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The Northlands Road ground has now been sold for housing, and a
new ground the Hampshire Rose Bowl
has been built near the M27. It opened for first-class cricket in 2001.
It should be a splendid ground in a few
years time. An oval dish ringed by concrete steps on which the seating is placed, sunk into
tree-covered hills. The facilities outside the pavilion mostly consist of tents and Portakabins at the moment, and the ring of trees around the oval is currently a ring of saplings,
but the most important thing is the square, and that is already providing decent cricket, although some say there is inconsistent bounce and others say the low scores indicate poor batting. The ground has already been granted One-Day International status. (And Hampshire have been docked Championship points for having a poor pitch and were given the lowest pitch rating in the ECB Pitches Table of Merit)
Rail: Hedge End Station (Eastleigh - Fareham line) is two miles from ground There is sometimes a shuttle service to the ground. Southampton Airport Parkway Station (London - Bournemouth/Poole line) is approximately 10 minutes by car from ground.
How to get to the Rose Bowl
Address: The Hampshire Rose Bowl,
Botley Road, West End,
Southampton,
Hampshire.
SO30 3XH
Tel: 023 8047 2002
Fax: 023 8047 2122
e-mail: enquiries@rosebowlplc.com
| Admission Charges | Adult | Senior/Student | Junior |
| County Championship | 15.00 | 12.00 | 5.00 |
| League | 20.00 | 20.00 | 5.00 |
| Twenty20 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 5.00 |
The Rose Bowl
Old Ground
May's Bounty Ground, Basingstoke
Bounty Road RG21 2DR. It's a fairly nondescript field, reached
through about a mile of fairly nondescript Basingstoke. Now dropped, along with Portsmouth, so all
Hampshire cricket can be concentrated at the new Southampton ground.
Tel: 01256-473646
United Services Officers Ground, Portsmouth
Burnaby Road PO1 2EJ. By the railway,
midway (half a mile) between Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea stations.
Surrounded by an eclectic range of building styles. Possesses the heaviest roller in the
country (5 and a half tons). But in 1999, after a visit by ECB ground inspector Harry Brind,
requested by the Portsmouth groundsman, the field was ruled as unfit for first-class cricket,
and its scheduled fixtures for 1999 were transferred to other grounds.
Tel: 01705-830125
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