Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground
Encyclopedia
Wolverhampton Cricket Club Ground is a cricket
ground in Wolverhampton
, Staffordshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1893, when Wolverhampton played Shropshire. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1900 when Staffordshire
played Northumberland
. The county used the ground during a number of periods in the 20th century, with the ground hosting 35 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final match Staffordshire played on the ground coming in 1995 against Northumberland.
The ground has also hosted a single Women's One Day International match between England women and Trinidad and Tobago women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Wolverhampton Cricket Club who play in the Birmingham and District Premier League
.
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 Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, 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 1893, when Wolverhampton played Shropshire. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1900 when Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
played Northumberland
Northumberland County Cricket Club
Northumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. The county used the ground during a number of periods in the 20th century, with the ground hosting 35 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final match Staffordshire played on the ground coming in 1995 against Northumberland.
The ground has also hosted a single Women's One Day International match between England women and Trinidad and Tobago women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup was the first tournament of its kind, held two years before the first limited overs World Cup for men in 1975. The competition was won by the hosts, England...
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Wolverhampton Cricket Club who play in the Birmingham and District Premier League
Birmingham and District Premier League
The Birmingham and District Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the world, formed in 1888. Arguably the strongest club competition in the country, it was also the first ECB Premier League, being designated such in 1998.- Geography :...
.
External links
- Wolverhampton Cricket Club 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...
- Wolverhampton Cricket Club 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...