If you are a cricket fan and have followed any matches played in Port Elizabeth, you will be familiar with the famous Duckpond Pavilion. It got its name from the fact that it was build next to the duckpond, in St Georges Park. Though the pond is still there the ducks have long since disappeared.
Interesting name for the stadium, primarily because initially it doesn’t seem to relate. Too bad about the ducks, but isn’t that typical of “progress’ though?
The Duck Pond end as I remember had a very different pavilion. As Katie said earlier – that is ‘progress’. I recall many wonderful hours and days at Castle corner. Oh the memories.
I remember when we were small and my mom used to have a stall at Art in the Park how we went to look at the ducks in the pond. Not too many guesses where they probably ended up.
I see that Port Elizabeth missed out on a test. Unfair!