Gidea Park Sports Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Gidea Park, Romford, England}}

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

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Gidea Park Sports Ground

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = Gidea Park Sports Field (geograph 2898660).jpg

| location = Gidea Park, Romford, England

| establishment = 1948 (first recorded match)

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| end1 =

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| year1 = 1950–1968

| club1 = Essex

| date = 12 September

| year = 2010

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/715.html Ground profile

}}

Gidea Park Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Gidea Park, Romford, England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1948, when the Essex Second XI played the Sussex Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/715_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Gidea Park Sports Ground]

Essex played their first first-class match there in 1950, when they played Hampshire. From 1950 to 1968 the ground played host to 34 first-class matches, the last of which saw Essex play Surrey.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/715_f.html First-Class Matches played on Gidea Park Sports Ground]

In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Gidea Park and Romford Cricket Club[http://www.gprcc.co.uk/default.aspx Gidea Park and Romford Cricket Club] who play in the Essex Premier League.