Shawholm
| Shawholm | |
| Renfrewshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS55716171 |
| Location: | 55°49’37"N, 4°18’18"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Sport: | Cricket |
| Home to: | Poloc Cricket Club |
Shawholm is a cricket ground by Pollokshields in Renfrewshire, at the edge of the Glasgow conurbation. The ground is within Pollok Country Park, and less that another cricket ground Titwood. Shawholm is the home ground of Poloc Cricket Club.
He ground has staged three first-class matches.
The earliest match hosted by the club that is, arguably, of historic interest was the game between a West of Scotland select team and the Australian Imperial Forces as part of the latter's tour of Britain in 1919.[1]
Shawholm also played host to Scotland versus the Marylebone Cricket Club[2] in June 1965 in a three-day match played between the 23rd and 25th. Subsequent Scotland international matches staged at the ground included versus Ireland in 1978.[3] and Sri Lanka in 1979.[4]
Scotland's first televised cricket match also took place at Shawholm on 7 May 1955 when West of Scotland Cricket Club were Poloc's visitors. Poloc batted first making 110 for 9. In reply, West made 120 for 6.
The ground was invited to host three internationals as part of the 2006 European Cricket Council European Championships. The matches (Netherlands versus Italy,[5] Jersey versus Germany[6] and Netherlands versus Denmark[7]) saw white ball/black sightscreen cricket at Shawholm for the first time.
The club also hosts the Scottish club Twenty20 Finals Day - the Murgitroyd Twenty20 -,[8] first played for in 2008.
References
- ↑ West of Scotland select versus Australian Imperial Forces, June 1919, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Scotland versus MCC, June 1965, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Scotland versus Ireland, August 1978, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Scotland versus Sri Lanka, July 1979, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Italy v Netherlands, August 2006, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Germany v Jersey, August 2006, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Denmark v Netherlands, August 2006, from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007
- ↑ Murgitroyd Twenty20 Cup, from Cricket Scotland, retrieved 11 January 2016