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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.

Grounds

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List A

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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]

Minor Counties

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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]

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907–1909.
  9. ^ A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953.
  10. ^ Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985–1990.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.
  13. ^ 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.

References

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  9. ^ "Knutton Road, Wolstanton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  13. ^ "Lichfield Road, Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  17. ^ "Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  30. ^ "Danescourt, Wolverhampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  31. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Danescourt, Wolverhampton (35)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  32. ^ "Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  33. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter (21)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  34. ^ "Haden Hill Park, Haden Hill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  37. ^ "Sandwell Park, West Bromwich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  41. ^ "The Hough, Stafford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  43. ^ "Greyhound Way, Stoke-on-Trent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  45. ^ "Tunstall Road, Knypersley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  47. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Tunstall Road, Knypersley (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  48. ^ "Collins Hill, Lichfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  49. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Collins Hill, Lichfield (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  50. ^ "Broomfield, Smethwick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  51. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Broomfield, Smethwick(3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  52. ^ "Newford, Norton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  53. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Newford, Norton (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  54. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Newford, Norton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  55. ^ "Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  56. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  57. ^ "Boon Hill Road, Bignall End". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  58. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Boon Hill Road, Bignall End (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  59. ^ "Great Chell Cricket Club Ground, Great Chell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  60. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Great Chell Cricket Club Ground, Great Chell (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  61. ^ "The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  62. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  63. ^ "Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  64. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  65. ^ "Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  66. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  67. ^ "Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  68. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  69. ^ "Swynnerton Park, Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  70. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Swynnerton Park, Stone (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  71. ^ "St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  72. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  73. ^ "Kent Hills Ground, Audley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  85. ^ "Deer Park, Dunstall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  87. ^ "Hints Road, Tamworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  90. ^ "Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  91. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  92. ^ "Stourbridge Road, Himley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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