List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds
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.
Grounds
List A
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.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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List A | Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||||
Gorway Ground | Walsall | only match: 2 May 2000 v Somerset Cricket Board |
1 | 22 July 1912 v Durham |
19 August 2007 v Norfolk |
27 | 2 June 1991 v Oxfordshire |
24 May 1998 v Oxfordshire |
5 | [1][2][3][4][n 1] | |
Highfield | Leek | only match: 4 May 2005 v Surrey |
1 | 5 July 1920 v Durham |
20 August 2006 v Cambridgeshire |
23 | 12 June 2005 v Hertfordshire |
15 July 2012 v Wiltshire |
12 | [5][6][7][8][n 2] | |
Knutton Road | Wolstanton | only match: 1 May 2001 v Worcestershire Cricket Board |
1 | 2 August 1920 v Cheshire |
8 August 1966 v Lancashire Second XI |
45 | 6 June 1999 v Leicestershire Cricket Board |
20 June 2004 v Northumberland |
5 | [9][10][11][12] | |
Lichfield Road | Stone | 30 June 1973 v Dorset |
5 May 2004 v Lancashire |
12 | 28 July 1948 v Buckinghamshire |
15 August 2010 v Norfolk |
44 | 22 May 1983 v Bedfordshire |
4 May 2014 v Oxfordshire |
3 | [13][14][15][16][n 3] |
Trentham Road | Stoke-on-Trent | 15 May 1971 v Glamorgan |
25 June 1975 v Leicestershire |
2 | 18 August 1954 v Northumberland |
3 August 2014 v Bedfordshire |
42 | 2 June 1985 v Buckinghamshire |
17 June 2012 v Suffolk |
8 | [17][18][19][20][n 4] |
Ind Coope Ground | Burton-upon-Trent | 24 June 1987 v Warwickshire |
22 June 1988 v Surrey |
2 | 2 June 1988 v Hertfordshire |
19 June 1991 v Cambridgeshire |
4 | β | β | 0 | [21][22][23][n 5] |
Minor Counties
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 | β | β | 0 | [24][25][n 6] |
Aston Lower Grounds | Birmingham | only match: 28 June 1897 v Northamptonshire |
1 | β | β | 0 | [26][27][n 7] | |
The Chuckery | Walsall | 28 May 1900 v Yorkshire Second XI |
20 August 1902 v Durham |
3 | β | β | 0 | [28][29] |
Danescourt | Wolverhampton | 25 June 1900 v Northumberland |
4 July 1995 v Northumberland |
35 | β | β | 0 | [30][31] |
Oldfields Ground | Uttoxeter | 21 August 1905 v Bedfordshire |
10 August 1970 v Durham |
21 | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [37][38] |
Michelin Ground | Stoke-on-Trent | 13 June 1928 v Lincolnshire |
22 August 1951 v Northumberland |
29 | β | β | 0 | [39][40][n 9] |
The Hough | Stafford | 27 July 1932 v Cambridgeshire |
18 July 1955 v Durham |
9 | β | β | 0 | [41][42] |
Greyhound Way | Stoke-on-Trent | only match: 26 July 1937 v Durham |
1 | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [48][49] |
Broomfield | Smethwick | 29 August 1949 v Durham |
23 June 1982 v Shropshire |
3 | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [55][56] |
Boon Hill Road | Bignall End | 20 May 1959 v Cheshire |
21 June 1990 v Norfolk |
8 | β | β | 0 | [57][58] |
Great Chell Cricket Club Ground | Great Chell | 10 August 1964 v Lancashire Second XI |
3 July 1967 v Norfolk |
4 | β | β | 0 | [59][60] |
The Sid Jenkins Ground | Little Stoke | 26 May 1965 v Durham |
25 June 1973 v Northumberland |
4 | β | β | 0 | [61][62] |
Castlecroft Road | Wolverhampton | only match: 15 June 1966 v Durham |
1 | β | β | 0 | [63][64] | |
Clayton Lane |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 4 July 1966 v Norfolk |
10 July 1985 v Northumberland |
4 | β | β | 0 | [65][66] |
Tean Road Sports Ground | Cheadle | 30 June 1969 v Norfolk |
22 July 1973 v Cheshire |
5 | β | β | 0 | [67][68][n 11] |
Swynnerton Park | Stone | 21 June 1972 v Durham |
17 July 1974 v Northumberland |
4 | β | β | 0 | [69][70] |
St Edward's Hospital Ground | Cheddleton | 30 June 1974 v Cheshire |
30 June 1976 v Durham |
2 | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [76][77][n 12] |
Deansfield | Brewood | 18 July 1977 v Northumberland |
24 July 2000 v Hertfordshire |
19 | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [83][84] |
Deer Park |
Dunstall | β | β | 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 | β | β | 0 | [90][91] |
Stourbridge Road | Himley | β | β | 0 | only match: 19 May 2013 v Berkshire |
1 | [92][93] |
Notes
- β A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A matches here against Warwickshire in the 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup, and Lancashire in the 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A match played at the ground by Staffordshire is recorded in the table.
- β Derbyshire played five List A matches here between 1986β2013, while a combined Minor Counties team played two List A matches here in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A match played at the ground by Staffordshire is recorded in the table. Derbyshire have also played one Twenty20 match here against Warwickshire in the 2011 Friends Life t20.
- β A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A match here against Lancashire in the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Staffordshire are recorded in the table.
- β A combined Minor Counties cricket team played four first-class matches here against touring international sides between 1959β1972. Minor Counties North played one List A match here against Lancashire in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup, while Minor Counties East also played one List A match here against Northamptonshire in the 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Staffordshire are recorded in the table.
- β Derbyshire played 38 first-class matches here 1938β1980. Derbyshire played five List A matches here between 1969β1976. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Staffordshire are recorded in the table.
- β Five first-class matches were played here. An England XI played the touring Australians in 1886 and 1886, a Staffordshire XI played the Australians in 1890, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team later played the touring South Africans in 1912 and 1929.
- β Aston Lower Grounds were located in the adjacent county of Warwickshire. Two first-class matches were played here when a London United Eleven played a United North of England Eleven in 1879, and an England XI played the touring Australians in 1884.
- β J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907β1909.
- β A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953.
- β Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985β1990.
- β Minor Counties North played a List A match here against Derbyshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup, while Derbyshire played a List A match here against Glamorgan in the 1987 Refuge Assurance League.
- β Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.
- β The Derbyshire Cricket Board played one List A match here against Wales Minor Counties in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, as well as playing a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Shropshire in 1998. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Staffordshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
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