The oldest stand at Goodison?

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don't know if a pavilion is classed as a stand but i just discovered that i've actually been in the oldest one in the world.
the hagley pavilion in hagley park, christchurch , new zealand.

Hagley Pavillion
For more than 150 years, Hagley Park has been home of cricket in Christchurch. In that park, during the 1860's, pioneers prepared a cricket oval.

Overlooking that oval stands one of New Zealand's oldest buildings. Built at Dillowy's in 1864 at a cost of 300 pounds it was transported by dray to its present site a few years later.

Believed to be the oldest cricket pavilion in the world, and certainly the oldest sports building in New Zealand it has offered shelter to generation of Canterbury's cricketers ever since.

In 1988, the members of the Canterbury Cricket Umpires Association purchased the derelict pavilion and led by Brian Aldridge, and with financial help, members restored it to its former glory.

Re-opened in 1990, the pavilion now stands as a memorial to the pioneers of Canterbury cricket, and among its unsung heroes-the umpires.

It now stand as "the Jewel" of Hagley Park​
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