Church Road Ground is a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 ground in Lytham St Annes

Lytham St Annes

Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Anne's-on-the-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1844, when Lytham played Kirkham.

In 1985, the ground held its first first-class

First-class cricket

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 match when Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 played Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 in the County Championship

County Championship

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. From 1985 to 1998, the ground played host to 10 first-class matches, the last of which came in the 1998 County Championship between Lancashire and Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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The ground has also held a number of matches involving the Lancashire Second XI, holding a combined total of 9 Second XI fixtures for the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship and Second XI Championship

Second XI Championship

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In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Lytham Cricket Club who play in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition

Liverpool and District Cricket Competition

The Liverpool and District Cricket Competition is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Liverpool area and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League, one of two in Lancashire, the other being the Northern League....

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External links

• Church Road Ground on CricketArchive
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• Church Road Ground on Cricinfo
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