County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
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The County Ground was a cricket
ground in Stoke-on-Trent
, Staffordshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1885, when Staffordshire
played Derbyshire
in a non first-class match.
The County Ground played host to a number of first-class
matches during its existence. The first first-class match played on the ground came in 1886 when an England XI played the touring Australians. Two years later in 1888, the fixture was repeated. In 1890, a Staffordshire XI
played a single first-class match against the touring Australians. The next first-class match came 22 years later when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring South Africans. The same sides played out the final first-class fixture held on the ground in 1929.
In 1895, Staffordshire played Northamptonshire
in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. Staffordshire used the ground from: 1895-1914, 1922-1927 and finally in 1936. The ground hosted 77 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Staffordshire play Durham
.
The ground is now underneath the new Stoke-on-Trent College complex.
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 Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1885, when Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
played Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in a non first-class match.
The County Ground played host to a number of first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches during its existence. The first first-class match played on the ground came in 1886 when an England XI played the touring Australians. Two years later in 1888, the fixture was repeated. In 1890, a Staffordshire XI
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
played a single first-class match against the touring Australians. The next first-class match came 22 years later when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring South Africans. The same sides played out the final first-class fixture held on the ground in 1929.
In 1895, Staffordshire played Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. Staffordshire used the ground from: 1895-1914, 1922-1927 and finally in 1936. The ground hosted 77 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Staffordshire play Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
.
The ground is now underneath the new Stoke-on-Trent College complex.
External links
- County Ground on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- County Ground on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...