The Diamond Jubilee Cricket Pavilion started life in the late
1800's P.F.Payn laid the stone on the 22 June 1897. It was then
opened by Mayor T.W.Woodhouse on the 24th May 1898. Further
upgrading was done in 1998 and was opened on 30th August by Mayor
Gwala.
On the roof you can see the Jonty Rhodes weather vane commemorating
his great achievment to sport and was unveiled on the 24th Jan
2003
The pavillion is now a listed building.
Note the tree within the boundary this unique feature is shared
with St Lawrence cricket club in Kent UK.Regretably their 200 year
old Lime tree was blown over in 2005 but a replacement was planted
by Colin Cowdrey.
To locate the cache you will have to answer a number of
questions that may be found around the boundary
1/ Jonty Rhodes planted a tree. The number of runs he scored for
Natal Use the second digit = A
The first and third digit added together = B
2/Denis Compton planted a tree. Use the third digit of the year
he didso =C
3/ R.A. McLean scored in the triple figures while playing for
Natal against OFS in 1954 The middle diigit =D
4 A.D.Norse made 143 for Natal vs EP in January of which year ?
The last two digits = EE
5 Vince van der Bijl bowled for Natal vs WP in January 1972 how
many wickets for 35 runs did he take =F
6 Gary Kirsten had an incredible opening partnership with
Herschelle Gibbs against Pakistan in January 2003 The first digit
of their score =G The cache is located at S29-AB-CCD and
E-030-EE-FGG This cache is kindly mainained by Coldwatch for which
many thanks