Handsworth Cricket Club

Handsworth Park (originally Victoria Park) is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. It lies 15 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres (25 hectares) of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower beds, mature trees and shrubs with a diversity of wildlife, adjoining St.

In July 1913, the first International Scout Rally in Birmingham also known as the “Imperial Scout Exhibition” was an historic gathering of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts held in Perry Hall Park, attended by about 30,000 Scouts.The 1st Shanghai Troop of Baden-Powell Scouts was able to make a presence at the “Imperial Scout Exhibition” in Birmingham, July 1913, as the “Dragon Troop” of Shanghai.