Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground

Crystal Palace Park was a cricket ground in Crystal Palace, London (formerly Kent). Located in the shadow of The Crystal Palace, the ground was established on June 3, 1857. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864, when Kent played Nottinghamshire in the grounds first first-class match. Kent next at the ground in 1869, when they played Surrey. From 1869 to 1870, Kent played 3 further first-class matches at the ground, with their final match there coming against Sussex. Ten years would pass before first-class cricket returned to Crystal Palace, when in 1880 the Players played the Australians during their tour of England. A further eight years elapsed from that match to the next first-class match at the ground, which came in...