List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds

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.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Gorway GroundWalsall only match:
2 May 2000
v Somerset Cricket Board		 1 22 July 1912
v Durham		19 August 2007
v Norfolk		27 2 June 1991
v Oxfordshire		24 May 1998
v Oxfordshire		5 [1][2][3][4][n 1]
HighfieldLeek only match:
4 May 2005
v Surrey		 1 5 July 1920
v Durham		20 August 2006
v Cambridgeshire		23 12 June 2005
v Hertfordshire		15 July 2012
v Wiltshire		12 [5][6][7][8][n 2]
Knutton RoadWolstanton only match:
1 May 2001
v Worcestershire Cricket Board		 1 2 August 1920
v Cheshire		8 August 1966
v Lancashire Second XI		45 6 June 1999
v Leicestershire Cricket Board		20 June 2004
v Northumberland		5 [9][10][11][12]
Lichfield RoadStone 30 June 1973
v Dorset		5 May 2004
v Lancashire		12 28 July 1948
v Buckinghamshire		15 August 2010
v Norfolk		44 22 May 1983
v Bedfordshire		4 May 2014
v Oxfordshire		3 [13][14][15][16][n 3]
Trentham RoadStoke-on-Trent 15 May 1971
v Glamorgan		25 June 1975
v Leicestershire		2 18 August 1954
v Northumberland		3 August 2014
v Bedfordshire		42 2 June 1985
v Buckinghamshire		17 June 2012
v Suffolk		8 [17][18][19][20][n 4]
Ind Coope GroundBurton-upon-Trent 24 June 1987
v Warwickshire		22 June 1988
v Surrey		2 2 June 1988
v Hertfordshire		19 June 1991
v Cambridgeshire		4 ––0 [21][22][23][n 5]

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
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
County GroundStoke-on-Trent 3 June 1895
v Northamptonshire		17 August 1936
v Durham		77 ––0 [24][25][n 6]
Aston Lower GroundsBirmingham only match:
28 June 1897
v Northamptonshire		 1 ––0 [26][27][n 7]
The ChuckeryWalsall 28 May 1900
v Yorkshire Second XI		20 August 1902
v Durham		3 ––0 [28][29]
DanescourtWolverhampton 25 June 1900
v Northumberland		4 July 1995
v Northumberland		35 ––0 [30][31]
Oldfields GroundUttoxeter 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 ParkWest Bromwich 15 June 1927
v Lincolnshire		6 July 2014
v Northumberland		8 ––0 [37][38]
Michelin GroundStoke-on-Trent 13 June 1928
v Lincolnshire		22 August 1951
v Northumberland		29 ––0 [39][40][n 9]
The HoughStafford 27 July 1932
v Cambridgeshire		18 July 1955
v Durham		9 ––0 [41][42]
Greyhound WayStoke-on-Trent only match:
26 July 1937
v Durham		 1 ––0 [43][44]
Tunstall RoadKnypersley 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 HillLichfield 26 August 1946
v Durham		17 July 1978
v Northumberland		3 ––0 [48][49]
BroomfieldSmethwick 29 August 1949
v Durham		23 June 1982
v Shropshire		3 ––0 [50][51]
NewfordNorton 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 GroundWolverhampton 25 July 1956
v Yorkshire Second XI		15 May 1957
v Shropshire		2 ––0 [55][56]
Boon Hill RoadBignall End 20 May 1959
v Cheshire		21 June 1990
v Norfolk		8 ––0 [57][58]
Great Chell Cricket Club GroundGreat Chell 10 August 1964
v Lancashire Second XI		3 July 1967
v Norfolk		4 ––0 [59][60]
The Sid Jenkins GroundLittle Stoke 26 May 1965
v Durham		25 June 1973
v Northumberland		4 ––0 [61][62]
Castlecroft RoadWolverhampton 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 GroundCheadle 30 June 1969
v Norfolk		22 July 1973
v Cheshire		5 ––0 [67][68][n 11]
Swynnerton ParkStone 21 June 1972
v Durham		17 July 1974
v Northumberland		4 ––0 [69][70]
St Edward's Hospital GroundCheddleton 30 June 1974
v Cheshire		30 June 1976
v Durham		2 ––0 [71][72]
Kent Hills GroundAudley 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 GroundBurton-upon-Trent 27 August 1975
v Durham		29 May 1986
v Hertfordshire		8 ––0 [76][77][n 12]
DeansfieldBrewood 18 July 1977
v Northumberland		24 July 2000
v Hertfordshire		19 ––0 [78][79]
Willow LaneMeir 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 GroundCannock 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 RoadTamworth only match:
30 June 2002
v Bedfordshire		 1 only match:
20 May 2001
v Derbyshire Cricket Board		 1 [87][88][89]
Dennis Viollet AvenueStoke-on-Trent 26 June 2011
v Hertfordshire		9 June 2013
v Cumberland		3 ––0 [90][91]
Stourbridge RoadHimley ––0 only match:
19 May 2013
v Berkshire		 1 [92][93]

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907–1909.
  9. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953.
  10. Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985–1990.
  11. 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.
  12. Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.
  13. 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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