Milnrow Road Explained

Ground Name:Milnrow Road
Country:England
Location:Rochdale, Lancashire
Establishment:1868
Year1:1876
Club1:North
Date:4 September
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/712.html profile

Milnrow Road was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1868, when the Gentlemen of Rochdale played Australian Aboriginals during their tour of England.[1]

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

The final recorded match on the ground came in 1877 when Rochdale played Burnley. The ground was later required for building and built over. The exact location of the ground is unknown, only that it was situated along Milnrow Road, which is still in existence to this day. A likely candidate for its location is an area of land halfway along the road which was called Park Fields.

External links

53.6136°N -2.141°W

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/712_misc.html Other matches played on Milnrow Road
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/712_f.html First-Class Matches played on Milnrow Road