Grainville Playing Fields are sports grounds in St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands. Amenties include: cricket field, rugby pitch, bowling green, six tennis courts, pavilion, clubhouse and parking. Open to schools, clubs, associations, and the public. The rugby pitch is the home grounds of the Jersey Royals Rugby Football Club, and the cricket club is used by the Jersey Cricket Board and is also used as a venue for international competition matches.
In 1978, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Grainville Playing Fields and met with some of the Island children as part of their Jersey tour and although it was school holidays over 5,000 children returned to their schools and attended.
History The first recorded match held on the cricket field came in 1988 when Jersey played the Hampshire Second XI. The grounds has since been the venue of a number of international tournaments, including matches in the 2008 World Cricket League Division Five which was won by Afghanistan, and the 2010 Division One European Cricket Championship, which Jersey won. The grounds have also hosted four matches for a combined Channel Islands team when it was permitted to take part in the English Minor Counties ECB 38-County Cup competition in 2001 and 2002.
The most notable matches held at the grounds came in 2002 when the England women's cricket team played a Women's One Day International tri-series against the New Zealand women's national cricket team and India women's national cricket team.
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External links Grainville Playing Fields