Merefield Ground

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Merefield Ground
Ground information
Location Rochdale, Lancashire
Coordinates 53°36′24″N2°09′50″W / 53.6068°N 2.1640°W / 53.6068; -2.1640
Establishment1855
Team information
North (1860)
As of 4 September 2010
Source: profile

Merefield Ground was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

The ground was alongside Merefield Road. The first recorded match played at the ground came in 1855, when the Heally Club played a United All-England Eleven. [1] A single first-class match was held there when the North played the South in the North v South match of 1866, [2] The match ended in a draw, despite the South's Edgar Willsher taking 6 for 71 in the North's first-innings. [3] By 1867, cricket had ceased to be played at the ground, with an advertisement appearing in the Rochdale Observer encouraging people to buy shares in a proposed bowling green that was to replace the ground. [4] This proposal eventually come to fruition, with the Castleton Bowling Club still in existence on the site to this day.

References

  1. ↑ "Other matches played on Merefield Ground, Rochdale" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Merefield Ground, Rochdale" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "North v South, 1860" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Castleton Subscription Bowling Green, Limited". Rochdale Observer . 1867. Retrieved 29 January 2019.


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