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.
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 | – | – | 0 | [24][25][n 6] |
Aston Lower Grounds | Birmingham | only match: 28 June 1897 v Northamptonshire |
1 | – | – | 0 | [26][27][n 7] | |
The Chuckery | Walsall | 28 May 1900 v Yorkshire Second XI |
20 August 1902 v Durham |
3 | – | – | 0 | [28][29] |
Danescourt | Wolverhampton | 25 June 1900 v Northumberland |
4 July 1995 v Northumberland |
35 | – | – | 0 | [30][31] |
Oldfields Ground | Uttoxeter | 21 August 1905 v Bedfordshire |
10 August 1970 v Durham |
21 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [37][38] |
Michelin Ground | Stoke-on-Trent | 13 June 1928 v Lincolnshire |
22 August 1951 v Northumberland |
29 | – | – | 0 | [39][40][n 9] |
The Hough | Stafford | 27 July 1932 v Cambridgeshire |
18 July 1955 v Durham |
9 | – | – | 0 | [41][42] |
Greyhound Way | Stoke-on-Trent | only match: 26 July 1937 v Durham |
1 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [48][49] |
Broomfield | Smethwick | 29 August 1949 v Durham |
23 June 1982 v Shropshire |
3 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [55][56] |
Boon Hill Road | Bignall End | 20 May 1959 v Cheshire |
21 June 1990 v Norfolk |
8 | – | – | 0 | [57][58] |
Great Chell Cricket Club Ground | Great Chell | 10 August 1964 v Lancashire Second XI |
3 July 1967 v Norfolk |
4 | – | – | 0 | [59][60] |
The Sid Jenkins Ground | Little Stoke | 26 May 1965 v Durham |
25 June 1973 v Northumberland |
4 | – | – | 0 | [61][62] |
Castlecroft Road | Wolverhampton | only match: 15 June 1966 v Durham |
1 | – | – | 0 | [63][64] | |
Clayton Lane |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 4 July 1966 v Norfolk |
10 July 1985 v Northumberland |
4 | – | – | 0 | [65][66] |
Tean Road Sports Ground | Cheadle | 30 June 1969 v Norfolk |
22 July 1973 v Cheshire |
5 | – | – | 0 | [67][68][n 11] |
Swynnerton Park | Stone | 21 June 1972 v Durham |
17 July 1974 v Northumberland |
4 | – | – | 0 | [69][70] |
St Edward's Hospital Ground | Cheddleton | 30 June 1974 v Cheshire |
30 June 1976 v Durham |
2 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [76][77][n 12] |
Deansfield | Brewood | 18 July 1977 v Northumberland |
24 July 2000 v Hertfordshire |
19 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [83][84] |
Deer Park |
Dunstall | – | – | 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 | – | – | 0 | [90][91] |
Stourbridge Road | Himley | – | – | 0 | only match: 19 May 2013 v Berkshire |
1 | [92][93] |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Derbyshire played five List A matches here between 1986–2013, 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ A combined Minor Counties cricket team played four first-class matches here against touring international sides between 1959–1972. 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.
- ^ Derbyshire played 38 first-class matches here 1938–1980. Derbyshire played five List A matches here between 1969–1976. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Staffordshire are recorded in the table.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907–1909.
- ^ A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953.
- ^ Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985–1990.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.
- ^ 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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- ^ "Collins Hill, Lichfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Collins Hill, Lichfield (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Broomfield, Smethwick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Broomfield, Smethwick(3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Newford, Norton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Newford, Norton (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Newford, Norton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Boon Hill Road, Bignall End". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Boon Hill Road, Bignall End (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Great Chell Cricket Club Ground, Great Chell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
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- ^ "The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
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- ^ "Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
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