Smallbone Park is a cricket ground in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1938 when Bay of Plenty played Waiapu.[1]
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| Location | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||
| Establishment | 1938 (first recorded match) | ||
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| As of 3 November 2011 Source: Ground profile | |||
The ground held its first first-class match during the 1968/69 Plunket Shield when Northern Districts played Otago. Between the 1968/69 and 1995/96 seasons, seventeen first-class matches were held there, the last of which saw Northern Districts play Central Districts in the 1995/96 Shell Trophy.[2] The first List A match held there came when Northern Districts played Auckland in the 1984/85 Shell Cup. Northern Districts played six further List A matches at the ground, the last of which came in the 2002/03 State Shield against Otago.[3]
A single Women's One Day International was played there on 25 February 1995, when Australia Women played India Women in the New Zealand Women's Centenary Tournament.[4]