Moves to re-establish a cricket club in the town began in 1947, chiefly at the instigation of Bill Houston. Land was bought at the Arbories, by the local authority, from Mr. Legendre Starkie of the Huntroyde estate who gave up ideas of a private housing development to allow for a cricket and football field to be developed. A public meeting at the Town Hall in November, 1947 gave unanimous support and a successful appeal was launched to raise the £5,000 needed from the club itself. Work began in 1948 and the ground, dedicated as a memorial to the dead of the Second World War, was opened in August, 1949. With its tall trees around three sides, sometimes a hazard and requiring special boundary rules, it is one of the most picturesque of the league's grounds and one of the smallest.
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