Bay Pasture
{{short description|Cricket ground and parade ground in Bridgetown, Barbados}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Bay Pasture
| nickname = Wanderers Ground
| country = Barbados
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| caption =
| location = Bridgetown, Barbados
| establishment = 1877
| coord = {{coord|13.0890|-59.6024|display=inline}}
| seating_capacity =
| end1 =
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| club1 = Barbados
| year1 = 1883/84–1891/92
| date = 23 April
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59425.html Ground profile
}}
Bay Pasture was a cricket ground in Bridgetown, Barbados.
History
The ground was established when the Wanderers Cricket Club was formed in 1877, with the club playing on a small ground on the Bay Pasture Estate; it possessed a small pavilion and was tightly enclosed by houses.{{cite book|title=Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados|first=Keith A. P.|last=Sandiford|publisher=Press University of the West Indies|pages=8–9|year=1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcxYwq0sB_8C|language=English|isbn=9789766400460}} The ground was an important venue in the early days of Barbadian cricket, hosting a first-class match between Barbados and Demerara in 1883. Four first-class matches in the 1891–92 Inter-Colonial Tournament were later played there, featuring Barbados, Demerara and Trinidad.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1762_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Wanderers Ground, Bay Pasture (5)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-23|url-access=subscription}} Restricted by its small confines, the Bay Pasture was soon overtaken in importance by the more spacious Kensington Oval, which became the headquarters of Barbados cricket and hosted all important matches on the island. The ground remained as the home of the Wanderers Cricket Club until 1952, when the club moved to a new ground in Dayrells Road. In its final years, a young Garfield Sobers assisted with working the scoreboard at the ground.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1260312.html|title=The three Ws|first=Garfield|last=Sobers|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|year=2021|access-date=2022-04-23}} A primary school today occupies the site.
Records
=First-class=
- Highest team total: 240 for 6 declared by Barbados v Demerara, 1891–92{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3762.html|title=Barbados v Demerara, 1891/92|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-23|url-access=subscription}}
- Lowest team total: 54 all out by Demerara v Barbados, 1891–92{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1762/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Wanderers Ground, Bay Pasture - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-23|url-access=subscription}}
- Highest individual innings: 74 by Percy Goodman for Barbados v Trinidad, 1891–92
- Best bowling in an innings: 8-17 by Oscar Weber for Demerara v Barbados, 1891–92{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1762/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Wanderers Ground, Bay Pasture - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-23|url-access=subscription}}
- Best bowling in a match: 14-57 by Clifford Goodman for Barbados v Demerara, 1891–92{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1762/f_Most_Wickets_in_Match.html|title=Wanderers Ground, Bay Pasture - Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-04-23|url-access=subscription}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59425.html Bay Pasture] at ESPNcricinfo
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Category:Cricket grounds in Barbados