List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds

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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.

List A

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 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]}
Highfield	Leek	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 Road	Wolstanton	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 Road	Stone	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 Road	Stoke-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 Ground	Burton-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]}

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
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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List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds

List A

Minor Counties

Notes

References

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