North Marine Road, Scarborough

The North Marine Road Ground in Scarborough has staged cricket since 1863 and plays host to the world famous Scarborough Cricket Festival each year.

The ground, formerly known as Queen's, is the home of Scarborough Cricket Club who had previously been played at Castle Hill since 1849.

Yorkshire has played first-class cricket in Scarborough since 1878, when MCC beat Yorkshire by 7 wickets. North Marine Road held its first County Championship match in 1896 when Yorkshire beat Leicestershire by 162 runs. Scarborough now stages two weeks of Yorkshire cricket each season. The ground's current capacity is 11,500, while its record attendance is the 22,946 who watched Yorkshire play Derbyshire in 1947.

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The ground is known to have a fast-scoring outfield and a pitch which is often receptive to spin. The ground hosts Senior Premier League matches while ECB representative games, under-19 and Women's Test cricket have also been held there in recent years. The two "ends" are known as the Pavilion End and the Trafalgar Square End.

The Scarborough Festival staged to capitalise on the large numbers of Yorkshire tourists in the seaside resort, saw touring teams, county teams and Yorkshire play in a mixture of friendly, championship and one-day cricket. The centenary of the Festival was celebrated in 1986.

The ground has staged two One-Day Internationals. England played West Indies in 1976 and New Zealand in 1978.

TIMELINE

1895 – Pavilion built at a cost of £2,150.
1902 - A new seating enclosure was added and further extended over the following five years.
1926 - A concrete stand was erected which cost of £6,700
1956 – The West Stand was erected costing £16,000.
1995 – The Jack Knowles Building was completed at a cost of £210,000.
1997 – Press Box and all-weather nets were constructed for £50,000.
1998 – Enclosure and Tea Rooms refurbished in 1998 for £95,000.
2010 – The ECB's NatWest CricketForce scheme encouraged hundreds of volunteers to tidy the famous old ground up after it had received media criticism.
2010 - Yorkshire CCC signed a new deal with the ground and the local authority to ensure first-class cricket will be played at North Marine Road for at least a decade more.