Egerton Park

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Egerton Park

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = Egerton Park (5921256339).jpg

| location = Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

| establishment = 1931

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| end2 =

| year1 = 1946–1948

| club1 = Leicestershire

| date = 22 October

| year = 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56921.html Ground profile

}}

Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931.{{cite web |url=http://www.meltonmowbraytownestate.co.uk/files/back-to-our-roots/egerton-park.pdf |title=Egerton Park |accessdate=2015-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123116/http://www.meltonmowbraytownestate.co.uk/files/back-to-our-roots/egerton-park.pdf |archivedate=2015-04-02}} Egerton Park was used as an outground by Leicestershire following the Second World War, playing three first-class cricket matches there against Somerset, Lancashire and Kent in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 County Championship's respectively.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/625_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-22 |url-access=subscription}} Egerton Park played host to international cricket in 1986, when Malaysia played Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy, though the match carried no official status.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/625_icct.html |title=ICC Trophy Matches played on Egerton Park, Melton Mowbray |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-22 |url-access=subscription}}