A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
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| Location | Road Town British Virgin Islands |
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| Capacity | 1,500[1] |
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The AO Shirley Recreation Ground is a multi-use stadium in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.[2] It is currently used mostly for football matches and usually hosts the British Virgin Islands national football team's games. The stadium holds 1,500 people.[1]
History
The Ground was named in honor of Alexander O. Shirley in June 1990.[3][4] Shirley, a cricketer who also served as the Accountant General of the British Virgin Islands from 1967 to 1987, had requested land to build the ground from the Administrator of the British Virgin Islands.[4] Shirley remains the only British Virgin Islander to have a ground named for him.[4] The ground has traditionally been open for free for public recreation when its not used for formal sports matches. In 2022, it was reported that the Recreation Trust had locked the gates of the only entrance to the stadium and wanted to charge the public $30 a month to use the facilities. However, the Trust stated it was only a proposal and there had not been a public consultation on it.[5]
Cricket
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The ground has also been used as a venue for cricket matches, with the first recorded cricket match played there in 1988 between a Combined Virgin Islands and Nevis.[6] Three years later, the British Virgin Islands cricket team first played there against Anguilla in the 1991 Leeward Islands Tournament.[6] Just over a decade later, the Leeward Islands played a first-class match there against the Windward Islands in the 2001/02 Busta Cup.[7] This is the only first-class match to be played at the ground. The last recorded cricket match played there was in 2005.[6] The ground's end names are the Police Station End and the Super Value End.[8]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground - Soccerway".
- ^ Soccerway - A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground Retrieved 10 September 2011
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Accountant General A. O. Shirley MBE passes". Virgin Islands News Online. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Greenaway, Dean (7 January 2016). "BVI mourning passing of cricket icon Shirley". Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."No fees yet for public's use of A.O. Shirley grounds". Virgin Islands News. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Other matches played on A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First-Class Matches played on A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ground profile: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
External links
- A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground at ESPNcricinfo
- A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground at CricketArchive
