Queen's Park, Chesterfield

Infobox cricket ground
ground_name = Queen's Park
nickname =


country = England
location = Chesterfield
establishment = 1898
seating_capacity = 7,000
end1 = Lake End
end2 = Pavilion End
year1 = 1898 – 1998
club1 = Derbyshire
year2 = 2006 – present
club2 = Derbyshire
date = 05 October
year = 2008
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56905.html Cricinfo

Queen's Park is a County cricket ground located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England and lies within a park in the centre of the town established for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897 and is among the most attractive cricket grounds in the world, with a small pavilion and surrounded by mature trees. [cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56905.html|title=Grounds - Queen's Park, Chesterfield|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Cricinfo]

The park is the home of Chesterfield CC and also played home to Derbyshire CCC for 100 years between 1898 and 1998, before the county team returned in 2006 after an 8 year absence. [cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=queens&BROWSER=IE&LANG=EN&WEBBASE=/derbyshireccc&navid=500|title=Derbyshire CCC - Queen's Park at Chesterfield|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Derbyshire County Cricket Club] It was at one time surrounded by a banked cycle track. It is a small ground and slow to dry after rain, thus can provide a green wicket. The size of the ground however, lends itself to rapid scoring on good wickets.

The Return of County Cricket

After a century of First-class cricket at Chesterfield between 1898 and 1998, the next seven seasons saw Derbyshire play no First Class or List 'A' matches on the ground.

However, following a multi-million pound refurbishment and upgrade of the entire park including the cricketing facilities, [cite web|url=http://www.visitchesterfield.info/dms-derbyshire.asp?dms=13&venue=6011160|title=Queen's Park Chesterfield at Queen's Park|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Visit Chesterfield] The festival week began with Derbyshire taking on Worcestershire in a County Championship Division Two game between the 26th and 29th July. The game ended in a draw, with Australian Marcus North avoiding defeat for Derbyshire by scoring 161 runs, including 24 boundaries. Attendances for all four days was high, and saw Derbyshire announce a four year deal to play County Cricket at the ground soon after the game. [cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=news_matchreports_full&SID=15102291521331239483417&navid=220&fixtures_id=32|title=Derbyshire v Worcestershire at Chesterfield on 26th to 29th July|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Derbyshire County Cricket Club (26 July 2006)]

The Sunday then saw a visit from a star-studded Surrey Brown Caps side and despite a heavy loss, a large crowd were treated to some entertainment by Surrey batsman Ali Brown who scored 106 from just 68 deliveries. [cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=news_matchreports_full&SID=15102291521331239483417&navid=220&fixtures_id=33|title=Derbyshire v Surrey at Chesterfield on 30th July 2006|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Derbyshire County Cricket Club (30 July 2006)]

2007 Festival

The 2007 festival was scheduled to run from the 25th to the 29th of July and would have consisted of a four day Liverpool Victoria County Championship game against Somerset and the NatWest Pro 40 opener against Kent Spitfires. Both of these matches were moved to Derbyshire's regular ground in Derby due to the Queen's Park ground being waterlogged. Instead, the festival began with the NatWest Pro 40 game against Durham Dynamos on 4 September 2007 [cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/303580.html|title=Derbyshire reschedule Chesterfield festival|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Cricinfo (25 July 2007] and saw Durham win convincingly by seven wickets. [cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=news_matchreports_full&SID=15102291521331239483417&navid=220&fixtures_id=99|title=Derbyshire v Durham at Chesterfield on 4th September|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Derbyshire County Cricket Club (4 September 2007)] The festival continued with the Liverpool Victoria County Championship game against Nottinghamshire from the 6th to the 9th of September, where Nottinghamshire won by an innings and six runs inside three days. Nottinghamshire skipper Stephen Fleming helped the visitors to the win, scoring 243 runs, including 40 fours. [cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireccc.com/servlets/template?FILE=news_matchreports_full&SID=15102291521331239483417&navid=220&fixtures_id=100|title=Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire at Chesterfield on 6 to 8 September|accessdate=2008-10-05|work=Derbyshire County Cricket Club (6 September 2007)]

First Class Records at Queen's Park

Notation

;Team notation
* 300-3 indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
* 300-3d indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
* 300 indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out.

;Batting Notation
* 100 indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
* 100* indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
* 100* against a partnership means that the two batsmen added 100 runs to the team's total, and neither of them was out.

;Bowling Notation
* 5-100 indicates that a bowler captured 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

Team scoring records

*Highest Attendance - 14,000 v Yorkshire (in 1948)

References

External links

* [http://www.derbyshireccc.com/ Derbyshire County Cricket Club Official Website]