Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground

Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
Location Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Establishment 1893 (first recorded match)
Team information
Staffordshire (1900-1904, 1910, 1922-1937, 1947-1948, 1953, 1960-1975, 1993-1995)
As of 13 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1893, when Wolverhampton played Shropshire.[1] The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1900 when Staffordshire played Northumberland. The county used the ground during a number of periods in the 20th century, with the ground hosting 35 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final match Staffordshire played on the ground coming in 1995 against Northumberland.[2]

The ground has also hosted a single Women's One Day International match between England women and Trinidad and Tobago women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.[3]

In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Wolverhampton Cricket Club who play in the Birmingham and District Premier League.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Other matches played on Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground
  2. ↑ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground
  3. ↑ Women's One-Day International Matches played on Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground
  4. ↑ Wolverhampton Cricket Club

Coordinates: 52°36′09.29″N 2°10′16.20″W / 52.6025806°N 2.1711667°W / 52.6025806; -2.1711667


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