The Saffrons
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The Saffrons is a sporting venue in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The Saffrons hosts cricket and football and is located next to the Town Hall.
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[edit] Football
The Saffrons is home to Eastbourne Town, who play in the Sussex County LeagueDivision One. The football venue at the Saffrons is said to be[weasel words] one of the best in Sussex and the ground plays host to many county cup finals at youth and intermediate level. The capacity of the football ground is 3,000, with seating for 200 spectators.[citation needed]
[edit] Cricket
The Cricket ground is home to Eastbourne Cricket Club, who play in the Sussex Cricket League. The venue saw its first game of cricket played in 1884 and has a capacity of 4,500.[citation needed]
The Saffrons hosted 226 first-class matches between 1896 and 2000. Most of these involved Sussex County Cricket Club, but (especially in earlier years) a number of tour and invitational sides played here too.[1] The inaugural first-class match at the Saffrons was played in May 1896, when South of England drew with the touring Australians.[2] More recently, the ground has hosted 32 List A matches,[3] and one match each of Youth and Women's One-Day Internationals, as well as Sussex Second XI games.
[edit] Records
[edit] First-class
- Highest team total: 676/8 declared by Harlequins v West Indians, 1928
- Lowest team total: 38 by Sussex v Hampshire, 1950
- Charles Knott returned figures of 7-4-5-5 in this innings
- Highest individual innings: 310 by Harold Gimblett for Somerset v Sussex, 1948
- The first triple century for Somerset[4]
- Best bowling in an innings: 9-62 by Tony Nicholson for Yorkshire v Sussex, 1967
- Best bowling in a match: 14-84 by Hugh Trumble for Australians v England XI, 1902
[edit] List A
- Highest team total: 262 (48.3 overs) by Sussex v Nottinghamshire, 1993
- Lowest team total: 63 (37.4 overs) by Minor Counties East v Sussex, 1978[5]
- Highest individual innings: 109 by Roger Knight for Sussex v Leicestershire, 1976
- Best bowling in an innings: 5-19 by Michael Buss for Sussex v Minor Counties East, 1978[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ First-Class Matches played on The Saffrons, Eastbourne. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ South of England v Australians in 1896. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ List A Matches played on The Saffrons, Eastbourne. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ Most Runs in an Innings for Somerset. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ a b Same match.
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