Luctonians Cricket Club Ground
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The Luctonians Cricket Club Ground in Kingsland
Kingsland, Herefordshire
Kingsland is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located north-west of Leominster.To the west of the church are the earthwork remains of a motte-and-bailey castle.-External links:...

, Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 is the home ground of Luctonians Cricket Club.

It has been used for major cricket on only one occasion, when it staged the C&G Trophy
C&G Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...

 match between Herefordshire
Herefordshire County Cricket Club
Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 and Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex 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 Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

 in June 2001. The game was the scene of a remarkable three-wicket win for the minor county, achieved from the penultimate ball of the match. Herefordshire opening batsman Harshad Patel
Harshad Patel
Harshad Vallabhbhai Patel is a Kenyan-born former English cricketer: an opening batsman and very occasional off-spinner who appeared in one first-class match for Worcestershire in 1985, and has since played minor counties cricket for Staffordshire and Herefordshire...

's 68 won him the man-of-the-match award.

The ground has also been used by Herefordshire on a number of occasions for games in the Minor Counties Championship, MCC Trophy, ECB 38-County Cup and MCCA Knock-Out Trophy.

Its ends are known as the "Orchard End" and the "Village End".
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