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Park Road ground in the 1960s

Park Road is a cricket ground in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is the home ground of Buxton Cricket Club, and was formerly used by the Derbyshire County Cricket Club first XI between 1923 and 1986. The first First-class match on the ground was in June 1923, when Derbyshire faced the touring West Indians. The ground’s biggest claim to fame came in 1975, when the second day’s play of the County Championship match against Lancashire was wiped out due to snow. [1] Derbyshire generally played one County Championship match at Buxton every year from 1930 to 1976, but have only played there four times since. The most recent first-class match was in August 1986 against Lancashire, who have provided the opposition for 26 of the 48 first-class games at the ground. The ground also hosted ten Derbyshire List A fixtures between 1969 and 1986.

Game information:

Game typeNo. of games
County Championship Matches 44
limited-over county matches 10
Twenty20 matches 0

Game statistics: first-class:

CategoryInformation
Highest team scoreThere have been no team scores of more than 500 on this ground
Lowest team score Lancashire (36 against Derbyshire) in 1954
Best batting performance Clive Lloyd (167 runs for Lancashire against Derbyshire in 1975
Best bowling performance Cliff Gladwin (9/119 for Derbyshire against Lancashire) in 1947

Game statistics: one-day:

CategoryInformation
Highest team score Warwickshire (236/8 in 40 overs against Derbyshire) in 1974
Lowest team score Somerset (99 in 39.3 overs against Derbyshire) in 1969
Best batting performance Alan Hill (120 runs for Derbyshire against Northamptonshire in 1976
Best bowling performance Philip Russell (6/10 for Derbyshire against Northamptonshire) in 1976

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References

  1. Williamson, Martin (22 May 2010). "Snow stopped play". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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