Lichfield Road is a cricket ground in Stone, Staffordshire. The ground was established in 1948, when Staffordshire played Buckinghamshire in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1948 to the present day, it has hosted 43 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1]
The first List-A match played on the ground came in the 1973 Gillette Cup between Staffordshire and Dorset. From 1973 to 2004, the ground played host to 13 List-A matches, the last of which saw Staffordshire play Lancashire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[2] In July 1974, the ground played host to a match between the England U-19 cricket team and West Indian U-19 cricket team, which was the first U-19 match for both teams.[3]
In local domestic cricket, Lichfield Road is the home ground of Stone Cricket Club who play in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League.[4]
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
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Previous grounds |
- Gorway Ground, Walsall
- Lichfield Road, Stone
- Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent
- Ind Coope Ground, Burton-upon-Trent
- County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
- Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham
- The Chuckery, Walsall
- Danescourt, Wolverhampton
- Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter
- Haden Hill Park
- Sandwell Park, West Bromwich
- Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
- The Hough, Stafford
- Greyhound Way, Stoke-on-Trent
- Collins Hill, Lichfield
- Broomfield, Smethwick
- Newford, Norton le Moors
- Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton
- Boon Hill Road
- Great Chell Cricket Club Ground
- The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke
- Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton
- Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle
- Swynnerton Park, Stone
- St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton
- Kent Hills Ground, Audley
- Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-upon-Trent
- Deansfield, Brewood
- Willow Lane, Meir Heath
- The Morris Ground, Cannock
- Deer Park, Dunstall
- Hints Road, Tamworth
- Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent
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Captains |
- List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club captains
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Records |
- Staffordshire List A cricket records
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