Shropshire County Cricket Club was established on 28 June 1956. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1957 and played List A cricket from 1974 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1957 was against Staffordshire at The Grove Ground, Market Drayton, while their first List A match came 17 years later against Essex in the 1974 Gillette Cup at Orleton Park, Wellington.
The sixteen grounds that Shropshire have used for home matches since 1955 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 Shropshire 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 Orleton Park Wellington 29 June 1974v Essex 19 May 1999v Hampshire Cricket Board 16 August 1965v Bedfordshire 10 June 2001v Berkshire 22 May 1994v Bedfordshire 19 June 2011v Cambridgeshire One first-class match has been played here between a Minor Counties cricket team and the touring Indians on 18 July 1979. St George's Cricket Ground Telford 4 July 1984v Yorkshire 21 June 2000v Somerset 17 July 1957v Derbyshire Second XI 4 July 1999v Devon 9 June 1996v Berkshire 19 July 2001v Devon London Road Shrewsbury 1 May 2001v Devon 29 May 2002v Gloucestershire 4 July 1957v Nottinghamshire Second XI 21 July 2013v Cornwall 1 May 1995v Dorset 4 May 2014v Lincolnshire Two List A matches were played here in the 1984 and 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup by a combined Minor Counties team. Only the List A matches played by Shropshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Priorslee Road Shifnal 16 May 2000v Surrey Cricket Board 13 September 2001v Oxfordshire 10 June 1987v Cornwall 22 June 2014v Herefordshire 17 May 1998v Lancashire Cricket Board 16 June 2013v Wales Minor Counties Morda Road Oswestry only match:28 August 2003v Northumberland 16 July 1964v Somerset Second XI 5 August 2012v Wales Minor Counties 28 May 2000v Worcestershire Cricket Board 18 May 2014v Cheshire Heath Road Whitchurch only match:4 May 2005v Hampshire 23 July 2000v Herefordshire 6 June 2016v Dorset only match:20 June 1999v Cumberland
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Shropshire 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 Grove Ground Market Drayton 29 May 1957v Staffordshire 21 August 1976v Dorset – – Audley Avenue Newport 11 July 1957v Warwickshire Second XI 5 July 1998v Wales Minor Counties 3 June 1984v Berkshire 17 June 1984v Northumberland High Town Bridgnorth 30 July 1958v Derbyshire Second XI 16 July 2014v Oxfordshire 19 May 1985v Oxfordshire 20 May 1990v Staffordshire Perkins Cricket Club Ground Shrewsbury 24 August 1959v Nottinghamshire Second XI 5 July 1965v Somerset Second XI 5 June 1988v Cheshire 17 May 1992v Herefordshire Ellesmere College Ground Ellesmere 14 June 1967v Lincolnshire 12 June 1994v Wiltshire – – The Avenue Uppington 2 June 1971v Cambridgeshire 3 June 1975v Somerset Second XI only match:8 June 2003v Cumberland The Burway Ludlow 27 August 1973v Devon 19 August 1979v Somerset Second XI – – Sir John Moore Barracks Ground Shrewsbury only match:21 August 1974v Staffordshire – – Wrekin College Ground Wellington – – only match:24 May 1998v Cheshire The Kynaston Ground Wem – – 3 June 2001v Wales Minor Counties 17 May 2009v Cheshire
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