Clifton Villa Estate, also known as New Cricket Ground,Grounds Records in Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2017, pp.210–211. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. was a cricket ground in the Cliftonville area of the town of Margate in Kent. The only first-class cricket match played on the ground was between Kent County Cricket Club and Sussex County Cricket Club in July 1864.First-Class matches played on Clifton Villa Estate, Margate, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2017. The ground was leased from the Cliftonville Estate from July to October to be used for cricket,Milton, Howard (2020). Kent County Cricket Grounds, p.214. Woking: Pitch Publishing. although only one other match is known to have taken place on the ground. This took place in the same year and was a non-first-class match between a Margate team and the United All-England Eleven.Other matches played on Clifton Villa Estate, Margate, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
The ground was built on farmland on the eastern outskirts of Margate. It was only in existence for a short time with the land being built on soon after 1864 as Margate and Cliftonville experienced a rapid expansion following the arrival of the railway in the area.3 Historical development, Proposed Ethelbert Road and Athelstan Road Conservation Area, Thanet District Council, 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2017. It was probably located in the area of the modern Dalby Square in Cliftonville.Clifton Villa Estate, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2017. This was originally known as Ethelbert Square and was developed as a residential area from 1865.Foad S (2010) Dalby Square, Cliftonville, Newsletter, Issue 361, winter 2010, pp.4–5, Margate Civic Society. Retrieved 8 December 2017.Margate's Seaside Heritage , English Heritage. Retrieved 8 December 2017.Dalby Square Townscape Heritage Initiative, Thanet District Council. Retrieved 8 December 2017.Margate, The Times, issue 25594, 1866-09-04, p.14. The large Cliftonville Hotel was built in 1868 on what was described as "an island site in the middle of corn fields"Quoted in Thanet District Council Op. cit.. to become Margate's "first grand hotel". Grass tennis courts and a croquet lawn were laid out in Dalby Square Gardens from at least 1885 and today the area is laid out as ornamental gardens.Dalby Square, Margate, Thanet, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Thanet District, June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
Kent teams had played first-class matches on Dandelion Paddock in the Garlinge area to the west of Margate in the 1790s before the establishment of the first county club in 1842.Dandelion Paddock, Margate, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
References
External links Clifton Villa Estate on CricInfo