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Cricket at the 'Eden Ground', around 1912 (1st of 4)

Cricket at the 'Eden Ground', around 1912

In 1910 the Auckland Cricket Association bought the Eden Cricket Club's ground. Soon after cricket nets were put up but scoria outcrops still dotted the perimeter.

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Jock Phillips, 'Sports venues - Development of the major stadiums, 1920 to 1990', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/41318/cricket-at-the-eden-ground-around-1912 (accessed 1 May 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 5 Sep 2013