The Hoover Company, a major employer in the town, bought the site and levelled it.
A cricket ground with changing facilities was constructed, with the square being ready by 1953.
[1] The first recorded match held on the ground came 1959, when Somerset, Ebbw Vale and Hoovers XI played Glamorgan.
[2] In 1988, Glamorgan played Kent in a List-A match in the 1988 Refuge Assurance League.
The following season the ground held its second and final List-A match when Glamorgan played Middlesex in the 1989 Refuge Assurance League.