GP Codie's Ground
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GP Codie's Ground was a cricket
ground in Eccles
, Lancashire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Manchester Cricket Club played Surrey
in the grounds first first-class
match. The following year the ground held its second and final first-class match when Manchester Cricket Club played Sussex
.
During its existence, the ground was the home venue of Westerns Cricket Club. Westerns played the final recorded match held on the ground in 1881 when they played Cheshire. The ground was later developed and built over, although its exact location is unknown.
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 Eccles
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Manchester Cricket Club played Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
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 Manchester Cricket Club played Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
.
During its existence, the ground was the home venue of Westerns Cricket Club. Westerns played the final recorded match held on the ground in 1881 when they played Cheshire. The ground was later developed and built over, although its exact location is unknown.
External links
- GP Codie's 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...
- GP Codie's 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...