Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground
Encyclopedia
Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground (exact name unknown) was a cricket
ground in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1840, when the North
played the Marylebone Cricket Club
in the grounds first first-class
match. The following year the ground held its second and final first-class match when the North again played the Marlybone Cricket Club.
The final recorded match on the County Ground came in 1848 and saw Burton-on-Trent play Manchester Cricket Club. The exact location of the ground remains unknown, although some sources such as Cricinfo
believe the ground may in fact be the Town Ground.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1840, when the North
North of England cricket team
The North of England appeared in first-class cricket between 1836 and 1961, most often in the showcase North v. South matches against the South of England although there were also games against touring teams, MCC and others....
played the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
in the grounds first first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match. The following year the ground held its second and final first-class match when the North again played the Marlybone Cricket Club.
The final recorded match on the County Ground came in 1848 and saw Burton-on-Trent play Manchester Cricket Club. The exact location of the ground remains unknown, although some sources such as Cricinfo
Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
believe the ground may in fact be the Town Ground.
External links
- Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...