Seddon Park is a cricket ground
in Hamilton of New Zealand and is renowned for its "village green"
setting and affording a picnic atmosphere for spectators. It is one of the
largest Cricket Ground in New Zealand. Seddon Park Stadium was named after
the former New Zealand Prime Minister Richard John (King Dick) Seddon. The
stadium has also been known as Trust Bank Park (1990-1997), Westpac Trust Park
(1997-2003) and Westpac Park (2003-2006). In 2006, Westpac Trust Bank NZ
decided to end its sponsorship of a number of different sporting events and
grounds in New Zealand and the stadium has reverted to its original name of
Seddon Park starting in the 2006/2007 season.
Seddon
Park has been used for First Class Cricket since the 1956/1957 season coinciding
with the formation of the Northern Districts Cricket Association. Seddon Park
is used for hosting Twenty20 International matches and One Day International
matches as well as Test matches. On 15 February 1981, the first ODI played here
was between New Zealand and India in which New Zealand won by 57 runs. On
February 22-26 1991, the first Test Match was played between New Zealand and
Sri Lanka in which was a draw.
Seddon
Park is round. Originally outfitted for cricket, it is a well-grassed stadium with
a centre block of 9 pitches of running approximately North/South. It is usually
for very good batting tracks. An embankment going around three-quarters of the
perimeter and outside this embankment is a tall hedgerow here. The ground has a
flexible stadium environment that can be modified to fit-for-purpose. Seddon
Park has been used for hockey, rugby and rugby league matches.
For
world cup cricket, 2015 only 03 match will be held here. In Sun Feb 15 3rd Match, Pool B - South Africa v Zimbabwe, In Tue Mar 10, 34th
Match, Pool B - India v Ireland, In Fri
Mar 13, 37th Match, Pool A - New
Zealand v Bangladesh.
The Short Profile of Seddon
Park
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Opened
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1950
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Former names
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WestpacTrust Park
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Location
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Hamilton Central, Hamilton, New
Zealand
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Capacity
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10,000 with flexibility to 30 000
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Owner
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Hamilton City Council
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Field size
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Full Cricket Oval
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Tenants
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Northern Districts Knights
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