Cheshire County Cricket Club was established on 29 September 1908. Though a previous incarnation of the club had played in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship, the club in its current form has since played minor counties cricket from 1909 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Staffordshire at Cale Green, Stockport, while their first List A match came 68 years later against Surrey in the 1964 Gillette Cup at the Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake.
The 35 grounds that Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 Ellerman Lines Cricket Ground Hoylake only match:6 May 1964v Surrey 14 August 1957v Northumberland 19 June 1968v Yorkshire Second XI – – Victoria Road Macclesfield 28 April 1966v Lancashire 25 May 1968v Northamptonshire 28 July 1920v Staffordshire 13 June 1982v Staffordshire 24 September 1983v Bedfordshire 7 June 1984v Hertfordshire Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Townfield Lane Oxton 3 July 1985v Yorkshire 25 June 1986v Surrey 22 July 1895v Worcestershire 13 June 2004v Devon 14 June 1987v Cumberland 28 June 1987v Lincolnshire A combined Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Nottinghamshire in the 1989 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Boughton Hall Cricket Club Ground Boughton 22 June 1988v Northamptonshire 29 August 2001v Lancashire Cricket Board 6 July 1910v Northumberland 16 August 2015v Herefordshire 17 May 1992v Northumberland 15 June 2014v Herefordshire Minor Counties North played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Walton Lea Road Warrington only match:22 June 1993v Nottinghamshire 30 August 1978v Lancashire Second XI 30 August 1994v Berkshire 8 June 1986v Durham 30 June 1996v Hertfordshire South Downs Road Bowdon 21 June 1994v Durham 23 June 1999v Kent 8 August 1910v Durham 20 July 2014v Wales Minor Counties – – A combined Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match at the ground against Lancashire in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Booth Park Toft 13 August 2001v Cornwall 29 August 2002v Huntingdonshire 28 July 1982v Northumberland 2 June 2998v Oxfordshire only match:7 June 2012v Dorset Parkgate Cricket Ground Parkgate only match:12 September 2002v Lincolnshire 21 August 1935v Denbighshire 13 August 2000v Berkshire 20 May 1984v Cumberland 11 May 2014v Cumberland Moss Lane Alderley Edge only match:5 May 2004v Hampshire 1 August 1973v Lancashire Second XI 2 August 2015v Berkshire – – Lancashire played a single List A match at the ground against a touring Bangladesh A team on 30 July 2008. Only the List A matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Cheshire 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 Cale Green Stockport 7 June 1895v Staffordshire 24 June 1953v Lancashire Second XI – – Park Drive Birkenhead 8 July 1895v Durham 23 July 1930v Staffordshire – – Rookwood Sale only match:26 May 1909v Yorkshire Second XI – – Alexandra Athletic Ground Crewe 7 July 1909v Staffordshire 5 August 1939v Lincolnshire – – Winnington Park Northwich 28 July 1909v Northumberland 7 June 1922v Staffordshire – – The Recreation Ground Bollington 4 August 1909v Nottinghamshire Second XI 27 June 1923v Staffordshire – – Gorse Hall Road Dukinfield 7 June 1914v Staffordshire 14 June 1993v Cornwall only match:2 June 1991v Cumberland Rake Lane Wallasey 10 August 1914v Durham 12 July 1998v Berkshire 21 July 1996v Buckinghamshire 14 May 2006v Herefordshire Aigburth Cricket Ground Liverpool 8 June 1920v Glamorgan 18 August 1920v Northumberland – – Aigburth Cricket Ground is based in the adjacent county of Lancashire. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Cheshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Kingsley Fields Nantwich 18 June 1930v Lancashire Second XI 11 July 1955v Northumberland – – Haddon Field Middlewich 29 May 1946v Lancashire Second XI 7 August 1957v Staffordshire – – Stockport Road Timperley only match:2 July 1947v Lancashire Second XI – – Cheadle Sports Club Cheadle 16 August 1948v Northumberland 18 May 1949v Staffordshire – – Brooklands Sports Club Sale 24 May 1950v Yorkshire Second XI 17 July 1960v Warwickshire Second XI – – Luke and Spencers Ground Altrincham only match:18 June 1952v Lancashire Second XI – – London Midland Railway Sports Club Ground Crewe only match:17 June 1959v Staffordshire – – Vicarage Road Northwich 10 August 1964v Northumberland 27 July 1980v Shropshire 7 August 1983v Durham 16 June 1985v Suffolk Queensgate Bramhall 31 May 1967v Staffordshire 4 August 1974v Durham – – Whitehouse Lane Nantwich 20 June 1976v Staffordshire 17 August 2014v Oxfordshire 22 May 1988v Staffordshire 12 June 2005v Wales Minor Counties Grove Park Cheadle Hulme 26 May 1982v Durham 2 June 2002v Oxfordshire 19 June 1988v Lincolnshire 20 June 2004v Berkshire Old Greasby Road Upton-by-Chester only match:26 June 1994v Wales Minor Counties – – Broad Lane Grappenhall 5 July 2015v Dorset 7 July 2015 v Dorset 30 April 2006v Cumberland 16 May 2010v Staffordshire Little Heath Christleton – – 20 May 2007v Shropshire 2 May 2012v Cumberland The Michael Hibbert Cricket Ground Marple – – 1 June 2008v Cumberland 15 May 2011v Northumberland Church Lane Woodford – – 20 May 2012v Herefordshire 20 May 2014v Lincolnshire Werneth Low Hyde – – only match:2 June 2013v Northumberland
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