Cheshire County Cricket Club was established on 29 September 1908. Though a previous incarnation of the club had played in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship, the club in its current form has since played 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.
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.
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 |
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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] |
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