| 词条 | The Saffrons |
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The Saffrons is a multi-purpose sports ground in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The ground is home to Eastbourne Cricket Club, Eastbourne Town Football Club, Eastbourne Hockey Club and Compton Croquet Club. There is also a sand dressed astroturf pitch. The sports ground is located on the edge of Eastbourne town centre, next to the town hall and is in easy reach of local transport links. The ground was first used in 1884. Sussex County Cricket Club played some of their matches there between 1896 and 2000. Football{{Infobox stadium| name = The Saffrons | nickname = | image = Eastbourne Town v Walton and Hersham (8123466765).jpg | caption = Taffy Jones\\Sid Mayall stand from the East Terrace | fullname = The Saffrons Sports Ground | location = Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1EA | coordinates = {{Coord|50.766144|0.276366|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = | built = 1884 | opened = 1884 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | surface = Grass | cost = | architect = | capacity = 3,000 (200 Seated) for football | record_attendance = 7,378 (Eastbourne – Hastings United 10 October 1953[1] | dimensions = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = Eastbourne Town (1886–Present) Eastbourne Rugby Club (1892–1934) }}{{Main|Eastbourne Town F.C.}} The Saffrons is home to Eastbourne Town F.C., who play in the Southern Combination Football League and who have played football here since 1886, when the then Devonshire Park Football Club moved grounds from their former namesake (now the venue for the Eastbourne International tennis tournament). Devonshire Park Football Club changed their name to Eastbourne in 1889 and the 'Town' suffix was added in 1971. The Larkins Field End, where the clubhouse stands, was originally a wooden grandstand structure, built in the 1930's when attendances at the town club were increasing. The Town Hall side, now known as the East Terrace was asphalted at the same time. Sadly the wooden grandstand destroyed by an arson attack in 1969. The stand was rebuilt but lost its roof in the 1987 hurricane.[2] The current stand today, known as the Taffy Jones/Sid Mayall stand was built in 1994, 25 years after the original grandstand was destroyed. In 1946, the pitch was moved closer to the cricket ground to lay foundations for the East Terrace, which still remains today. The Meads Road side of the terrace had the covered stand built in 1962. There are wooden benches in this stand. Floodlights were installed in 1994 and during the 1990's a clubhouse, new dressing rooms and a tea bar have been built behind the stand. The West Terrace, where the team dugouts are situated once had a movable fence depending on when either the football or the cricket was playing. In recent years the cricket green was moved slightly away to allow a permanent fence and asphalt laid for spectators to stand. The main turnsite was originally built in 1914 and was destroyed by a fire in February 2004 but restored before the new season started.[3] Between 1955 and 1957, Manchester City visited Eastbourne and trained at The Saffrons in preparation for the FA Cup finals against Newcastle United (1955) and Birmingham City (1956) .[4] The ground plays host to many county cup finals at youth and intermediate level. The capacity of the football ground is 3,000, with seating for 200 spectators.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} RecordsThe highest attendance to date was 7,378, in a FA Cup qualifying game against Hastings United on 10 October 1953. [1] {{wide image|Saffons-panoramic.jpg|700px|align-cap=center|A panorama view of The Saffrons football ground. Taffy Jones/Sid Mayall stand on the left, East Terrace in the middle and Meads Road End on the right. 13 January 2019}}Cricket{{Infobox cricket ground| ground_name = The Saffrons | nickname = | image = | country = England | location = Eastbourne, East Sussex | establishment = 1884 | seating_capacity = 4,500 | operator = Eastbourne Cricket Club | end1 = Saffrons End | end2 = Meads Road End | year1 = 1884? – present | year2 = 1896 – 2000; 2017- | club1 = Eastbourne | club2 = Sussex | date = 10 December | year = 2016 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56966.html Cricinfo }} 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.[5] 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.[6] The inaugural first-class match at the Saffrons was played in May 1896, when South of England drew with the touring Australians.[7] The ground hosted 32 List A matches between 1970 and 2000,[8] and one match each of Youth and Women's One-Day Internationals, as well as Sussex Second XI games. County cricket returned to the Saffrons in May 2017 when Sussex played Gloucestershire in a Royal London One-Day Cup match.[9] RecordsFirst-class
List A
HockeyEastbourne Hockey Club have a sand dressed artificial grass pitch behind the Football Ground. RugbyEastbourne Rugby Club played their home games here between 1892 and 1934 using both the football pitch and the field behind, known as Larkins Field.[12] The first recorded game was in December 1892 against Brighton Football Club. The rugby club used the Saffrons Number 1 pitch on Wednesdays, where Eastbourne Town currently play their games, and other games on Larkins Field, behind the hockey pitch. In the 1894–95 season, the rugby club used "The New Inn", now called Bibendum, the opposite side of the road as their Headquarters and dressing rooms.[12] In 1934 the rugby club moved to their present home in Hampden Park. Larkins Field is now a spare cricket pitch for local teams in the area. Notes1. ^1 {{cite news |title=No, history did not repeat itself on Saturday |author='Winger' |newspaper=Eastbourne Gazette |date=14 October 1953 |page=10}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Eastbourne Town F.C. |url=http://www.nomad-online.co.uk/html/eastbourne_tn.html |first=David |last=Bauckham |website=Nomad Online |accessdate=2016-04-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209163444/http://www.nomad-online.co.uk/html/eastbourne_tn.html |archivedate=2005-02-09}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Saffrons phoenix to rise again |url=http://www.nomad-online.co.uk/html/saffrons_fire.html |first=David |last=Bauckham |website=Nomad Online |date=2004-02-26 |accessdate=2016-04-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209230730/http://www.nomad-online.co.uk/html/saffrons_fire.html |archivedate=2005-02-09}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=City take the sea air and train at Saffrons |author=Unknown |newspaper=Eastbourne Herald Cronicle |date=6 April 1957 |page=15}} 5. ^Cricinfo page on the ground 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/11/462_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on The Saffrons, Eastbourne |accessdate=2007-09-25 |publisher=CricketArchive}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/4/4516.html |title=South of England v Australians in 1896 |accessdate=2007-09-25 |publisher=CricketArchive}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/11/462_a.html |title=List A Matches played on The Saffrons, Eastbourne |accessdate=2007-09-25 |publisher=CricketArchive}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Royal London One-Day Cup, South Group: Sussex v Gloucestershire at Eastbourne, May 14, 2017|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/royal-london-one-day-cup-2017/engine/current/match/1068488.html|website=ESPN Cricinfo|accessdate=29 June 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Somerset/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html |title=Most Runs in an Innings for Somerset |accessdate=2007-09-25 |publisher=CricketArchive}} 11. ^1 Same match. 12. ^1 {{cite web |title=A brief history of Eastbourne Rugby Football Club |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/eastbournerugbyclub/a/club-history-29313.html |first= |last= |website=Eastbourne Rugby Club |accessdate=2019-02-03 |deadurl=no}} External links
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