{{Short description|Cricket ground in Horsham, Sussex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = E. Tredcroft's Ground | nickname = | country = England | image = | location = [[Horsham]], [[Sussex]] | coord = {{coord|51.0852|-0.3403|display=inline}} | establishment = 1851 (first recorded match) | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | year1 = 1853-1855 | club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] | date = 27 August | year = 2010 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/535.html Ground profile }}
'''E. Tredcroft's Ground''' was a [[cricket]] ground at the Warnham Court estate, located at [[Horsham]], [[Sussex]]. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1851, when the Gentlemen of Sussex played the Gentlemen of Surrey.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/535_misc.html Other matches played on E. Tredcroft's Ground]</ref> [[Edward Tredcroft]], after whom the ground is named, was part of the Gentlemen of Sussex team.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/245/245993.html Gentlemen of Sussex v Gentlemen of Surrey, 1851]</ref> The first [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match held at the ground came in 1853 when [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] played the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]. Sussex played two further first-class matches at the ground; in 1854 and 1855, with both matches coming against the Marylebone Cricket Club.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/535_f.html First-Class Matches played on E Tredcroft's Ground]</ref> The 1855 fixture was the final recorded match on the ground. A woodland was later planted inside the boundary of the ground.
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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/535.html E. Tredcroft's Ground] on CricketArchive *[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57056.html E. Tredcroft's Ground] on [[Cricinfo]]
{{coord|51.0852|-0.3403|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} {{Sussex CCC}}
[[Category:Defunct cricket grounds in England]] [[Category:Cricket grounds in West Sussex]] [[Category:Horsham]] [[Category:Defunct sports venues in West Sussex]] [[Category:Sports venues completed in 1851]] [[Category:1851 establishments in England]]