Cricket
| Ground information | |
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| Location | Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| Establishment | 1884 |
| Capacity | 4,500 |
| Operator | Eastbourne Cricket Club |
| End names | |
| Saffrons End Meads Road End |
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| Domestic team information | |
| Eastbourne (1884? – present) Sussex (1896 – 2000) |
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The Cricket ground is home to Eastbourne Cricket Club, who play in the Sussex Cricket League. The venue saw its first game of cricket played in 1884 and has a capacity of 4,500.
The Saffrons hosted 226 first-class matches between 1896 and 2000. Most of these involved Sussex County Cricket Club, but (especially in earlier years) a number of tour and invitational sides played here too. The inaugural first-class match at the Saffrons was played in May 1896, when South of England drew with the touring Australians. The ground hosted 32 List A matches between 1970 and 2000, and one match each of Youth and Women's One-Day Internationals, as well as Sussex Second XI games.
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