west cricket ground class cricket ground located somerset land ground leased range sports significantly hosting 1890s ground closed significant improvements ground 1930s including opening new pavilion jointly funded rugby cricket clubs ground demolished extended factory moved ground hosted annual matches july august nearly broke county record ticket sales gate somerset won matches contest history county cricket club formed attempt setting county cricket team somerset attempt unsuccessful club broke club formed lesser club committee purchased use field local farmer field leased record match played ground following year sets members late 19th century ground sports cricket grass athletics track hosted time played association rugby football football club played irregular basis late 19th century returned time played rugby changed accordingly cricket club committee announced provision longer lease seven years improvements ground enable host class cricket ground field hockey early 20th century hosting played annual class matches ground match surrey significant event town series festivities arranged run alongside day contest including dance smoking concert entry match took place august attracted people raising surrey won match wickets match helped improvements ground expanding adding seating following year somerset played ground western gazette described cricket festival captain included somerset team won match runs slightly lower previous year poor weather described ground match drew crowd described wicket end match favouring hampshire visited report lamented state wicket meant game like class matches ground completed days scheduled winter new pavilion costing erected ground shared use cricket club rugby club final class match ground played july lancashire torrential rain limited match hours play days match estimated losses match hundreds pounds despite weather people attended match report praised alterations ground removal ground lighter ground looked drained quickly second world war suspended time took ground expand factory informed longer available forcing search new ground eventually relocated newly opened rugby club moved short break returned playing fourteen fixtures johnson park matches records limited use class cricket ground century scored ground match scored runs sussex wickets taken bowler match achieved hampshire took wickets including innings somerset success ground dismissed runs innings second
West Hendford Cricket Ground, Yeovil