Green Jackets Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Winchester, Hampshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Green Jackets Ground

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = St Cross Cricket Club playing field - geograph.org.uk - 946174.jpg

| location = Winchester, Hampshire

| establishment = {{circa}} 1859

| coord = {{coord|51.0452|-1.3234|display=inline}}

| seating_capacity =

| end1 =

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| year1 = 1875

| club1 = Hampshire

| date = 23 October

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/57411.html Ground profile

}}

The Green Jackets Ground is a cricket ground in St Cross, Winchester, Hampshire.

The ground was first used in 1859, when Winchester Garrison played I Zingari.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/843_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Green Jackets Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 December 2011|url-access=subscription}} The ground was used by the Rifle Brigade, known as the Green Jackets, who were based in Winchester at the Peninsula Barracks.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1902/289/#zoom=z|title=Pavilion gossip|first=Walter|last=Bettesworth|author-link=Walter Bettesworth|magazine=Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game|location=London|date=14 May 1896|pages=129–131|volume=15|access-date=7 October 2024}} The ground is currently owned by the trustees of the nearby ancient Hospital of St Cross and lies next to water meadows of the River Itchen.{{cite book|title=Cricket Grounds of Hampshire|publisher=The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians|location=Nottingham|year=1988|pages=11–12|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket_grounds/hampshire_grounds/13/index.html#zoom=z|language=en}} The ground was first leased to the Rifle Brigade and since 1885 it has been leased to the Green Jackets Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57411.html|title=Ground profile: Green Jackets Ground|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=16 December 2011}} Only one first-class match was played at the ground, which saw Hampshire play Sussex in 1875.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/843_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Green Jackets Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 December 2011|url-access=subscription}} Sussex were dismissed in their first-innings for 206, with Hampshire being dismissed for just 60 in their first-innings and were made to follow-on in their second-innings, making a total of just 119. Sussex therefore winning by an innings and 27 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1960.html|title=Hampshire v Sussex, 1875|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 December 2011|url-access=subscription}} The original wooden cricket pavilion at the ground dated from 1886, but was destroyed by fire and a replacement was built in 1970. For many years, the ground has played host to the Southern Counties Archery Championship, in which thirteen counties from the South of England are represented. St Cross Symondians Cricket Club use the ground as their home venue.{{cite web|url=https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/LEAGUES/SPCL/CLUB_DIRECTORY/DIVISION_TWO/STCROSS1.html|title=St.Cross Symondians Cricket Club - Formed 1992|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 October 2024|archive-date=7 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007214757/https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG/LEAGUES/SPCL/CLUB_DIRECTORY/DIVISION_TWO/STCROSS1.html|url-status=live}}