Gilbert Park

{{short description|Cricket ground in California, Trinidad and Tobago}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Gilbert Park

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| country = Trinidad and Tobago

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| location = California, Trinidad and Tobago

| establishment = {{circa|1962}}

| coord = {{coord|10.4137|-61.4716|display=inline}}

| seating_capacity =

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| club1 = Central Trinidad

| year1 = 1970/71–1978/79

| date = 17 February

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59432.html Ground profile

}}

Gilbert Park is a cricket and football ground in California, Trinidad and Tobago.

History

The first recorded match played at Gilbert Park saw the Trinidad Colts play the touring Indians in February 1962, though the match carried no status.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1765_misc.html|title=Miscellaneous Matches played on Gilbert Park, California (96)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}} The ground hosted its inaugural first-class match when Central Trinidad played North Trinidad in the 1970–71 Beaumont Cup. Central Trinidad continued to play first-class matches there in that competition until 1979, playing twelve matches there. In total, fourteen first-class matches were played at Gilbert Park, with East Trinidad and South Trinidad playing the final of the 1972–73 Texaco Cup there, and a combined South and Central Trinidad cricket team playing there in 1977.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1765_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Gilbert Park, California (14)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}} First-class cricket has not returned to Gilbert Park since 1979, and the ground has never played host to matches for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team.

Gilbert Park was previously the home ground of W Connection F.C.

Records

=First-class=

  • Highest team total: 496 for 9 declared by North Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1970–71{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31504.html|title=Central Trinidad v North Trinidad, Beaumont Cup 1970/71 (Semi-Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}}
  • Lowest team total: 50 all out by Central Trinidad v South Trinidad, 1975–76{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1765/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Gilbert Park, California – Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}}
  • Highest individual innings: 182 by Joey Carew for North Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1970–71{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1765/f_Centuries.html|title=Gilbert Park, California – Centuries in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}}
  • Best bowling in an innings: 8–38 by Imtiaz Ali for East Trinidad v Central Trinidad, 1972–73{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1765/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Gilbert Park, California – Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}}
  • Best bowling in a match: 10–92 by Imtiaz Ali, as above{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33061.html|title=Central Trinidad v East Trinidad, Texaco Cup 1972/73 (Semi-Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-02-17|url-access=subscription}}

See also

References

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