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 Ground Walsall only match:2 May 2000v Somerset Cricket Board 22 July 1912v Durham 19 August 2007v Norfolk 2 June 1991v Oxfordshire 24 May 1998v Oxfordshire 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. Highfield Leek only match:4 May 2005v Surrey 5 July 1920v Durham 20 August 2006v Cambridgeshire 12 June 2005v Hertfordshire 15 July 2012v Wiltshire 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. Knutton Road Wolstanton only match:1 May 2001v Worcestershire Cricket Board 2 August 1920v Cheshire 8 August 1966v Lancashire Second XI 6 June 1999v Leicestershire Cricket Board 20 June 2004v Northumberland Lichfield Road Stone 30 June 1973v Dorset 5 May 2004v Lancashire 28 July 1948v Buckinghamshire 15 August 2010v Norfolk 22 May 1983v Bedfordshire 4 May 2014v Oxfordshire 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. Trentham Road Stoke-on-Trent 15 May 1971v Glamorgan 25 June 1975v Leicestershire 18 August 1954v Northumberland 3 August 2014v Bedfordshire 2 June 1985v Buckinghamshire 17 June 2012v Suffolk 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. Ind Coope Ground Burton-upon-Trent 24 June 1987v Warwickshire 22 June 1988v Surrey 2 June 1988v Hertfordshire 19 June 1991v Cambridgeshire – – 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.
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 Ground Stoke-on-Trent 3 June 1895v Northamptonshire 17 August 1936v Durham – – 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 Birmingham only match:28 June 1897v Northamptonshire – – 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. The Chuckery Walsall 28 May 1900v Yorkshire Second XI 20 August 1902v Durham – – Danescourt Wolverhampton 25 June 1900v Northumberland 4 July 1995v Northumberland – – Oldfields Ground Uttoxeter 21 August 1905v Bedfordshire 10 August 1970v Durham – – J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907–1909. Haden Hill Park Haden Hill 23 July 1923v Norfolk 18 August 2013v Norfolk only match:4 June 1983v Cheshire Sandwell Park West Bromwich 15 June 1927v Lincolnshire 6 July 2014v Northumberland – – Michelin Ground Stoke-on-Trent 13 June 1928v Lincolnshire 22 August 1951v Northumberland – – A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953. The Hough Stafford 27 July 1932v Cambridgeshire 18 July 1955v Durham – – Greyhound Way Stoke-on-Trent only match:26 July 1937v Durham – – Tunstall Road Knypersley 12 June 1946v Yorkshire Second XI 29 August 2014v Hertfordshire 28 June 2009v Bedfordshire 8 May 2011v Cheshire Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985–1990. Collins Hill Lichfield 26 August 1946v Durham 17 July 1978v Northumberland – – Broomfield Smethwick 29 August 1949v Durham 23 June 1982v Shropshire – – Newford Norton le Moors 6 June 1956v Durham 1 July 1992v Suffolk only match:30 June 1991v Northumberland Goodyear Ground Wolverhampton 25 July 1956v Yorkshire Second XI 15 May 1957v Shropshire – – Boon Hill Road Bignall End 20 May 1959v Cheshire 21 June 1990v Norfolk – – Great Chell Cricket Club Ground Great Chell 10 August 1964v Lancashire Second XI 3 July 1967v Norfolk – – The Sid Jenkins Ground Little Stoke 26 May 1965v Durham 25 June 1973v Northumberland – – Castlecroft Road Wolverhampton only match:15 June 1966v Durham – – Clayton Lane Newcastle-under-Lyme 4 July 1966v Norfolk 10 July 1985v Northumberland – – Tean Road Sports Ground Cheadle 30 June 1969v Norfolk 22 July 1973 v Cheshire – – 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. Swynnerton Park Stone 21 June 1972v Durham 17 July 1974v Northumberland – – St Edward's Hospital Ground Cheddleton 30 June 1974v Cheshire 30 June 1976v Durham – – Kent Hills Ground Audley 3 July 1974v Lincolnshire 18 July 1979v Lincolnshire 29 April 2009v Suffolk 23 May 2010v Shropshire Bass Worthington Ground Burton-upon-Trent 27 August 1975v Durham 29 May 1986v Hertfordshire – – Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University. Deansfield Brewood 18 July 1977v Northumberland 24 July 2000v Hertfordshire – – Willow Lane Meir Heath 28 May 1992v Suffolk 25 July 1993v Lincolnshire only match:16 June 1991v Shropshire The Morris Ground Cannock 12 June 1996v Norfolk 19 August 2012v Cambridgeshire – – Deer Park Dunstall – – only match:21 June 1998v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 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. Hints Road Tamworth only match:30 June 2002v Bedfordshire only match:20 May 2001v Derbyshire Cricket Board Dennis Viollet Avenue Stoke-on-Trent 26 June 2011v Hertfordshire 9 June 2013v Cumberland – – Stourbridge Road Himley – – only match:19 May 2013v Berkshire
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