, it is held in Tauranga.
Muirhead, J H: Birmingham Institutions (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham 1911), Chapter 1: Barrow, Walter: The Town and its Industries, p5 Peter Leather indicates that Dogpool Lane may have been a minor Roman route from the Alcester Road to Metchley Fort via Warwards Lane and Selly Park Recreation Ground where a significant archaeological survey was undertaken.Leather, Peter: Birmingham Roman Roads Project Until recently the place name of Stirchley was accompanied by ‘Street’.
Hallam played for Sandford Hill Primitives, before joining Port Vale in September 1922. His only appearance was at inside-left in a goalless draw with Rotherham County at The Old Recreation Ground on 25 November 1922. He was released in August 1923 and moved on to Sandbach Ramblers. Hallam then joined Stoke in September 1924 and played 19 Second Division games in 1924–25, scoring twice against Blackpool and Stockport County.
They play at the Recreation Ground, also known as the Rec. Somerset Vikings are a rugby league team who play at Hyde Park, Taunton in the South West Division of the Rugby League Conference. The Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset. Its limited overs team is called the Somerset Sabres.
Oval Maidan with Mumbai High Court in the background Oval Maidan with Mumbai High Court Building The Oval Maidan is a large Grade I recreational ground situated in South Mumbai, India. It is so named because of its oval shape and is situated just south of Churchgate. It is a popular recreation ground, with the most popular sports played there being cricket and football. The ground measures in area.
The Cape Cobras are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland Park, Paarl, and the Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn. The Cobras play in the 4-Day Franchise Series, Momentum One Day Cup and T20 Challenge competitions. They are one of the most successful domestic sides in the franchise era.
He retired from the Commons at the 1924 general election. Hood was known as a generous benefactor to the area he represented in parliament. He donated a recreation ground at Raynes Park to Merton and Morden Urban District Council and playing fields and woodland in South Wimbledon to the Borough of Wimbledon. Following his death they were named Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields, and Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood.
The Marlborough Sports Garden is located in Union Street off of Borough High Street in the London Borough of Southwark where also in the vicinity literary greats such as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens gained inspiration for their works. Historically the Duchess of Marlborough in 1919 decreed that ‘Surplus land from an insanitary area between Borough High Street and Redcross Street should be used as a recreation ground’.
To the south of the church is a new Rectory, next to the newer portion of graveyard. The Village has a primary school, Methodist church and recreation ground. There are also two pubs; The Red Lion opposite St. George’s Church and The Broad Oak, which reopened in March 2019 after two years of closure, and threats to demolish the building for housing. It was previously known as The Rainbow Trout.
Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team compete in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring of 1992 after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot. Aldershot Town play at the Recreation Ground, which had also been the home ground of the previous club.
Lit and warmed by gas (no electricity), it is still going strong and sells real ale direct from the barrel. From 1903 until 2011 Stacksteads Cricket Club played on Waterbarn Recreation Ground adjacent to Waterbarn Baptist Church. The club moved to New Hall Hey Cricket Ground in nearby Rawtenstall after difficulties with the landlord who also owns the Grade 2 listed Waterbarn Baptist Chapel on Brandwood Road built in 1847.
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground was built between 1995 and 2004 over the former Sai Tso Wan Landfill. During the construction, the former landfill underwent a series of restoration works. A final capping layer was added to prevent leakage; a landfill gas control system was used to deploy methane from the decomposed rubbish as fuel, and a leachate management system was built to collect leachate for further processing.
Proposed Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground on the Restored Sai Tso Wan Landfill – Environmental Protection Department. Retrieved on 8 March 2007. An area in Ma Yau Tong near today's Lam Tin Park was known as Ma Yau Tong Central Landfill (). The area measured 10.87 hectares, and operated until 1986 when it became the last urban landfill to be closed, after which it was sealed and converted to government- owned grassland.
Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people,Office for National Statistics: Sibbertoft CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 19 November 2009 increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census. Facilities in the village include a pub, church, recreation ground and the Sibbertoft Reading Room which is in effect the village hall.
Hendon Rural District Council bought the site to create what is now Headstone Recreation Ground. Following local government reorganisation in 1968 responsibility for Headstone Manor fell to the newly created London Borough of Harrow. After further years of increasing dilapidation, local people campaigned and volunteered to turn the site into a Museum for Harrow, which officially opened in 1986. Following a Heritage Lottery Funded regeneration of the site the Museum reopened in 2017.
A recreation ground was added on the south-east side of the cricket ground but in 1933 the decision was made to demolish the cricket ground to make way for a greyhound racing stadium. It was advertised as a 'Super Greyhound Stadium' and had a large stand erected on the north side against Bramble Avenue and another stand and car park added on the south side which was accessed from the relatively new Peach Road.
The village holds typical English rural festivals during the year. The spring and harvest festivals are horticultural shows that include the surrounding villages. The country fair (or fête) in the summer previously included traditional country games, stalls and attractions such as hay bale throwing, tug of war and a coconut shy, although the village has not held a fête since 2009. Wormshill contains a community village hall and recreation ground, including a small playground.
Under the rules of the tournament, all the matches in that group were declared null and void. An elimination draw was then conducted with the captains of each team in the group, with Zimbabwe progressing to the finals section of the cup. The Recreation Ground in Oudtshoorn was chosen at the venue for the semi-finals and final. Eastern Province won the tournament, beating Northern Cape by 31 runs in the final.
A permanent recreation ground was then gazetted and the first trustees were appointed on 10 September 1866. They were Dr. John Elmes, Walter Pretty, William Collins, Arthur Liddlelow and Thomas Porteus. William Collins, who was a landscape gardener offered to give his services to beautify the ground, and in the early 1870s the club had a somewhat ambitious scheme to build a pavilion, fence and level the ground, and also build a bowling green.
Some of this land is now a recreation ground and there now is strong local opposition to this land being used for its original purpose of burials. In 1926 the first part of the land was laid out as a cemetery and was consecrated by the Right Reverend William Woodcock Hough, Bishop of Woolwich. The first interment took place on 23 May 1927. A smaller section was set aside for use of Free Churches.
Waddell was originally a rugby player. He represented the Napier sub union team against Hastings on August 19 in a 6–3 win. He then made his debut for Hawke's Bay against Auckland on September 11 at the Recreation Ground in front of "the largest attendance ever seen at a football match on the ground". Hawke's Bay won by 10 points to nil with a 21 year old Waddell playing in the forwards.
The choice of a suburban location away from the city centre was influenced by the fact that single-engine helicopters available at the time were not allowed to fly over built-up areas, in case of engine failure. The site, using part of a recreation ground, was bounded by Coventry Road (the A45), Heybarnes Road, Hob Moor Road and the River Cole, and lay approximately equidistant between Birmingham city centre and Birmingham Airport.
The two tracks rejoin at Wilkinson Street tram stop, where the depot is situated. Between the station and Wilkinson Street trams run in the street, but all other traffic is heavily restricted or, in some cases, banned altogether. There are Park & Ride sites at the Forest Recreation Ground and Wilkinson Street. North of Wilkinson Street, the route joins a former Midland Railway alignment, which it shares with the Robin Hood railway line.
Facilities for football, cricket, skateboarding etc., are also available at Slade's Farm Recreation Ground. On 10 September 2010 Bournemouth Borough Council announced that work would start on a new Olympic size community cycle track at Slade's Farm. The track opened as the Bournemouth Cycling Centre in June 2011, allowing the entire community to enjoy activities including competitive cycle training and racing, learning to ride a bike, cycling for exercise, in-line skating and running.
Farnham Pottery Kiln Wrecclesham's historic character is shown by the presence of the Farnham Pottery. This is one of the best preserved examples of a working Victorian country pottery left in EnglandFarnham online and is Grade II Listed. It serves as a cafe for locals. Just past Wrecclesham Hill is the hamlet of Holt Pound; what is now the Holt Pound recreation ground was one of the chief cricket grounds in Surrey.
Billy Little came to the Recreation Ground in 1950 as coach at a time when the fledgling Haven club were struggling to compete in the professional league. His tenure as coach signalled an era of progress and improvement. In 1951, the first of a long line of players from Australasia joined Haven as Neville Emery became player- coach. Under his guidance the club built a team that could compete with the best.
Brixworth Juniors Football Club is a football club that encourages children of all ages to be active and play sport. It has produced successful footballers, including AFC Rushden & Diamonds' Liam Dolman and Derby County's Jack Marriot. The adults' team, Brixworth All Saints, are in Division One of the Northamptonshire Football Combination, which is at level 8 of the National League System. It plays its home games on the village's St David's Recreation Ground.
Due to its close proximity to Norwich, the village is a popular residential area. Amenities in Old Catton include a primary and a nursery school, medical practise, veterinary surgery, dental surgery and a range of privately owned businesses. Two public houses; the Maids Head and the Woodman are both located in the centre of the village. The recreation ground adjacent to Church Street is home to the Old Catton Junior Football Club.
Horton Kirby Environmental Studies Centre provides nature and country life-related outdoor activities for schoolchildren from South London. Remains of a Roman villa were discovered in 1972 on the Westminster Field recreation ground, just across the Darent from the village. The discovery was made when new main sewage drains were being dug. The extra costs of diverting these to save the villa were met by public subscription, with fund-raising help from local schoolchildren.
Fen Ditton is home to both a cricket and a football team. Both sides play their home games on Fen Ditton Recreation Ground. The village's war memorial, unveiled in 1921, sits on a grass island at the junction of High Street and Church Street. It is a tapered obelisk sat on a plinth that lists the names of 22 villagers killed in the First World War and a further five from the second.
Rotsea is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of Driffield and south-west of North Frodingham. Farmhouse at Rotsea It forms part of the civil parish of Hutton Cranswick. The parish recreation ground, which is home to all Hutton Cranswick football teams including the successful Hutton Cranswick United football club, is based near to Rotsea and the ground is known as Rotsea Lane.
He played 12 games in the 1923–24 season, and scored two goals in a 4–3 defeat to Crystal Palace at The Old Recreation Ground on 1 September. His stay in Burslem was short though, and after losing his first team place in November 1923 he was given a free transfer to New Brighton of the Third Division North. He later moved back to Wales to play for Wrexham, Welshpool Town and Holyhead Town.
Sutton Common was enclosed in c. 1810-12, which helped to confine criminals on horseback to the roads and provide building sites; here the water supply was good and the roads hard. Under the terms of the enclosure award, a small part of the common at Sutton Green was reserved as a recreation ground. At around this time one of the last and most audacious highway robberies took place in the area.
1st North Sutton Scout Group have their headquarters at Stayton Road. The football team Sutton Common Rovers represent the area at football and play at Gander Green Lane, which is also the home of Sutton United. On 7 September 2016, the club announced plans for a new £1 million ground, to be built on part of the Reigate Avenue Recreation Ground. 210 (Sutton) Transport Squadron of 151 Regiment RLC is based at Stonecot Hill.
Hawkenbury was settled before Tunbridge Wells itself was founded in the 17th century, and at one time fell within the parish of Frant, lying as it then did in Sussex. It was originally known as "Hockenbury". Bacon's 1912 map of Tunbridge Wells shows the centre of Hawkenbury lying along Hawkenbury Road, being that area currently lying south of the recreation ground. The Victorian estate around Sibby's Corner was not then considered part of Hawkenbury.
Later, the High School (now Hale School) was invited to field a team in the competition, but dropped out of the league after two matches due to a lack of competitiveness. Victorians' first match, which was also the first match of the competition, was against Rovers on 3 June, and was played at the Recreation Ground (later the Esplanade Reserve) near the Swan River. Victorians' team consisted of 19 players, with four emergencies.
Earliest records suggest cricket has been played in Pulborough since 1799. Now based at the Recreation Ground, Pulborough Cricket Club boasts numerous Senior and Junior (Colts) teams. Previously a member club of the Sussex Invitation League, Pulborough's 1st and 2nd Elevens were invited to join the Sussex Cricket League ("the county league") from the 2004 season. A 3rd League XI plays in the West Sussex League, home matches being played nearby at Watersfield.
O'Brien played for Glasgow based St. Anthony's before heading to England to play for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He joined Port Vale in May 1938. He played a mere four Third Division South games for the "Valiants" in the 1938–39 season, scoring one goal in a 2–1 victory over Newport County at The Old Recreation Ground on 29 August. He left the club in April 1939, and later played for Watford.
Village facilities include a small combined village school and preschool. There is also a public house, The Dun Cow, which is tied to Elgood's Brewery of Wisbech. There is a recreation ground with football pitch and children's play area. The village playing field also has a skatepark, which was co-funded by donations and the Parish Council, and a new Village Hall next to the Bowling green adjacent to the playing field.
There is a Duxford WI, a local drama group (DVD - Duxford Village Drama) and a bowls club. The local football team is Duxford United FC who play their home games on the recreation ground. There are also two tennis courts on the same ground. The school is a Church of England Primary School in the Diocese of Ely which has a breakfast and after-school club (DX) and a playgroup on site.
Pursell played for Northwood B.S.C., Chesterton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale on trial from Chesterton in November 1939 and signing professional forms the next month. During the war his career was put on hold, and he guested for Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd. and the Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd. As Vale began playing football again in August 1944 he returned to The Old Recreation Ground, but was only utilized regularly from September 1945.
The current club was founded as Hotpoint FC in 1975, playing in the Old Colwyn and District Sunday League. During the 1996–97 season the team moved to Llanfairfechan's Recreation Ground due to the limitations of the Victoria Drive ground. As a result, the team changed its name to Llanfairfechan Athletic. In 1998, the club returned to Llandudno Junction, to their current ground at The Flyover, which had previously been the home of Crosville.
In 1923 the club moved to the Civil Service Ground in the Shirley area of Southampton, which was shared with Southampton Civil Service and then QK Southampton. The ground was closed in 1999, after which the club played at Lordshill Recreation Ground until moving to Stoneham Park on the outskirts of Eastleigh in 2002. In 2010 the club relocated again, moving to Chestnut Avenue, the former home of the defunct Pirelli General club.
On the eve of the 1926 General Strike, it was the venue of a mass rally of trade unionists and workers. In World War II it hosted a baseball match between American and Canadian soldiers. Today the park is still a recreation ground, and football and cricket are still played there. Part of the site was used as the Heath Clark school, later part of Croydon College, which has now been developed into housing.
Richmond Council eventually came up with a team pitch and a move to the North Sheen Recreation Ground was secured. It became Kew Park Rangers Football Club in summer 1999, and continues to grow. In 2015 it was the Football Association's National Charter Standard Community Club of the Year. The club has a close working relationship with Fulham F.C. and it regularly employs the services of Fulham coaches to assist and support its coaches.
In 1914 he presented to the Corporation of Glasgow 13 acres of land in the St Rollox district as a suitable recreation ground for that part of the city. In 1918 he presented Dryburgh Abbey to the nation to save it from private ruin, which he had bought for it is said £35,000. This act was imitated by others, resulting in Scotland within two years possessing several ancient monuments in this way.
A return match was played at Petone Recreation Ground, Petone on 12 September and was drawn 13-all in front of 4,000 spectators. The Wellington side were bolstered by All Golds Hercules Wright, Tom Cross and Edward Tyne who had missed the first match. Future internationals Bert King and Henry Knight also made their debuts for Wellington in this match. Auckland had lost Bill Wynyard but gained Albert Asher and Frank Barclay.
The village contains a post office/convenience store, a public hall and recreation ground, a primary school, a Church, a clock shop, a hairdresser, the Cross Keys Hotel. Canonbie crosses the River Esk, and Gilnockie Tower is a short walk away. Canonbie is on two public bus routes; the X95 (First Edinburgh) and 127 (Telford's). Canonbie hosts a local football team called Canonbie Bowholm FC which has been in existence since 1925.
At one time there were six such homes facing Launceston. Mr Bird and Mr Tattersall both lived in stone houses near the recreation ground and Mr S. Leslie lived in another near the reservoir. Names of other early settlers not mentioned elsewhere are Boag, Luck, Lawrence, Goodyer, Rankin, Olding, Bradshaw, Chandler. Land holders shown on an early map were Kealing, Dry, Burke, McNalley, Stonehouse, Mackey, E. Wench, Snell, whose holdings were "located".
Bennet played for Clowne Rising Star and Nottingham Forest, before joining Port Vale in May 1927. Preferred to George Holdcroft and Howard Matthews, he played 24 Second Division appearances and played one FA Cup game in the 1927–28 season. However, he was replaced by new signing Jack Prince, and after playing just 11 times in the 1928–29 season, he left The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer in May 1929.
Across Cannon Hill Common to Wimbledon. Raynes Park is 7.8 miles from Central London and has one of the largest proportions of green open space in South West London. The area has a number of parks including Cottenham Park Recreation Ground, named after Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, and Cannon Hill Common. Cannon Hill Common covers 21 hectares of open space, and is a site of borough importance – Grade 1 for Nature Conservation.
The club played at two grounds on Coursers Road (the Meadow and the Warren) and then Fuzzen Field before moving to the Recreation Ground in 1952.Colney Heath Pyramid Passion The ground's clubhouse was burnt down in 1988 and was replaced with a new one the following year. Railings around the pitch were installed in 1993 and floodlights erected in 2000. The overhang of the clubhouse provides cover for two rows of seating.
He claimed his first goal for the club on 29 August, in a 3–0 win over Clapton Orient at The Old Recreation Ground. He went on to score five goals in 39 Second Division games in the 1921–22 season, and was a member of the side which shared the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1922. However he was released at the end of the season and moved on to Southend United.
Post office and village sign in July 2014 Longstanton has a Village Institute (built in 1926) and a small number of shops and businesses, including a local supermarket that was opened in 2014 and a post office. There is a medical practice, dental practice and two veterinary practices. The recreation ground has facilities for football, cricket, and tennis. The bowls club was formed in 1985 at which time the bowls green was constructed.
Salt played for Ravensdale, before he signed for Port Vale in December 1925, making his debut at outside left in a 1–0 defeat to Derby County on Christmas Day of 1925. However, he failed to gain a regular place in the squad and played just five Second Division games and one FA Cup game in the 1925–26 season, being released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer of 1926.
Davies played for local club Chorley, before he joined Port Vale in June 1922. He played twelve Second Division games during the 1922–23 season and scored his only goal in the Football League in a 3–0 Christmas Day victory over South Shields at The Old Recreation Ground. He was released in the summer and headed back to Chorley. After a spell at Bacup Borough he returned to Chorley for a third time.
Currie scored two goals in eight Third Division South games for Harry Kinghorn's Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic in the 1946–47 season. He also enjoyed a loan spell with Stafford Rangers, before switching permanently from Dean Court to Staffordshire based Port Vale in June 1947. He only managed nine Third Division South appearances in the 1947–48 season and was released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer by manager Gordon Hodgson.
From 1870 to sometime before 1978 the town had a nearby rail service but in the 21st century transport is by car or school bus. The town has a small largely Australian born, and aging, population. Whitemore has a few houses, a church that is part of the Uniting Church in Australia, the offices and workshops of Shaw Contracting, and a recreation ground and tennis courts used by the towns' tennis and cricket teams.
Price played for Dudley Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. During the war he made three guest appearances for Port Vale in March and April 1917, and also guested for Sunbeam Motor Works. He joined Port Vale permanently in August 1920 and went straight into the first team. He scored his first and only goal for the club on 13 November, in a 4–0 win over Hull City at The Old Recreation Ground.
Collins joined the Lancashire Cricket Federation in its foundation year. He made his first-class debut for Lancashire in the County Championship against Hampshire at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth in August 1954. Even before making his first class debut, Collins had acted as the de facto twelfth man for England against Pakistan in the Old Trafford Test that started on 22 July 1954. Jim Parks had been chosen as the twelfth man.
The house was reputedly designed by Christopher Wren and dates from at least 1707. In 1936 the owner, Gordon Saunders, who at different times also lived at Monkenholt and The Chase, sold land adjacent to the house to the local council who created King George's Field recreation ground. A footpath to the field passes the house on its eastern side. The house is known for the giant cedar trees on the Hadley Common side lawn.
Two greyhound racing tracks existed; the Newton Abbot Greyhound Track lasted from 1974 to 2005 and a short-lived track was laid on the Recreation Ground, where Newton Abbot Spurs plays today. The racing was independent (unaffiliated to the sports governing body, the National Greyhound Racing Club) and so both were known as flapping tracks, a name given to independent tracks. Distances there were 250, 450 and 460 yards and racing lasted about five years.
The club play at the Recreation Ground on Plaistow Road. A new stand was built in 2008 and opened by Jimmy Hill prior to a friendly match against Corinthian-Casuals on 2 August.Jimmy Hill to open Loxwood stand West Sussex County Times, 3 July 2008 Floodlights were erected in 2010 and inaugurated with a friendly match against Crawley Town on 23 November.Loxwood Football Club Philips Lighting A 100-seat stand was also installed.
A wooden turnstile in its primary form, to keep livestock penned in (Zwierzyniec, Poland). A now unused circa 1930 turnstile and kiosk at the Bath Recreation Ground Turnstiles were originally used, like other forms of stile, to allow human beings to pass while keeping sheep or other livestock penned in. The use of turnstiles in most modern applications has been credited to Clarence Saunders, who used them in his first Piggly Wiggly store.
Plaistow ( Martha Figueroa-Clark,"BBC - Magazine Monitor: How to Say: Plaistow", BBC, October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-21.) is a village and civil parish in the north of the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. There is a village green, a recreation ground, a children's playground, a village pond, a shop, a pub (The Sun Inn) and the Anglican Church. There are over thirty Grade II listed buildings in the village.
The future of Carisbrook looks bleak, and many of the former facilities are in the process of being dismantled or removed. Other than Carisbrook, the suburb's main sports ground is Bathgate Park, which lies at the border of Caversham and South Dunedin in the southeast. There are several open areas of recreation ground and parkland, notably Kew Park at Forbury CornerHepburn, Steve (2008-03-11). "Park Project Takes Top Honour at Ceremony".
The United Services Recreation Ground is a sports ground situated in Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The ground is also bordered to the north by Park Road, along which the railway line to Portsmouth Harbour and Gunwharf Quays overlooks the ground, and to the east by Anglesea Road. The southern end of the ground is dominated by the Officer's Club building, which overlooks the ground. The ground is owned by The Crown.
The Forest is a tram stop on Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in the city of Nottingham. It takes its name from the nearby Forest Recreation Ground, the site of the city's famous annual Goose Fair. The Forest serves as one of several park and ride stops on the NET network, with more than 950 car parking spaces located next to the stop. Viewed for appropriate area with unitary authority ward boundaries and names selected.
It was responsible for managing the Day Dawn Recreation Ground and was responsible for instituting a system of electric lighting in the town. Health and sanitary issues were an ongoing problem for the municipality. The municipal boundaries were extended one and a half miles due to the growth of the town in October 1901 and again on 31 August 1904. The size of the council was increased from six to nine members in 1902.
Ikin joined Jackie Mudie's Fourth Division side Port Vale in July 1965 and made his debut in a 3–0 defeat by Aldershot at the Recreation Ground on 12 February 1966. Six days later he played in a 3–0 defeat to Stockport County at Edgeley Park. These were his only appearances of the 1965–66 season, and he left Vale Park for Winsford United on a free transfer in May 1966.
The recreation ground has three tennis courts that are used by the village tennis club.Harbury Tennis Club Harbury has a Rugby football club with its own ground and clubhouse,Harbury Rugby Football Club which it shares with the village Cricket Club. The village has also a junior football club.Harbury Juniors Football Club Harbury has a pharmacy and two supermarkets, one is a branch of the Co-Op and the other has a sub-post office.
Bewick played for Herrington Swifts and Newcastle United, before joining Port Vale in May 1935. He made his debut at centre-half in a 1–1 draw with Bradford City at Valley Parade on 14 September 1935, but only made two further Second Division appearances in the 1935–36 season before being released from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1936. He then moved on to Walsall, Yeovil & Petters United and South Shields.
Wileman played for Hugglescote Wesleyans, Gresley Rovers, Nottingham Forest (on trial) and Derby County, before joining Port Vale for a "substantial fee" in June 1938. He made his debut at The Old Recreation Ground in a 3–1 defeat by Aldershot on 27 August and started the next two Third Division South games. However he was only selected once more in the league that season, before being transferred to Hinckley United in August 1939.
Weoley Castle Library located at Weoley Castle Square serves the district. The library includes a local history section,Weoley Castle Local History a Pre-school playgroup, drop in advice from Age UK and councillors' surgeries.What's On at Weoley Castle Library Weoley Castle Museum is a visitor attraction that is also located in the suburb. Weoley Castle Walkway is an area of recreation ground that is located mainly within Selly Oak and Quinton.
In 1836 the Town Council suggested a single station for all three companies and the Midland Counties agreed. One site considered was an island bounded by the River Derwent and the canal, called The Holmes, now Bass's Recreation Ground. The space was restricted and susceptible to flooding, and the trackwork would be complicated. The selected site was further south on the west bank, Borough's Fields, in Litchurch, at the southern side of the Castlefields estate.
In recent years the village has held an annual 'Party in the Park' in the recreation ground. On the site of a former lime and baryte quarry is Raygill Lakes, which was the first site studied by the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1875. Mammalian and marine fossils were discovered here. The village has good rail connections (two miles away in Cononley) to Leeds, Bradford and London, about three hours by rail from Skipton.
There are 570 homes in the parish and besides the church, school and golf club, the village has two pubs and a village store and a thriving Royal British Legion. There is also a sports association with tennis courts, playing fields and pavilion and a separate recreation ground. The village benefits from several community use meadows, public footpaths and bridleways. There is also a fishing club at the ten acre Jones Lakes.
All of the original buildings are long gone, though many of the roadways and hard-standings remain visible and these areas are now vacant. The last of the 'A' Camp huts was gifted to the parish in the 1970s when the MoD closed the barracks. It was relocated to the recreation ground where it was used as a sports pavilion until August 2020 when it was burnt down following a lightning strike.
The main shopping street is Carlton Hill, which has several shopping chains and smaller shops such as newsagents, chemists, and grocers. Carlton Square, the traditional centre of Carlton is today a shopping centre. There are numerous areas of grass for children to play on, as the roads tend to be quite busy. The King George V Recreation Ground is host a large playing field, a skatepark, a zip-line, and a children's playground.
Fulbourn has two Non-League football clubs: Fulbourn Institute F.C. who play at the Recreation Ground, and Fulbourn Sports, who play at Capital Park, Cambridge Road. There are also two colts clubs, Fulbourn Institute and Fulbourn Falcons. There is a thriving amateur dramatics society in the village, St John's Players. The Players celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2017, and perform three plays a year, in February, May and October to coincide with half-term weeks.
The following Wednesday hosts the Senior fell race which many runners attend, including running groups from Yorkshire. Other events include the junior fell race, teen group challenge, car treasure hunt, pet show, village history fair and pub quiz. The Saturday hosts the actual carnival day. The procession travels from "the old road" and parades through the village and ending at the recreation ground, where games and entertainment for the whole family are arranged.
West Bowling are an amateur rugby league club in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, which competes in the National Conference League Division One. West Bowling play home games at Emsley Recreation Ground, near Odsal Stadium. The club run teams from U5s (Nippers) up to open age, with the 2nd team competing in the Yorkshire Men’s League. Former West Bowling players who have played at international level include Leon Pryce, Stuart Reardon and Elliot Whitehead.
There is a village hall and sports leisure centre (Cherry Hinton Village Leisure Centre) adjacent to the village library, with services currently operated by GLL on behalf of the City Council. The sports centre offers badminton, 5-a-side football, basketball as well as exercise classes and room hire. The village has a well-appointed recreation ground situated on the high street. Here children's play equipment and football fields for local fixtures are provided.
Syd Lowdon was on his way to see the Joe Loss Orchestra at Maryport, following the match against St. Helens at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 3 April 1957, when a wheel sheared from its axle causing his Austin Healey sports car to crash on a bend opposite Workington Golf Club in 1957, he had concussion, but his passenger Dougie Dixon of Kells escaped unharmed, however the car was a write-off.
The Hall was extended in 2015. Behind the church and village hall is the recreation ground, with a children's playground and space for football pitches used by Alresford Colne Rangers F.C. who have a club house with changing rooms attached to the Village Hall. There are also two bookable, flood-lit all-weather pitches. A mile to the south of the village, past the ruins of St. Peter's, is the picturesque Alresford Creek.
Points of interest include Witton Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries in the Midlands, which can be seen from the M6 motorway. Other areas include the Josiah Mason/Stockland Green complex of schools and colleges and Witton lakes, an area of local beauty. A rocky outcrop is located along the Tyburn Road. There are two major areas of open space; Bleak Hill Recreation Ground and Brookvale Park, which contains a large lake.
On 28 March 2012, he made a one-off appearance for Mid Wales Football League side Welshpool Town, playing alongside fellow Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara against Newbridge-on- Wye. Merson scored the opening goal in the 4–1 defeat at the Maes y Dre Recreation Ground. On 11 October 2017, Merson signed for Welsh Football League Division Three team Caerau. Following international clearance, he made his debut on 18 October against Pontyclun.
During this particular robbery Cremin was beaten to death and his body hidden under bushes, where it was later discovered by a man out walking his dog. Denovan was arrested on 11 August 1960 while committing an act of indecency with another man on the Recreation Ground. A newspaper cutting relating to the death of John Cremin was found on his person; Denovan would finally confess his guilt and lead the police to Miller.
Breeze joined Port Vale in August 1932. He made his debut in January 1934, and played three further Second Division games in the 1933–34 season. He was a first team favourite from November 1934, taking over from Jim Kelso, and ended the 1934–35 season with 26 league and cup appearances. He played just ten games in the 1935–36 season, and was released from The Old Recreation Ground in the summer.
There have been many developments within the village over the last few years, the most notable being the building of a children's play area and a running track around the recreation ground which is located towards the north of the village. There are also plans for the village hall to be extended within the near future. More recently, red kites have been observed in increasing numbers and have become a common sight in the village.
The community centres around the parish church and post office but also has a village hall, a local primary school, a sport and recreation ground and a local public house and restaurant, The Plough Inn. The village contains several important buildings that are listed for their historical and architectural value. some of the buildings include The Old Dairy, The Old Bakehouse, The Old brewery and Church Hill Cottages, all of which are protected by law.
Nicholas Wisdom (born 18 March 1953) is an English former cricketer, turned businessman. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. The son of Sir Norman Wisdom, the comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, he was born at Edmonton, Middlesex. Wisdom made two first-class appearances for Sussex in 1974, against Oxford University at Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham, and Worcestershire in the County Championship at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings.
The churchyard of St. Peter's was the final resting place of many members of the parish, which in the 19th century grew to be the largest Church of Ireland parish in Dublin. It was also used as a burial place by the Huguenot community. The churchyard continued in use until about 1883. After the church was closed the churchyard was taken over by W & R Jacob's biscuit factory as a recreation ground for its staff.
Formerly Pelham Hall Lambeth Walk is a street in Lambeth, London, England, off Lambeth Road. It was at the heart of a working class residential area and there was a street market. The area was originally developed with wells and a recreation ground, with houses following in the 19th century. After some bomb damage during the Blitz in World War II on 18 September 1940, the area became rather run down and was subsequently rebuilt.
It re-opened in late 1928 following the decision by the Swansea Corporation not to allow racing in the town centre at the St Helens ground. The stadium remained independent (unaffiliated with a governing body) and had a grandstand by 1935 but closed before World War II. It reverted to being a recreation ground with a bowling green, tennis courts and sports fields. Today it is the Tawe Vale Golf and bowling club.
A writer in Notes and Queries in 1932 noted that Buslingthorpe (shared with the Lincolnshire Buslingthorpe and Buckfastleigh, Devon) contains 13 different letters, exactly half the alphabet, none repeated and with no hyphenation. The writer wondered if it was unique. The same question was raised earlier in Strand Magazine in 1921. Buslingthorpe's recreation ground was named Norma Hutchinson Park in 2009 to commemorate Jamaican-born councillor Norma Hutchinson who died in 2004.
He made two further first-class appearances in the 1971 County Championship, both against Hampshire, as well as playing against Cambridge University. His second appearance against Hampshire at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth, saw him record his maiden half century, with a score of 51. He didn't feature in first-class cricket in the 1972 season, but did make his List A debut against Worcestershire in the first round of the 1972 Gillette Cup.
However, with the city council having a first option on a repurchase of The Old Recreation Ground, and offering a mere £20,000, the plan was killed. At the end of the 1928–29 season the club were relegated to the Third Division North for the first time in their history. To make matters even more grim, goal machine Kirkham was sold to rivals Stoke, though the £2,800 fee was of some comfort.
The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Kington, Herefordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1996, when Herefordshire played Wales Minor Counties in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1996 to present, the ground has hosted 6 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground also hosted a single List-A match in 1999, when Herefordshire played Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy.
He played alongside brother Bob in 1920–21, making 34 Second Division appearances. He featured 32 times in 1921–22, though his brother was forced to retire with a broken leg. Pursell featured 42 times in 1922–23 and 25 times in 1923–24, before leaving The Old Recreation Ground for Wigan Borough at the end of the campaign. Pursell played a total of 183 matches for the Vale without finding the net.
Todd played for Wellesley, Leith Athletic and Cowdenbeath, before joining English side Port Vale in October 1932. He featured nine times for the "Valiants" in 1932–33, but remained at The Old Recreation Ground whilst rivals Jock Leckie and Ben Davies both departed. He played 29 times in 1933–34, beating off competition from Ormond Jones. However, he played just once in 1935–36, as the club suffered relegation with John Potts between the sticks.
The village has a shop and post office, a pub (The Silver Plough), a park, a village hall and a small recreation ground. This recreation field contains a tennis court, a couple of goals, and a small area with a basketball hoop. The Clarendon Way recreational footpath between Salisbury and Winchester passes through the village. Buses into Pitton are run by Wilts & Dorset, serving two bus stops (one by the park, one at the crossroads).
Gatley Recreation Ground (informally known as Gatley Park) is a small park area between Church Road and Northenden Road. It has a bowling green, a hard-surface tennis and basketball court, a children's playground area and a purpose-built skateboarding area with several ramps. Maintenance of the park is the responsibility of Stockport Council and a local community group called SPRING (Supporters of Parks and Recreation IN Gatley) support the council by fundraising, enabling continued investment in park facilities.
Mainwaring is preparing to march the platoon over to the recreation ground for a lecture on field craft. Wilson enters the office, informing him that Pike and Jones are ready for him to inspect their rifles, and Frazer is ready with the Lewis Gun. Mainwaring inspects Jones' rifle, and reminds him not to leave sausage skins in the magazine again. He also reminds Pike not to let his mother clean his rifle with a bath brick.
Neithrop is home to the People's Park which opened in 1910, and has a bird house, tennis courts, a large field and a children's play area. The park is often used in the summer to hold small festivals. The park is also one of the town's biggest in terms of the area covered and one of the few major ones not to be built on a steep hill. Easington Recreation Ground is another principal park and recreational area.
During the war he also guested for Burnley and Blackburn Rovers. He left Manchester United after 15 goals in 41 league and cup games, and joined Eddie Hapgood's Blackburn Rovers for a £3,000 fee in March 1946. He was signed by Gordon Hodgson's Port Vale for a four-figure fee in May 1947. He scored on the penultimate day of the 1946–47 season, in a 4–2 win over Crystal Palace at The Old Recreation Ground.
The Memorial hall is used to host community clubs. Clubs include a ladies' group that meet every second Thursday of each month and a computer group. The hall is also used for Pilates and dance classes. The recreation ground behind the hall is used by Sutton Heath Football club for their Under-14 and Under-12 teams as their original ground at Hollesley is too small to accommodate all the teams since the club has expanded.
His second century that season came in a defeat to Worcestershire; chasing 316 runs to win in the fourth innings, Somerset were reduced to 56 for three. Burns played an attacking innings, hitting 105 runs from 103 deliveries to give his side a chance of victory, but Worcestershire eventually won by 26 runs. Recreation Ground in Bath. His batting continued to flourish at Somerset in first-class cricket; between 1999 and 2004, he consistently averaged over 35.
External view of Aldiss Park, the home ground of Dereham Town Prior to World War II the club played at Bayfields Meadow, after which they moved to the Recreation Ground. However, the council owned the ground and there was no scope for upgrading it. In 1991, the club purchased a site on the outskirts of the town in order to build a new £750,000 stadium. The club moved to the new ground at Aldiss Park in December 1996.
The club initially played at the Recreation Ground, before moving to Acre Fields in the 1950s. In 1963 land was purchased at a former quarry at Plumpton Park, which was developed into two football pitches. A clubhouse was built in 1974 and terracing installed in the early 1980s as the club looked to move up to the Northern Counties East League. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,225, of which 225 is seated and 415 covered.
Geoff Wraith won caps playing for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity, and while at Castleford in the 10-7 victory over Cumbria at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury on Wednesday 19 November 1975, the 16-16 draw with Other Nationalities at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 6 December 1975, the 12-12 draw with Cumbria at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Tuesday 15 February 1977, and the 16-17 defeat by Cumbria at The Boulevard, Hull on Wednesday 17 September 1980.
Fairlands has a parade of eight shops, a post office, a doctor's surgery, primary school, recreation ground and community centre. The latter is used for resident's association meetings, meetings of other groups of cross-sections of the community, and private hire events. Directly north of Fairlands is the Equestrian Centre of Merrist Wood College, which specialises in horticulture, landscaping, garden design, animal care, countryside, golf, sports turf, floristry, arboriculture and equine studies - it encompasses of land.
A Rowledge cricket team did particularly well at the original Oval at Holt Pound so as to reach the village final at Lord's Cricket Ground. Further development, particularly in the early 1900s, followed the established road network and gradually filled in the open fields, creating the present-day village. In 1914 the Village Hall was built and the Recreation Ground became the centre for local cricket. Tennis and Bowls Clubs were established in the 1920s and 1930s.
Chobham Football Club was a football club based in Chobham north-east of Woking in Surrey, England. The club was first formed in 1905 and had played at the village Recreation Ground for the last 85 years. They joined the Combined Counties League Western Division in 1981 and had reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase twice in their history. They resigned from the Combined Counties League Division One at the end of 2010–11 and folded.
Replacing the steelworks on Vulcan Road is the Meadowhall shopping centre. Located from the M1 in the centre of Tinsley is the Tinsley Recreation ground (sometimes referred to as "the Rec") - a site which has been used for sport since the 1890s. Recently, part of this has been claimed as a community centre called Tinsley Green. It has a new 5-aside football pitch, Tennis court, children's playground, adult rides and a cricket bowling practice area.
The club play at the Elms Recreation Ground, which is shared with the town's cricket club. Following their Hellenic League title win in 2004–05, two separate seated stands were built on one touchline, with the existing seated stand removed and replaced by a covered standing area. As the ground is shared with the cricket club one side of the pitch is fenced off during the football season. Both ends of the pitch have uncovered hardstanding.
There are a number of amateur football clubs based in Barnet including East Barnet Old Grammarians and Ravenscroft Old Boys. Barnet Cricket Club and Old Elizabethans' Cricket Club have merged to form one club in Barnet and currently play their games at Gypsy Corner. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers is a local athletics club. Chipping Barnet has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Old Court House Recreation Ground is a park in High Barnet.
St Andrews, Twyford Twyford is in the south of the parish, and the name is derived from the two fords in the village. There are two churches in the village; St Andrew (Church of England), which is a Grade I listed building with some parts dating from the 12th century, and a Methodist church. The Saddle Inn public house is run by mother and daughter Amanda and Eli Lowe. There is also a Recreation Ground and Village Hall.
Many performances are conducted at the village fair. Westoning Recreation Club holds an annual event to serve as a fund raising event for the football, the tennis, its other sports and the Lower School. For the past few years this annual event has been a "Donkey Derby". The Recreation Club also holds real ale festivals twice a year, other events include a summer fête and church fête which are held within the recreation ground and vicarage grounds respectively.
There is also a permanent orienteering course. Kersal Moor is an eight hectare recreation ground to the north of Kersal designated as a Site of Biological Importance and a Local Nature Reserve which consists of open moorland popular with dog walkers and schools. Lower Kersal Activities Centre, Northallerton Road, Lower Kersal runs a variety of community activities for different age groups, including holiday play schemes. Salford College also runs community courses for over 16s at the centre.
Francis James Reeder (18 April 185128 July 1908) was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Canterbury. Reeder made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1873–74 season, against Otago. The match was played on 12 and 13 January 1874 at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground in Dunedin, New Zealand. From the tailend, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 0 not out in the second.
Farmcombe Road Open Space is a small open green area. Camden Park contains a pastoral area, known as The Meadow, in the middle of an estate developed by Lord Camden in the mid-19th century. The Hawkenbury Recreation Ground is a large public space that has cricket and football pitches, tennis courts, an all-weather pitch and a children's play area. There are also allotments in Hawkenbury, in Halls Hole Road, managed by the Hawkenbury Allotment Holders' Association.
Long Eaton Rangers Football Club was a football club based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England. They were founding members of the second ever league, The Combination in 1888, and when that folded, the Football Alliance in 1889. In 1890, they joined the Midland League and were runners up one year, accessed 2 July 2008 however, they left the league in 1899. They played at the Recreation Ground, later the site of Long Eaton Stadium, from its opening in 1885.
Binnie played for Kilsyth Rangers and Partick Thistle, before joining Port Vale on trial in September 1926. He kept a clean sheet in his debut in a draw with Hull City at Anlaby Road on 25 September, but failed to impress in his three other Second Division games. With goalkeepers George Holdcroft and Tom Fern already at The Old Recreation Ground there was no room for Binnie, and he moved back to Scotland to play for Hamilton Academicals.
Davies played for Stoke City and Stoke St.Peter's before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1931, turning professional in August 1932. He played five Second Division games in 1932–33 and two games in 1933–34, before leaving The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer in May 1934. He moved on to Torquay United, and made five Third Division South appearances for Torquay, scoring one goal, with his last appearance coming in the 1935–36 season.
After making 204 appearances and scoring 53 goals for Fulham, Price joined Port Vale in May 1937 and scored two goals in 13 Third Division North appearances during the 1937–38 season. In November 1937, Price had his contract at The Old Recreation Ground cancelled by mutual consent, as he wished to travel south to work as a coach with Wimbledon. He later became the coach of Yiewsley, before his appointment as assistant secretary of Fulham.
The area is home to Bemrose Community School and some of the halls of residence for the University of Derby. There are two playing fields nearby; Stockbrook Park and Rykneld Recreation Ground ('The Rec'). Many of the houses in the area are red brick terraces and there are many pubs nearby including the Junction Tavern, the Rowditch and the Bedford Arms. Towards the south of the area is neighbouring Rowditch district which is home to a large student population.
Williams played for Wrexham and Preston North End, before joining Second Division side Port Vale in March 1928. His only appearance was at outside- right in a 4–1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at The Old Recreation Ground on 25 August. This proved to be his only appearance of the 1928–29 season, and he left on a free transfer in May 1929 and later played for Oswestry Town, Northern Nomads, Ashton National Gas, Altrincham, Shrewsbury Town and Buxton.
The Yibna Bridge is a Mamluk arch bridge near Yibna, which crosses the river Nahal Sorek (formerly known as Nahr Rubin, or Wadi al-Tahuna). It was previously used by Route 410 to Rehovot, and was known as the Jumping Bridge due to a bump in the middle of the bridge which caused cars to jump if speeding. It is now a part of a recreation ground, next to a new bridge carrying the Route 410.
In March 1860, the first inter-provincial match was played, a one-day match in Wellington between teams representing Wellington and Auckland. Other games soon followed but they were all one-day matches that are not considered to have been first-class. The inaugural first-class match in New Zealand was Otago v Canterbury at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground on 27–29 January 1864. It was arranged as a 3-day match with 4-ball overs.
In 1878 a Public Health Act was passed by the city, declaring that land, now referred to as Cripplegate Park, would become a refuse tip followed by a recreation ground for the enjoyment of the public. In the 1940s a bowling green emerged and it has been maintained to the present day. Along the Bromyard Road there is a bowling alley. There used to be a house at the park which was an odd shape, almost a circle.
The local school children are given a tea after the procession and in the evening the children take part in races at the Recreation Ground. Prior to 2004 the feast had degenerated into an event to get drunk at. However since then the Hepworth Feast Committee have sought to make the event more family oriented. They have introduced stalls for children on the main street, including some more traditional Punch and Judy, coconut-shies and magicians acts.
Injury limited his contribution to the Vale's 1921–22 campaign to just seven appearances and he was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in the summer. At 34 years old, Peart joined Norwich City in the Third Division South for the 1922–23 season. He was appointed player- manager of Rochdale in March 1923, retiring as a player in the 1923–24 season with a Rochdale tally of 10 goals in 22 senior games.
The annual Goring and Streatley Regatta is held each July on the Streatley side of the river. In the 19th century, it was a serious regatta to rival Henley or Marlow, but now it is a local regatta for amateur teams of inhabitants of the two villages. A torchlight procession of villagers and visitors merges with another stream from Goring each Christmas Eve, in a night-time spectacle that continues onto Streatley Recreation Ground for a carol service.
Breaclete is today home to a small museum, mini-mart & off licence, Bernera School (opened 1881), Bernera Post Office, Lochs-in-Bernera Church (1880), former Free Kirk (1890), War Memorial (1922), Bernera Community Centre with café (1976), petrol station, recreation ground, fire station and doctor's surgery. Many of the older buildings were constructed from Lewisian gneiss hewn from the nearby quarry of Buaile Chruidh. The village has about 35 houses with the oldest 'whitehouse' dating from 1911.
Leonard Shaw died aged 68 on 22 July 1902 after a short illness. He was buried at St Paul's Church in Kersal. A memorial fund was set up to raise £10,000 for two projects that Shaw had taken a special interest in; a new recreation ground in Cheetham and the enlargement of "Bethesda", a home for children with disabilities. Contributors to the fund over the following months included Thomas John Barnardo and Meta Gaskell, the daughter of Elizabeth Gaskell.
King's Meadow was a possession of Reading Abbey and became owned by the King after the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1869 the town of Reading purchased of the meadow as a recreation ground. This area has long been used as the site of a variety of public events such as Reading market, a race course, Reading shows and fairs. It is also the location of the disused King's Meadow swimming pool, which was built there in 1903.
Bob Stanley has said that he imagined the album's setting to be more suburban, "probably somewhere like Croydon or possibly Ponders End". Pete Wiggs has said that his experience of living in Croydon was the inspiration for "Side Streets" and "Slow Down at the Castle" (the Castle is a water tower in Park Hill Recreation Ground). However, the title of "The Birdman of EC1" refers to the postal district in which the real Turnpike House is located.
In time, a further six acres were acquired to bring the ground to its current size of 27 acres. In 2006, Westminster City Council launched a £3.5 million regeneration programme, enabling extensive refurbishments to be carried out at the grounds to "meet changing community needs and environmental demands". Today, the Recreation Ground receives financial support and practical involvement from various sports organisations, including Sport England, the Football Foundation, the English Football Association, and the Lawn Tennis Association.
The A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, located in Road Town, remained the territory's main cricket field until 2005, when the sport relocated to the Mondo athletic facility. Shirley remains the only BVI athlete to have a cricket field named after him. Today, the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds are a multi-sport venue for cricket, football, track and field, and school sports. Shirley began his career as a medium pace bowler for the Junior Cricket Club.
Bus route number 12 operates from Bradley Park to Grimsby town centre, Cleethorpes and New Waltham, while route 3 runs from Bradley Cross Roads through Nunsthorpe, linking it with Grimsby town centre and Cleethorpes. Both services are provided by Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes. Adjacent to Bradley Park is the Bradley Recreation Ground, with its state-of-the-art community sports stadium, home to amateur sides Grimsby Borough and Cleethorpes Town football clubs.Bradley Football Development Centre plays first game.
Thompson played for Bathgate, Oldham Athletic, Manchester City, Stalybridge Celtic and Ashton National Gas, before joining Port Vale in January 1923. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 February, in a 2–0 win over Blackpool at The Old Recreation Ground. He also claimed goals against Derby County and Southampton to take his tally for the club to three goals in eight Second Division games. Despite this, he was released at the end of the season.
In 1914 the secretary of the club was C. C. Morris of Rose Hill, Trefriw. The course was never really successful, and after closure (by 1918) the clubhouse was transferred to the quay. For more on the golf club"Trefriw and Llanrwst Golf Club, Conwy", "Golf's Missing Links". Trefriw Recreation Ground was opened in 1889 and in time came to boast croquet lawns, tennis courts, a bowling green and a paddling pool (filled in after it kept flooding).
He joined Port Vale in May 1937. He scored one goal in 22 Third Division North appearances in the 1937–38 season, but was given a free transfer from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1938. He moved on to Accrington Stanley, scoring one goal in 19 Third Division North games. He played for Mossley as a wartime guest player in the 1939–40 season, scoring two goals in seven appearances before ending his career with hometown club Fleetwood.
He was conscripted in 1941 and guested for Morecambe when he was stationed in the area. He was demobbed in the spring of 1946 and with the threat of Nazism vanquished he returned to The Old Recreation Ground, breaking into the first team by December that year. He scored seven goals in 22 games in 1946–47. However, he once again broke his leg in May 1947, and failed to win back his place upon his recovery.
Forest of Dean: Social life, Victoria County History The last remaining of these is The Crown Inn. The Primitive Methodists built a chapel called "Pisgah" at Coalway in 1861.Forest of Dean: Protestant nonconformity, Victoria County History A recreation ground was laid out at Coalway in the later 1930s and a village hall was built on it in 1988. A school opened in 1966 when Coalway Infants School opened; this was followed by Coalway Junior school in 1977.
Smart played for Folkestone Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale in March 1939. He only spent two months at The Old Recreation Ground, and scored five goals in 13 Third Division South appearances. His first two goals for the "Valiants" came in a 4–2 win over Cardiff City at Ninian Park on 11 March, and he also bagged goals against Bristol Rovers, Notts County, and Newport County. He later played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
The stop is situated on reserved track, between the street and recreation ground, and has three tracks. The western two tracks flank an island platform, whilst the easternmost track is served by its own side platform. In normal service, the westernmost track is used by northbound trams, and the easternmost by southbound trams towards the city. The centre track is connected to both running lines in both directions, and can be used to turn back short workings.
Latchmere Recreation Ground is a slightly humped, quadrilateral-shaped area mostly laid out to amenity grass with trees and intermittent shrub beds around the perimeter and specimen trees in the interior. The park is surrounded by low metal railing fencing. Pedestrian access is via gateways opposite St James' Grove mid-way on the northern side which leads via a wide footpath to another due south on Burns Road. This footpath is designated as a public highway.
Until the nineteenth century, Wembley was rural and the sector retains a number of green spaces. These include Barham Park (10.5 hectares) in Sudbury Town, King Edward VII Park, established in 1914 behind the High Road (10.5 hectares), and Sudbury Green. Less managed spaces include Fryent Country Park, Barn Hill (19.87 hectares), and Vale Farm sports ground (30 hectares). Brent River Park / Tokyngton Recreation Ground (20.26 hectares) has recently been restored, returning the river to a more natural course.
Horspath Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the village of Horspath, Oxfordshire, England. They play at the Recreation Ground on the Oxford Road and are members of the Home Counties Premier Cricket League. The club also has three other men's teams which play in the Cherwell League and one which plays friendly matches on Sundays, and has a large youth section with U17, U15, U13 and U11 teams and achieved Clubmark accreditation in 2008.
Portway Bristol Football Club was a non-League association football team that played in the Western League until 1987. The team played at Shirehampton Recreation Ground in Penpole Lane. Based in the city of Bristol, England, Portway joined the First Division of the Western League in 1976. After two mid-table finishes, they were league runners-up at the end of the 1978–79 season and won promotion to the Premier Division, where they remained for four years.
Downhill Mountain Biking has flourished in forestry at Henblas farm, to the north of the village, with a number of national races being held there. The current series - The Caersws Cup \- began in March 2009. Cymru Alliance club Caersws F.C. are based in the village, and play their home matches at the Recreation Ground. Caersws is home to current and past champions of a number of sporting disciplines, leading some to christen it the "Sporting Capital of Wales".
Ellis played Walsall before joining Port Vale in the summer of 1919. He made his debut in a 2–0 defeat at South Shields on 18 October, and played a further eleven Second Division and three Staffordshire Senior Cup games that season. He was released in May 1921, having not played a first team game at The Old Recreation Ground in the 1920–21 campaign. He returned to Walsall and later moved on to Stafford Rangers.
Cooper played for Shelton St. Mark's and Shelton Labour Club, before joining Port Vale in October 1941. He played regular football in the war leagues, but lost his place in September 1946 and only played the four matches in the Football League Third Division South in the 1946–47 season. He was released from The Old Recreation Ground by manager Gordon Hodgson in April 1947 with one goal in 71 appearances in all competitions for the club.
The Sports Ground, located in what is now White Rock Gardens, was the club's home pitch for the 1906-07 season. However, for the following seasons they played mostly at Central Recreation Ground, using the Sports Ground when their main pitch was unavailable. The Central Ground, as it was often shortened to, was used by the Hastings club before the merger whilst pitches at the Green, Silverhill and the Sports Ground were used by St Leonards.
A key contribution of Somerset architecture is its medieval church towers. Jenkins writes, "These structures, with their buttresses, bell-opening tracery and crowns, rank with Nottinghamshire alabaster as England's finest contribution to medieval art." Bath Rugby play at the Recreation Ground in Bath, and the Somerset County Cricket Club are based at the County Ground in Taunton. The county gained its first Football League club in 2003, when Yeovil Town won promotion to Division Three as Football Conference champions.
Bitton A.F.C. are the local football team and Bitton CC are the local cricket team. They both play at the Recreation Ground, immediately south of the A431, just west of the village. Bitton Road Runners is a running club based in the east of Bristol which caters for all running abilities. Founded in 1986 to help people better enjoy the sport of running, it is a thriving club with over 300 members in both junior and senior sections.
There is one major farm in Clapham, which for many decades was operated by the tenant farmers, the Cornford family; it is now run as part of the Somerset estate. There is a village tea room and stores based in a portable cabin concreted into a corner of the recreation ground on The Street. There are also a retirement home, a kennels and a business centre. Many of the residents of working age have jobs in nearby Worthing.
Cricket Archive Recreation Ground, Bath Parts of the eastern area of the Rec are used by Bath Hockey Club, Bath Croquet Club, Bath Drama Club, Bath Quidditch Club and for some tennis courts. Pitches are available for amateur sports such as Football, Volleyball and Lacrosse. There is a cricket pavilion at the William Street entrance to the ground. The council-run Sports and Leisure Centre is located on the southern edge of the Rec, accessed via North Parade.
Until mid-2014, Alderholt also had its own independent pet store. The village also has a large recreation ground with a sports and social club, two tennis courts, and a children's play area. Until 1964, the village was served by a railway station named Daggons Road, situated to the west of the village, and on a line connecting to Fordingbridge and Salisbury to the north, and Verwood and Wimborne to the south. The civil parish was created in 1894.
In May 1934, he dropped into the Second Division to sign with Port Vale. He kept a clean sheet in his debut match – a 2–0 win over Sheffield United at The Old Recreation Ground on 25 August. He was an ever-present for the 1934–35 season and only missed two matches of the 1935–36 season, for a total of 86 appearances (82 in the Football League and four FA Cup) for the "Valiants".
The club had no permanent ground at the time of their establishment, playing on various pitches including at Arundel Park Estate and St James Square. They eventually settled at Downers, a cow meadow. However, they were not allowed to mow the grass, leading to the club being nicknamed "Field". In the 1950s the site of Downers became a gravel quarry pit, with Portfield playing at the Florence Road recreation ground until moving to Church Road in 1958.
Edinburgh United Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in the Colinton area of Edinburgh. Formed in 1985, the team competes in the East of Scotland Football League First Division Conference B, having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. The club play their home games at Paties Road Recreation Ground in the south-west of the city, which holds around 2,500 spectators and features a 200 seater stand. The team play in black and white strips.
Lidar survey image of Barton Between the High Street and A603 Wimpole Road lies the village's recreation ground, with a full size football pitch, tennis courts, half pipe, children's play area, pavilion, bowls club, car park, dog walks, and rough ground for general recreation. A village hall neighbours the school. The Cambridge Rifle Range is north of the village, where regular military training takes place. The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is just south of the village.
Smith played for Darby End Victoria and Cradley Heath, before playing four First Division games for Cardiff City in the 1926–27 season. He then left Ninian Park and dropped down to the Second Division to sign with Port Vale in May 1927. He played just four games at The Old Recreation Ground in the later half of the 1927–28 season, before being given a free transfer in May 1928. He moved on to Hull City and Millwall.
Six generations of Archers have lived in Woolmers, from 1817 to 1994; it is now owned by the Woolmers Foundation Inc and is open to the public. Norfolk Plains Post Office opened on 1 June 1832 and was renamed Longford in 1856. Adjacent to a 21st-century recreation ground is the remains of a dam. This dam, known as the Longford Mill Dam, was built in the 1840s by John Badcock to power a flour Mill at nearby Newry.
In 1868, a list of elements comprising the Royal Park contained three residences, an entrance hall, a restaurant, picture gallery, refreshment room, music pavilion, menagerie, fountain, cricket ground, volunteer parade ground and recreation ground. Throughout Clapham's time heading the management of the park, he was dogged by repeated revocations or refused applications for a music and events licence, followed by his repeated running of events regardless; he was regularly convicted by magistrates and given the penalty of a fine.
Paulton has its own parish council, formed in 1894. This body maintains the following amenities in the parish: the cemetery, Memorial Park, Miners Welfare Recreation Ground, Wallenge Open Space, Noah's Ark Pre-school, nine allotments and the war memorial. The council is also responsible for the public convenience in the Red Lion car park which is leased from B&NES.; The leases for the village hall and the swimming pool are held by the parish council.
However, not all the green spaces were lost, of Epping Forest within Leyton's borders were preserved by the Epping Forest Act 1878. In 1897 Leyton Urban District Council purchased the land for a formal park close to the town hall; it opened in 1903 as Coronation Gardens, named after the coronation of King Edward VII. In 1905, the "Lammas land", common pasture land on Leyton Marshes, was purchased by the council for use as a recreation ground.
Skivington was called into the England Saxons side that defeated Ireland A on 1 February 2008. He later represented England Saxons at the 2008 Churchill Cup. On 28 January 2010 he was named captain of the England Saxons side to play Ireland A at Bath's Recreation Ground on Sunday 31 January. He led his team to a 17–13 victory, and again against Italy A. Skivington also lead the Saxons throughout their victorious Churchill Cup campaign in summer 2010.
In the FA Cup, Vale made it through to the Fourth Round after taking Clapton Orient to a replay. This came just two weeks after playing the club twice during the Christmas period. They then faced First Division Arsenal, and following a draw at The Old Recreation Ground, the "Gunners" won 1–0 at Highbury, before going on to lose in the final. Vale's hard work in the tournament earned them over £4,000 in gate receipts.
The defensive duo of Jimmy Oakes and Shino Shenton also proved formidable at the back. On 29 November promotion dreams took a knock at White Hart Lane, Spurs picking up a 5–0 win. Despite competing at the top end of the table The Old Recreation Ground rarely saw much more than 10,000 spectators. In December, reserve half-back George Whitcombe was sold to Notts County for 'a substantial amount', the money went towards ground improvements.
Shore joined Port Vale as an amateur in September 1945. He made his debut in a 4–0 win over Clapton Orient in a war league match at The Old Recreation Ground on 13 October 1945, and signed as a professional later in the month. After becoming a regular he lost his place in March 1946. He had played ten war league games, scoring two goals, and in the war cup scored one goal in nine appearances.
Prince played for Bucknall, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1922, and signing as a professional player in January 1923. He made 16 Second Division appearances in the 1922–23 season, and scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City at The Old Recreation Ground on 3 March. He played 27 league games in the 1923–24 campaign. He was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for a £750 fee in May 1924.
An inaugural game was organised and played at the Three Legged Cross recreation ground in March 1994, against Portcastrians RFC (now East Dorset RFC). The positive response to that game encouraged an approach to the Verwood Community Association to see if a playing area could be obtained. The field adjacent to the existing soccer pitches at Potterne Park was made available for this purpose. Work was carried out by club members to bring the field to a suitable standard.
The oldest public park in Royal Tunbridge Wells is Grosvenor Recreation Ground designed by landscape architect Robert Marnock, located close to the town centre on Quarry Road. It was opened in 1889 by Mayor John Stone-Wigg, on the land that was formerly Caverley Waterworks. The lake area with dripping wells remains, but the other lakes, bandstand and open air pool have all gone. There is a bowls club, café, toilets and children's play area, including cycle track.
Swan View is an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government areas are the City of Swan and the Shire of Mundaring. It is from Perth in the Perth Hills on the edge of the Darling Scarp, just to the west of the John Forrest National Park, east of Roe Highway and north of the Great Eastern Highway. The Brown Park community recreation ground is the location of the long-standing annual Swan View Agricultural Show.
The result nevertheless kept the club within a point of the promotion places. This was supplemented by seven of a possible eight points in their next four games, including victories at The Dell and Valley Parade. Their run ended on 5 February at The Old Recreation Ground with a 1–0 defeat to eventual champions Grimsby Town. From this point the promotion campaign completely collapsed, with a 4–0 loss soon coming to Welsh strugglers Swansea.
Morrinsville Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Morrinsville, Waikato, New Zealand. The first recorded cricket match held on the ground came in 1980 when Thames Valley played Bay of Plenty in the 1975/76 Hawke Cup. The ground later held a first-class match in the 1986/87 Shell Trophy when Northern Districts played Central Districts. A second first-class match was held there in the 1988/89 Shell Trophy when Northern Districts played Wellington.
The area contains a row of shops by the railway station, and another row in the area formerly known as Upper Elmers End, as well as a few restaurants including a Hawksmoor, and a Toby Carvery pub, built in 1936 as a hotel. The main parks in the area are Crease Park, named after local Alderman James Crease and opened in July 1936, Stanhope Recreation Ground on Stanhope Grove and Harvington Sports Ground on Eden Park Avenue.
The club initially played at the Queensmead Recreation Ground, before moving to Glebe Road. Seven years later they moved to the Plaistow Cricket Club ground when Glebe Road was bought for use as housing.Bromley Pyramid Passion However, the crickets club's ground was also obtained for housing in 1904, leading to the football club (and the other sports club using the ground) to move to a site on Hayes Lane. The new ground was opened on 3 September 1904.
The Village also is home to Blacko Events Committee, which regularly hold fundraising events including the Annual Blacko Show, which is held on the recreational site every September. The committee raise funds which then is put back into the community. One noticeable community project was the donation of funds to the Parish Council, to provide new play equipment on the recreation ground, which then went on to win Pendle community Networks Play Setting of the Year Award.
A bowling green, operated by Roxeth Bowls Club, closed in mid-2008, following rent increases from Harrow Council. This recreation ground was donated to the people of South Harrow in the early 20th century and is known as Roxeth Park. During the Second World War it was made into a market garden; it was then returned to recreational use. It also hosted the Roxeth Show each summer up until 2013, and has been given several Green Flag awards.
The two clubs are amongst the oldest football clubs in the World. County were formed in 1862 and are the oldest professional association football club in the world. Forest were formed three years later by a group of men playing the now largely unknown sport of Bandy. The first meeting between the two clubs was a friendly on 22 March 1866. The match was a 0-0 draw and was probably on the Forest Recreation Ground.
Smith joined Port Vale from Sneyd Colliery in October 1936. He made his Third Division North debut in the 1936–37 season, before playing 21 league games in the 1937–38 campaign. He made 37 appearances in the Third Division South during the 1938–39 campaign. He guested for Nottingham Forest and Southend United during World War II. He returned to The Old Recreation Ground after the war, and featured 27 times in the 1946–47 season.
In 1882 when Commoners lost their right to graze cattle, the land was sold on by the Northampton Corporation Act. The park was then used by the public as a general recreation ground. Race meetings resumed in 1727, with the help of Lord Spencer, and in 1737 the first official race meet was held on the new course. The races were well-attended and frequently visited by royalty, including the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.
It was 2011 before they would have a chance to play another professional team, after dispatching local rivals Millom and Wath Brow in the earlier rounds, the travelled south to be defeated 60-24 by London Skolars. 2012 and again Rangers qualified for professional opposition when they took on and were narrowly defeated 22-14 by Championship One side Oldham at the Recreation Ground, Whitehven. Egremont were praised for their magnificent defensive performance in the News and Star.
While rugby union is his main game, Shepherd has also played rugby league for the Cornish Rebels during the summer months on a number of occasions. He made his first appearance for the Rebels on 11 August 2013, scoring 2 tries and a conversion as his side won 60–10 against the Plymouth Titans at the Recreation Ground in Redruth to book a place in the South West Rugby League Grand Final. A couple of weeks later Shepherd was part of the Rebels side that took part in the Grand Final held at Polson Bridge in Launceston against the Devon Sharks. Although strong favourites having dominated the league stage and having beaten the Sharks three times already, the Rebels had their poorest performance of the season and ended up the wrong side of a 24–38 scoreline, Shepherd getting 2 tries for the losing side. Shepherd also represented Cornwall in their County of Origin win over Devon in August 2013, scoring two tries and kicking 6 conversions to help his side to a 36–26 victory at the Recreation Ground in Redruth.
They drew crowds of up to 5,000 spectators. The club were accepted into the Southern League for the 1925–26 season, but due to their failure to withdraw from the Kent League, they played in both competitions. Although they had spent over £350 on work to their ground, they made the decision to instead groundshare with Grays Athletic at the Recreation Ground. Their secretary- manager was Arthur Johnson, a local man who had played in the Football League for Sheffield United.
The club was formed in 1879 by members of the town's cricket team, and played their earliest games at the cricket ground in North Marine Road. The football club soon moved to the nearby Recreation Ground."Scarborough FC: club history", BBC, 12 October 2005 In 1898, Scarborough Football Club made the move across town to the Athletic Ground in Seamer Road and remained there until 2007, though the ground was renamed The McCain Stadium in a pioneering sponsorship deal in 1988.
The Stamford Riverside Festival began over 25 years ago as 'Rock on the Rec', a small gathering on a recreation ground in Stamford. Following increasing event success, its location was changed to its current position on meadows by the banks of the River Welland, with a name change to 'Music on the Meadows'. In 1999 it was rebranded as the 'Riverside Festival'. A more organised approach to the running of the event included the introduction of more stages and stalls.
The new amalgamated club continued with their home pitch at 'The Oaklands' recreation ground, with the pitch marked out in front of the old wooden pavilion, which was subsequently destroyed by fire. Inaugural games held were a 1st XV game vs. a GKN works side, on Saturday 4 September 1971, which Yardley won 14 pts to 6 pts. A 2nd XV played against a Lucas 3rd works side, at Moor Lane Witton, which the 2nds also won 29 pts to 23 pts.
Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road (previously the A44) 2 miles north-west of Pershore and 7 miles south-east of Worcester. The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and Harrow. Its school, St Barnabas, contains a Pre-School, First School and a Middle School, which then feeds into Pershore High School in nearby Pershore. Drakes Broughton has a recreation ground, on which the village’s football teams play.
Ardmona Football Club was established in 1920 by the local young men of Ardmona, playing in Wednesday afternoon competitions at the primary school grounds. An attempt was made in 1920 to secure a ground for the club but the deal was not brought to completion. A letter to the editor in the Shepparton Advertiser in November 1921 claimed that Ardmona needed a recreation ground for the locals to utilize. The local young men were travelling to Mooroopna to play sport.
Redruth would join Barking in the 2005–06 National Division Two by defeating the 2004–05 National Division Three North runners up Macclesfield in the north-south playoff in front of a huge crowd of 4,000 fans at the Recreation Ground in Redruth. At the other end of the table Haywards Heath and Tabard were the first teams to be relegated. Weston-super-Mare were more competitive but still went down in the final relegation place, 7 points off 11th placed Old Patesians.
The reserves reached the final of the 1988/89 and 1989/90 Lower Junior Cup but were beaten on both occasions. The local recreation ground limited the progress of the club due to the basic facilities and a search for a new ground was launched. Adequate facilities were found at Wibbandune Sports Ground in 1991 and the ground has steadily improved since then. 2001/2 saw the club enter the Surrey County Senior League where they finished a creditable 5th.
Garrison 1 Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Chatham, Kent. The ground is owned by the Ministry of Defence and has been used by military teams throughout its history, being linked with the various military establishments at Chatham. It has been known as the Nore Command Cricket Ground and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Recreation Ground, the Nore Command being associated with the nearby Chatham Dockyard. It remains the main home ground used by the Royal Engineers Cricket Club.
It was originally known as the Taunton Athletic Ground, and featured a cycling/running track around the outside of the playing area which was later removed. Prior to the cessation of cricket during the First World War, Somerset only played at three other grounds; two in Bath, and Clarence Park in Weston-super-Mare. The Recreation Ground in Bath, the home ground of Bath Rugby,Powell (2003), p. 288. has been a regular setting for Somerset, hosting over 300 county matches.
Retrieved on 18 July 2009. Forest New Ground incorporated the old Forest RacecourseForest Recreation Ground. Retrieved on 18 July 2009. and in some sources the cricket venue is referred to as Forest Racecourse or else as "Forest Ground". First recorded in 1771 for the Nottingham v Sheffield match, the Forest ground was used for cricket until 1979,Cricket Grounds of Nottinghamshire P.Wynne-Thomas ACS 1984 p.5 although it was superseded for first-class matches by Trent Bridge from 1840.
Broadhouse joined Port Vale in the autumn of 1916, with World War I still raging. He played in the war league side until his conscription. He returned safely in March 1919 and played his first Football League matches, until losing his place in October and being released at the end of the 1919–20 season. The step up in quality possibly proved too much for him, as only four of his 26 games at The Old Recreation Ground came in the Second Division.
In addition, four Hope Valley League football clubs are based in Buxton: Buxton Town, Peak Dale and Buxton Christians play at the Fairfield Centre, with Blazing Rag playing at the Kents Bank Recreation Ground. There are two 18-hole golf courses in Buxton. On the western edge of the town is Cavendish Golf Club, which is ranked among the top 100 golf courses in England. Cavendish was designed by the renowned course architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie and dates from 1925.
Tabram played for Crown Mission before having a trial with Preston North End and joining Swansea Town. He joined Port Vale, along with Ken Gunn, for £400 in March 1933. He played 35 Second Division games in the 1933–34 season, and scored one goal in a 3–0 win over Bury at Gigg Lane on 11 September. He left The Old Recreation Ground when he was sold to Hull City in May 1934, and later played for South Shields.
A main event in the town's calendar is its annual celebration of Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November. An average of 5000 people descend upon Goldsmiths Recreation Ground for this town council event. Donations on the night are traditionally collected by the local Lions Club and now also the Rotary Club, and donated to the mayor's charity. However this is overshadowed by carnival night, which sees the whole of the town taking to the streets on the second Saturday in September.
This is run by the town's Bonfire and Carnival Society. It involves a fête on Chapel green during the day, followed by a torchlight parade led by the carnival princess in the evening, with various Sussex bonfire societies joining the march round the streets. The evening culminates in a bonfire on Chapel Green or sometimes there have been fireworks at Goldsmiths Recreation Ground. Street collections are received on the night and are given to around six different local charities each year.
In the Eridge area lies one of several local sandstone outcrops used for climbing. The village hosts two drama groups: Stage Door Drama School for young people and the Rotherfield Players. The area has the following pubs: in Rotherfield, the Catts Inn and the Kings Arms; in Mark Cross, the Mark Cross Inn; and in Eridge, the Huntsman and the Nevill Crest and Gun. The local recreation ground is home to Rotherfield Football Club who play in the Mid-Sussex Football League.

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