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.
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 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] |
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 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] |
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.
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 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] |
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 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] |