List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds explained

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

List A

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
									24 May 1998 v Oxfordshire		^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
											^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
											^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
											^[15] ^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19]
											^[20] ^[21] ^[22] ^[23] ^[24]
								-	-		^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]

Minor Counties

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
					-	-		^[29] ^[30] ^[31]
					-	-		^[32] ^[33] ^[34]
					-	-		^[35] ^[36]
			4 July 1995 v Northumberland		-	-		^[37] ^[38]
Oldfields Ground					-	-		^[39] ^[40] ^[41]
Haden Hill Park			18 August 2013 v Norfolk					^[42] ^[43] ^[44]
Sandwell Park	West Bromwich				-	-		^[45] ^[46]
					-	-		^[47] ^[48] ^[49]
The Hough					-	-		^[50] ^[51]
Greyhound Way					-	-		^[52] ^[53]
								^[54] ^[55] ^[56] ^[57]
Collins Hill					-	-		^[58] ^[59]
Broomfield					-	-		^[60] ^[61]
Newford								^[62] ^[63] ^[64]
Goodyear Ground					-	-		^[65] ^[66]
Boon Hill Road					-	-		^[67] ^[68]
Great Chell Cricket Club Ground					-	-		^[69] ^[70]
The Sid Jenkins Ground					-	-		^[71] ^[72]
Castlecroft Road					-	-		^[73] ^[74]
Clayton Lane					-	-		^[75] ^[76]
					-	-		^[77] ^[78] ^[79]
Swynnerton Park					-	-		^[80] ^[81]
St Edward's Hospital Ground					-	-		^[82] ^[83]
Kent Hills Ground			18 July 1979 v Lincolnshire					^[84] ^[85] ^[86]
					-	-		^[87] ^[88] ^[89]
Deansfield					-	-		^[90] ^[91]
								^[92] ^[93] ^[94]
The Morris Ground					-	-		^[95] ^[96]
Deer Park		-	-					^[97] ^[98] ^[99]
Hints Road								^[100] ^[101] ^[102]
Dennis Viollet Avenue					-	-		^[103] ^[104]
Stourbridge Road		-	-					^[105] ^[106]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gorway, Walsall . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
2. Web site: List A Matches played on Gorway, Walsall (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
3. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Gorway, Walsall (27) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
4. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Gorway, Walsall (5) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09 .
5. 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.
6. Web site: Highfield, Leek . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
7. Web site: List A Matches played on Highfield, Leek (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
8. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Highfield, Leek (23) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
9. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Highfield, Leek (12) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
10. [Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]
11. Web site: Knutton Road, Wolstanton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
12. Web site: List A Matches played on Knutton Road, Wolstanton (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
13. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Knutton Road, Wolstanton (45) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
14. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Knutton Road, Wolstanton (5) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
15. Web site: Lichfield Road, Stone . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
16. Web site: List A Matches played on Lichfield Road, Stone (12) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
17. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Lichfield Road, Stone (44) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
18. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Lichfield Road, Stone (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
19. 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.
20. Web site: Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
21. Web site: List A Matches played on Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
22. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent (42) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
23. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
24. 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.
25. Web site: Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
26. Web site: List A Matches played on Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
27. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
28. 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.
29. Web site: County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
30. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (77) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
31. 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.
32. Web site: Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
33. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
34. 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.
35. Web site: The Chuckery, Walsall . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
36. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Chuckery, Walsall (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
37. Web site: Danescourt, Wolverhampton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
38. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Danescourt, Wolverhampton (35) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
39. Web site: Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
40. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter (21) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
41. J Bamford's XI played three first-class matches here between 1907 - 1909.
42. Web site: Haden Hill Park, Haden Hill . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
43. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Haden Hill Park, Haden Hill (7) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
44. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Haden Hill Park, Haden Hill (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
45. Web site: Sandwell Park, West Bromwich . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
46. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sandwell Park, West Bromwich (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
47. Web site: Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
48. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (29) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
49. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1953.
50. Web site: The Hough, Stafford . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
51. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Hough, Stafford (9) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
52. Web site: Greyhound Way, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
53. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Greyhound Way, Stoke-on-Trent (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
54. Web site: Tunstall Road, Knypersley . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
55. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Tunstall Road, Knypersley (28) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
56. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Tunstall Road, Knypersley (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
57. Derbyshire played three List A matches here between 1985 - 1990.
58. Web site: Collins Hill, Lichfield . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
59. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Collins Hill, Lichfield (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
60. Web site: Broomfield, Smethwick . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
61. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Broomfield, Smethwick(3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
62. Web site: Newford, Norton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
63. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Newford, Norton (7) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
64. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Newford, Norton (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
65. Web site: Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
66. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
67. Web site: Boon Hill Road, Bignall End . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
68. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Boon Hill Road, Bignall End (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
69. Web site: Great Chell Cricket Club Ground, Great Chell . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
70. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Great Chell Cricket Club Ground, Great Chell (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
71. Web site: The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
72. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
73. Web site: Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
74. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
75. Web site: Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
76. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
77. Web site: Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
78. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle (5) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
79. 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.
80. Web site: Swynnerton Park, Stone . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
81. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Swynnerton Park, Stone (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
82. Web site: St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
83. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
84. Web site: Kent Hills Ground, Audley . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
85. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Kent Hills Ground, Audley (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
86. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Kent Hills Ground, Audley (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
87. Web site: Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
88. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-Trent (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
89. Derbyshire played two first-class matches here in 1975 and 1976 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.
90. Web site: Deansfield, Brewood . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
91. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Deansfield, Brewood (19) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
92. Web site: Willow Lane, Meir Heath . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
93. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Willow Lane, Meir Heath (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
94. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Willow Lane, Meir Heath (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
95. Web site: The Morris Ground, Cannock . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
96. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Morris Ground, Cannock (6) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
97. Web site: Deer Park, Dunstall . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
98. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Deer Park, Dunstall (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
99. 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.
100. Web site: Hints Road, Tamworth . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
101. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Hints Road, Tamworth (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
102. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Hints Road, Tamworth (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
103. Web site: Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
104. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
105. Web site: Stourbridge Road, Himley . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.
106. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Stourbridge Road, Himley (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-02-09.