List of Cheshire County Cricket Club grounds

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.

Grounds

List A

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.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground
Hoylake only match:
6 May 1964
v Surrey
  1 14 August 1957
v Northumberland
19 June 1968
v Yorkshire Second XI
13 0 [1][2][3]
Victoria Road
Macclesfield 28 April 1966
v Lancashire
25 May 1968
v Northamptonshire
3 28 July 1920
v Staffordshire
13 June 1982
v Staffordshire
44 24 September 1983
v Bedfordshire
7 June 1984
v Hertfordshire
2 [4][5][6][7][n 1]
Townfield Lane Oxton 3 July 1985
v Yorkshire
25 June 1986
v Surrey
2 22 July 1895
v Worcestershire
13 June 2004
v Devon
49 14 June 1987
v Cumberland
28 June 1987
v Lincolnshire
2 [8][9][10][11][n 2]
Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground
Boughton 22 June 1988
v Northamptonshire
29 August 2001
v Lancashire Cricket Board
7 6 July 1910
v Northumberland
13 June 2013
v Wiltshire
55 17 May 1992
v Northumberland
15 June 2014
v Herefordshire
6 [12][13][14][15][n 3]
Walton Lea Road Warrington only match:
22 June 1993
v Nottinghamshire
  1 30 August 1978
v Lancashire Second XI
30 August 1994
v Berkshire
8 8 June 1986
v Durham
30 June 1996
v Hertfordshire
6 [16][17][18][19]
South Downs Road
Bowdon 21 June 1994
v Durham
23 June 1999
v Kent
2 8 August 1910
v Durham
20 July 2014
v Wales Minor Counties
25 0 [20][21][22][n 4]
Booth Park
Toft 13 August 2001
v Cornwall
29 August 2002
v Huntingdonshire
2 28 July 1982
v Northumberland
2 June 2998
v Oxfordshire
14 only match:
7 June 2012
v Dorset
  1 [23][24][25][26]
Parkgate Cricket Ground
Parkgate only match:
12 September 2002
v Lincolnshire
  1 21 August 1935
v Denbighshire
13 August 2000
v Berkshire
27 20 May 1984
v Cumberland
11 May 2014
v Cumberland
6 [27][28][29][30]
Moss Lane
Alderley Edge only match:
5 May 2004
v Hampshire
  1 1 August 1973
v Lancashire Second XI
22 June 2014
v Cornwall
18 0 [31][32][33][n 5]

Minor Counties

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
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 0 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]

Notes

  1. Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  2. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Nottinghamshire in the 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  3. Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  4. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  5. Lancashire played a single List A match at the ground against a touring Bangladesh A team on 30 July 2008. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  6. Aigburth Cricket Ground is based in the adjacent county of Lancashire. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.

References

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  46. "Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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  49. "Rake Lane, Wallasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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