Castleton Cricket Club Ground Explained

Ground Name:Castleton Cricket Club Ground
Country:England
Location:Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire
Coordinates:53.6107°N -2.1696°W
Establishment:1872 (first recorded match)
Year1:1876
Club1:Lancashire
Date:5 September
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/713.html profile

Castleton Cricket Club Ground was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1872, when Castleton played a team called An Eleven.[1]

In 1876, the ground held its only first-class match when Lancashire played Kent.[2]

The final recorded match on the ground came in 1891 when Castleton played Burnley. The ground was later required for building and built over. The ground was located to the south Sparth Bottoms Road, an area which is today covered by industrial units following the closure of the ground in 1965.[3]

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53.6107°N -2.1696°W

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/713_misc.html Other matches played on Castleton Cricket Club Ground
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/713_f.html First-Class Matches played on Castleton Cricket Club Ground
  3. News: Britain's lost cricket grounds. Arnot. Chris. The Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2013.