North Marine Road

Infobox cricket ground
ground_name = North Marine Road
nickname = Queen's

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caption = North Marine Road pavilion
country = England

location = Scarborough
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establishment = 1863
seating_capacity = 11,500
owner = Scarborough Cricket Club
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tenants = Scarborough CC, Yorkshire
end1 = Pavilion End
end2 = Trafalgar Square End

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firstodidate = 26 August
firstodiyear = 1976
firstodihome = England
firstodiaway = West Indies
lastodidate = 15 July
lastodiyear = 1978
lastodihome = England
lastodiaway = New Zealand
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year1 = 1863–present
club1 = Scarborough Cricket Club
year2 = 1978–present
club2 = Yorkshire
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date = 26 September
year = 2008
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57290.html Cricinfo

North Marine Road is a cricket ground in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57290.html North Marine Road ground profile] , Cricinfo. Retrieved on 26 September 2008.] and the home of Scarborough Cricket Club. The ground hosts the Scarborough Cricket Festival and Yorkshire County Cricket Club play a series of fixtures in the second half of the season each year. The current capacity is 11,500, while its record attendance is the 22,946 who watched Yorkshire play Derbyshire in 1947. The two "ends" are known as the Pavilion End and the Trafalgar Square End.

Cricket was first staged at the ground in 1863, when tenancy of a field on North Marine Road was obtained, matches having been played at Castle Hill in Scarborough since 1849. Yorkshire has played there since 1878, when MCC beat Yorkshire by 7 wickets. The first County Championship game was held there in 1896, when Yorkshire beat Leicestershire by 162 runs. With the demise of the other 'out' grounds, Scarborough is the only regular venue for county cricket in Yorkshire other than Headingley, Leeds.

The end-of-season Scarborough Festival, staged to capitalise on the large numbers of Yorkshire tourists in the seaside resort, saw touring teams, county teams and Yorkshire play in a mixture of friendly, championship and one-day cricket. The Fenner Trophy, a one-day competition featuring four counties, ran from 1971 to 1996 under the names of various sponsors. The centenary of the festival was celebrated in 1986, with Sir Len Hutton as president.

The ground has also staged two One Day Internationals, pitting England against the West Indies and New Zealand in 1976 and 1978. In 2005, Yorkshire signed a new deal with the ground authorities which ensured that the county would continue to play there until 2010.

The ground is situated close to the sea and features a raised cricket pavilion built at a cost of £2150 in 1895. A new seating enclosure was added in 1902 and further extended over the next five years. A concrete stand was added in 1926, at a cost of £6,700 and in 1956 a new West Stand was erected, costing £16,000. More recently, the Jack Knowles Building was completed in 1995 at a cost of £210,000, new all-weather nets and a press box were constructed in 1997 for £50,000 and the enclosure and tea rooms were refurbished in 1998 for £95,000.

The ground is known as a fast-scoring outfield with a pitch which is often receptive to spin. The ground hosts Senior Premier League matches while ECB representative games, under-19 and Women's Test matches have also been held there in recent years.

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