The Saffrons

The Saffrons is a sporting venue in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The Saffrons hosts cricket and football and is located next to the Town Hall.

Football

The Saffrons is home to Eastbourne Town, who play in the Sussex County LeagueDivision One. The football venue at the Saffrons is said to beweasel-inline one of the best in Sussex and 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.Fact|date=September 2007

Cricket

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.Fact|date=September 2007

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. [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] The inaugural first-class match at the Saffrons was played in May 1896, when South of England drew with the touring Australians. [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] More recently, the ground has hosted 32 List A matches, [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] and one match each of Youth and Women's One-Day Internationals, as well as Sussex Second XI games.

Records

First-class

*Highest team total: 676/8 declared by Harlequins v West Indians, 1928
*Lowest team total: 38 by Sussex v Hampshire, 1950
**Charles Knott returned figures of 7-4-5-5 in this innings
*Highest individual innings: 310 by Harold Gimblett for Somerset v Sussex, 1948
**The first triple century for Somerset [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]
*Best bowling in an innings: 9-62 by Tony Nicholson for Yorkshire v Sussex, 1967
*Best bowling in a match: 14-84 by Hugh Trumble for Australians v England XI, 1902

List A

*Highest team total: 262 (48.3 overs) by Sussex v Nottinghamshire, 1993
*Lowest team total: 63 (37.4 overs) by Minor Counties East v Sussex, 1978Same match.]
*Highest individual innings: 109 by Roger Knight for Sussex v Leicestershire, 1976
*Best bowling in an innings: 5-19 by Michael Buss for Sussex v Minor Counties East, 1978

Notes

References

* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/11/462.html The Saffrons, Eastbourne] from CricketArchive
* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/11/462/index.html The Saffrons, Eastbourne - Records] from CricketArchive