Moss Lane Cricket Ground
Encyclopedia
Moss Lane Cricket Ground was a cricket
ground in Manchester
, Lancashire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864, when Manchester Cricket Club played Sheffield Cricket Club.
In 1844, the ground held its first first-class
match when Manchester Cricket Club played pre-county club Yorkshire. From 1844 to 1846, the ground played host to 4 first-class matches, the last of which saw Manchester Cricket Club play Sheffield Cricket Club.
The final recorded match on the ground came in 1847 when Manchester Slow Bowlers played Manchester Fast Bowlers. The ground was later developed, with St Mary's Church covering the site today.
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 Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, 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 1864, when Manchester Cricket Club played Sheffield Cricket Club.
In 1844, the ground held its 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 when Manchester Cricket Club played pre-county club Yorkshire. From 1844 to 1846, the ground played host to 4 first-class matches, the last of which saw Manchester Cricket Club play Sheffield Cricket Club.
The final recorded match on the ground came in 1847 when Manchester Slow Bowlers played Manchester Fast Bowlers. The ground was later developed, with St Mary's Church covering the site today.
External links
- Moss Lane 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...
- Moss Lane 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...