Staffordshire County Cricket Club was established on 24 November 1871. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1971 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, while their first home List A match came 76 years later against Glamorgan in the 1971 Gillette Cup at Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
The 38 grounds that Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 | |||||||
County Ground | Stoke-on-Trent | 3 June 1895 v Northamptonshire | 17 August 1936 v Durham | 77 | – | – | 0 | [24] [25] [n 6] |
Aston Lower Grounds | Birmingham | only match: 28 June 1897 v Northamptonshire | 1 | – | – | 0 | [26] [27] [n 7] | |
The Chuckery | Walsall | 28 May 1900 v Yorkshire Second XI | 20 August 1902 v Durham | 3 | – | – | 0 | [28] [29] |
Danescourt ![]() | Wolverhampton | 25 June 1900 v Northumberland | 4 July 1995 v Northumberland | 35 | – | – | 0 | [30] [31] |
Oldfields Ground ![]() | Uttoxeter | 21 August 1905 v Bedfordshire | 10 August 1970 v Durham | 21 | – | – | 0 | [32] [33] [n 8] |
Haden Hill Park![]() | Haden Hill | 23 July 1923 v Norfolk | 18 August 2013 v Norfolk | 7 | only match: 4 June 1983 v Cheshire | 1 | [34] [35] [36] | |
Sandwell Park![]() | West Bromwich | 15 June 1927 v Lincolnshire | 6 July 2014 v Northumberland | 8 | – | – | 0 | [37] [38] |
Michelin Ground | Stoke-on-Trent | 13 June 1928 v Lincolnshire | 22 August 1951 v Northumberland | 29 | – | – | 0 | [39] [40] [n 9] |
The Hough | Stafford | 27 July 1932 v Cambridgeshire | 18 July 1955 v Durham | 9 | – | – | 0 | [41] [42] |
Greyhound Way | Stoke-on-Trent | only match: 26 July 1937 v Durham | 1 | – | – | 0 | [43] [44] | |
Tunstall Road | Knypersley | 12 June 1946 v Yorkshire Second XI | 29 August 2014 v Hertfordshire | 28 | 28 June 2009 v Bedfordshire | 8 May 2011 v Cheshire | 2 | [45] [46] [47] [n 10] |
Collins Hill | Lichfield | 26 August 1946 v Durham | 17 July 1978 v Northumberland | 3 | – | – | 0 | [48] [49] |
Broomfield | Smethwick | 29 August 1949 v Durham | 23 June 1982 v Shropshire | 3 | – | – | 0 | [50] [51] |
Newford | Norton le Moors | 6 June 1956 v Durham | 1 July 1992 v Suffolk | 7 | only match: 30 June 1991 v Northumberland | 1 | [52] [53] [54] | |
Goodyear Ground | Wolverhampton | 25 July 1956 v Yorkshire Second XI | 15 May 1957 v Shropshire | 2 | – | – | 0 | [55] [56] |
Boon Hill Road | Bignall End | 20 May 1959 v Cheshire | 21 June 1990 v Norfolk | 8 | – | – | 0 | [57] [58] |
Great Chell Cricket Club Ground | Great Chell | 10 August 1964 v Lancashire Second XI | 3 July 1967 v Norfolk | 4 | – | – | 0 | [59] [60] |
The Sid Jenkins Ground | Little Stoke | 26 May 1965 v Durham | 25 June 1973 v Northumberland | 4 | – | – | 0 | [61] [62] |
Castlecroft Road | Wolverhampton | only match: 15 June 1966 v Durham | 1 | – | – | 0 | [63] [64] | |
Clayton Lane![]() | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 4 July 1966 v Norfolk | 10 July 1985 v Northumberland | 4 | – | – | 0 | [65] [66] |
Tean Road Sports Ground | Cheadle | 30 June 1969 v Norfolk | 22 July 1973 v Cheshire | 5 | – | – | 0 | [67] [68] [n 11] |
Swynnerton Park | Stone | 21 June 1972 v Durham | 17 July 1974 v Northumberland | 4 | – | – | 0 | [69] [70] |
St Edward's Hospital Ground | Cheddleton | 30 June 1974 v Cheshire | 30 June 1976 v Durham | 2 | – | – | 0 | [71] [72] |
Kent Hills Ground![]() | Audley | 3 July 1974 v Lincolnshire | 18 July 1979 v Lincolnshire | 2 | 29 April 2009 v Suffolk | 23 May 2010 v Shropshire | 2 | [73] [74] [75] |
Bass Worthington Ground | Burton-upon-Trent | 27 August 1975 v Durham | 29 May 1986 v Hertfordshire | 8 | – | – | 0 | [76] [77] [n 12] |
Deansfield![]() | Brewood | 18 July 1977 v Northumberland | 24 July 2000 v Hertfordshire | 19 | – | – | 0 | [78] [79] |
Willow Lane | Meir Heath | 28 May 1992 v Suffolk | 25 July 1993 v Lincolnshire | 2 | only match: 16 June 1991 v Shropshire | 1 | [80] [81] [82] | |
The Morris Ground | Cannock | 12 June 1996 v Norfolk | 19 August 2012 v Cambridgeshire | 6 | – | – | 0 | [83] [84] |
Deer Park ![]() | Dunstall | – | – | 0 | only match: 21 June 1998 v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board | 1 | [85] [86] [n 13] | |
Hints Road | Tamworth | only match: 30 June 2002 v Bedfordshire | 1 | only match: 20 May 2001 v Derbyshire Cricket Board | 1 | [87] [88] [89] | ||
Dennis Viollet Avenue | Stoke-on-Trent | 26 June 2011 v Hertfordshire | 9 June 2013 v Cumberland | 3 | – | – | 0 | [90] [91] |
Stourbridge Road![]() | Himley | – | – | 0 | only match: 19 May 2013 v Berkshire | 1 | [92] [93] |