NEHL - A cricket ground has existed at Garden Place since at least the 1940s. Contemporary newspaper articles from the 1880s and 90s report on the annual dinners which confirm the cricket club's existence from 1888. Leadgate Community History Club advise they played at a ground near Bunker Hill Farm until their relocation to Garden Place, though they also state the club was formed in 1904 which contradicts newspaper sources.

In the 1890s the site is depicted as vacant close to Carrhouse Station. It can be suggested this open field was still used recreationally, though cannot be confirmed. It is only in the 1930s we can see the ground was used officially for cricket, complete with a small pavilion.