List of Cheshire County Cricket Club grounds
minor counties cricket from 1909 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Staffordshire at Cale Green, Stockport, while their first List A match came 68 years later against Surrey in the 1964 Gillette Cup at the Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake
.
The 35 grounds that Cheshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Grounds
List A
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Cheshire County Cricket Club when it was permitted to play List A matches. These grounds have also held Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List A | Minor Counties Championship
|
MCCA Trophy
| |||||||||
Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground |
Hoylake | only match: 6 May 1964 v Surrey |
1 | 14 August 1957 v Northumberland |
19 June 1968 v Yorkshire Second XI |
13 | – | – | 0 | [1][2][3] | |
Victoria Road |
Macclesfield | 28 April 1966 v Lancashire |
25 May 1968 v Northamptonshire |
3 | 28 July 1920 v Staffordshire |
13 June 1982 v Staffordshire |
44 | 24 September 1983 v Bedfordshire |
7 June 1984 v Hertfordshire |
2 | [4][5][6][7][n 1] |
Townfield Lane | Oxton
|
3 July 1985 v Yorkshire |
25 June 1986 v Surrey |
2 | 22 July 1895 v Worcestershire |
13 June 2004 v Devon |
49 | 14 June 1987 v Cumberland |
28 June 1987 v Lincolnshire |
2 | [8][9][10][11][n 2] |
Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground |
Boughton | 22 June 1988 v Northamptonshire |
29 August 2001 v Lancashire Cricket Board |
7 | 6 July 1910 v Northumberland |
16 August 2015 v Herefordshire |
56 | 17 May 1992 v Northumberland |
15 June 2014 v Herefordshire |
6 | [12][13][14][15][n 3] |
Walton Lea Road | Warrington | only match: 22 June 1993 v Nottinghamshire |
1 | 30 August 1978 v Lancashire Second XI |
30 August 1994 v Berkshire |
8 | 8 June 1986 v Durham |
30 June 1996 v Hertfordshire |
6 | [16][17][18][19] | |
South Downs Road |
Bowdon | 21 June 1994 v Durham |
23 June 1999 v Kent |
2 | 8 August 1910 v Durham |
20 July 2014 v Wales Minor Counties |
25 | – | – | 0 | [20][21][22][n 4] |
Booth Park |
Toft | 13 August 2001 v Cornwall |
29 August 2002 v Huntingdonshire |
2 | 28 July 1982 v Northumberland |
2 June 2998 v Oxfordshire |
14 | only match: 7 June 2012 v Dorset |
1 | [23][24][25][26] | |
Parkgate Cricket Ground |
Parkgate | only match: 12 September 2002 v Lincolnshire |
1 | 21 August 1935 v Denbighshire |
13 August 2000 v Berkshire |
27 | 20 May 1984 v Cumberland |
11 May 2014 v Cumberland |
6 | [27][28][29][30] | |
Moss Lane |
Alderley Edge | only match: 5 May 2004 v Hampshire |
1 | 1 August 1973 v Lancashire Second XI |
2 August 2015 v Berkshire |
19 | – | – | 0 | [31][32][33][n 5] |
Minor Counties
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Cheshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minor Counties Championship
|
MCCA Trophy
| |||||||
Cale Green | Stockport | 7 June 1895 v Staffordshire |
24 June 1953 v Lancashire Second XI |
4 | – | – | 0 | [34][35] |
Park Drive |
Birkenhead | 8 July 1895 v Durham |
23 July 1930 v Staffordshire |
4 | – | – | 0 | [36][37] |
Rookwood | Sale | only match: 26 May 1909 v Yorkshire Second XI |
1 | – | – | 0 | [38][39] | |
Alexandra Athletic Ground | Crewe | 7 July 1909 v Staffordshire |
5 August 1939 v Lincolnshire |
20 | – | – | 0 | [40][41] |
Winnington Park |
Northwich | 28 July 1909 v Northumberland |
7 June 1922 v Staffordshire |
4 | – | – | 0 | [42][43] |
The Recreation Ground | Bollington | 4 August 1909 v Nottinghamshire Second XI |
27 June 1923 v Staffordshire |
7 | – | – | 0 | [44][45] |
Gorse Hall Road | Dukinfield | 7 June 1914 v Staffordshire |
14 June 1993 v Cornwall |
8 | only match: 2 June 1991 v Cumberland |
1 | [46][47][48] | |
Rake Lane | Wallasey | 10 August 1914 v Durham |
12 July 1998 v Berkshire |
18 | 21 July 1996 v Buckinghamshire |
14 May 2006 v Herefordshire |
6 | [49][50][51] |
Aigburth Cricket Ground |
Liverpool | 8 June 1920 v Glamorgan |
18 August 1920 v Northumberland |
3 | – | – | 0 | [52][53][n 6] |
Kingsley Fields | Nantwich | 18 June 1930 v Lancashire Second XI |
11 July 1955 v Northumberland |
5 | – | – | 0 | [54][55] |
Haddon Field | Middlewich | 29 May 1946 v Lancashire Second XI |
7 August 1957 v Staffordshire |
7 | – | – | 0 | [56][57] |
Stockport Road |
Timperley | only match: 2 July 1947 v Lancashire Second XI |
1 | – | – | 0 | [58][59] | |
Cheadle Sports Club | Cheadle | 16 August 1948 v Northumberland |
18 May 1949 v Staffordshire |
2 | – | – | 0 | [60][61] |
Brooklands Sports Club | Sale | 24 May 1950 v Yorkshire Second XI |
17 July 1960 v Warwickshire Second XI |
2 | – | – | 0 | [62][63] |
Luke and Spencers Ground | Altrincham | only match: 18 June 1952 v Lancashire Second XI |
1 | – | – | 0 | [64][65] | |
London Midland Railway Sports Club Ground | Crewe | only match: 17 June 1959 v Staffordshire |
1 | – | – | 0 | [66][67] | |
Vicarage Road | Northwich | 10 August 1964 v Northumberland |
27 July 1980 v Shropshire |
18 | 7 August 1983 v Durham |
16 June 1985 v Suffolk |
3 | [68][69][70] |
Queensgate | Bramhall | 31 May 1967 v Staffordshire |
4 August 1974 v Durham |
2 | – | – | 0 | [71][72] |
Whitehouse Lane |
Nantwich | 20 June 1976 v Staffordshire |
17 August 2014 v Oxfordshire |
17 | 22 May 1988 v Staffordshire |
12 June 2005 v Wales Minor Counties |
6 | [73][74][75] |
Grove Park | Cheadle Hulme | 26 May 1982 v Durham |
2 June 2002 v Oxfordshire |
4 | 19 June 1988 v Lincolnshire |
20 June 2004 v Berkshire |
5 | [76][77][78] |
Old Greasby Road |
Upton-by-Chester | only match: 26 June 1994 v Wales Minor Counties |
1 | – | – | 0 | [79][80] | |
Broad Lane | Grappenhall | 5 July 2015 v Dorset |
7 July 2015 v Dorset |
1 | 30 April 2006 v Cumberland |
16 May 2010 v Staffordshire |
3 | [81][82] |
Little Heath | Christleton | – | – | 0 | 20 May 2007 v Shropshire |
2 May 2012 v Cumberland |
3 | [83][84] |
Bowden Lane | Marple | – | – | 0 | 1 June 2008 v Cumberland |
15 May 2011 v Northumberland |
4 | [85][86] |
Church Lane | Woodford | – | – | 0 | 20 May 2012 v Herefordshire |
20 May 2014 v Lincolnshire |
2 | [87][88] |
Werneth Low | Hyde | – | – | 0 | only match: 2 June 2013 v Northumberland |
1 | [89][90] |
Notes
- Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
- Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Nottinghamshire in the 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
- Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
- Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
- ^ Lancashire played a single List A match at the ground against a touring Bangladesh A team on 30 July 2008. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
- ^ Aigburth Cricket Ground is based in the adjacent county of Lancashire. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
References
- ^ "Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake (13)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Victoria Road, Macclesfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Victoria Road, Macclesfield (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Victoria Road, Macclesfield (44)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Victoria Road, Macclesfield (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Townfield Lane, Oxton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Townfield Lane, Oxton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Townfield Lane, Oxton (49)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Townfield Lane, Oxton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Boughton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Boughton (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Boughton (55)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground, Boughton (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Walton Lea Road, Warrington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Walton Lea Road, Warrington (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "South Downs Road, Bowdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on South Downs Road, Bowdon (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on South Downs Road, Bowdon (25)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "South Downs Road, Bowdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Booth Park, Toft (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Booth Park, Toft (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Booth Park, Toft (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Parkgate, Neston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Parkgate, Neston (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Parkgate, Neston (27)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Parkgate, Neston (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Moss Lane, Alderley Edge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Moss Lane, Alderley Edge (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Moss Lane, Alderley Edge (18)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Cale Green, Stockport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cale Green, Stockport (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Park Drive, Birkenhead". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Park Drive, Birkenhead (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Rookwood, Sale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Rookwood, Sale (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Alexandra Athletic Ground, Crewe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Alexandra Athletic Ground, Crewe (20)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Winnington Park, Northwich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Winnington Park, Northwich (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "The Recreation Ground, Bollington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Bollington (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Rake Lane, Wallasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Rake Lane, Wallasey (18)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Rake Lane, Wallasey (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Aigburth, Liverpool". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Kingsley Fields, Nantwich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Kingsley Fields, Nantwich (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Haddon Field, Middlewich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Haddon Field, Middlewich (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Stockport Road, Timperely". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Stockport Road, Timperely (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Cheadle Sports Club, Cheadle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cheadle Sports Club, Cheadle (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Brooklands Sports Club, Sale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Brooklands Sports Club, Sale (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Luke and Spencers Ground, Altrincham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Luke and Spencers Ground, Altrincham (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "London Midland Railway Sports Club Ground, Crewe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on London Midland Railway Sports Club Ground, Crewe (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Vicarage Road, Northwich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Vicarage Road, Northwich (18)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Vicarage Road, Northwich (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Queensgate, Bramhall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Queensgate, Bramhall (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Whitehouse Lane, Nantwich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Whitehouse Lane, Nantwich (17)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Whitehouse Lane, Nantwich (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Grove Park, Cheadle Hulme". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Grove Park, Cheadle Hulme (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Grove Park, Cheadle Hulme (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Old Greasby Road, Upton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Old Greasby Road, Upton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Broad Lane, Grappenhall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Broad Lane, Grappenhall (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Little Heath, Christleton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Little Heath, Christleton (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Bowden Lane, Marple". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Bowden Lane, Marple (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Church Lane, Woodford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Church Lane, Woodford (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Werneth Low, Hyde". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Werneth Low, Hyde (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.