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Location | Slough,Buckinghamshire | ||||||
Establishment | 1899 (first recorded match) | ||||||
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Only WODI | 29 July 1993:![]() ![]() | ||||||
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As of 6 September 2020 Source:Ground profile |
Chalvey Road was acricket ground inSlough,Buckinghamshire.Slough Cricket Club moved to the ground in 1899, with the first recorded match on the ground in 1904, whenBuckinghamshire playedBerkshire in theMinor Counties Championship. From 1904 to 1998 the ground hosted 57 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire playNorfolk.[1] Buckinghamshire also played a singleMCCA Knockout Trophy match held at the ground, againstOxfordshire in 1992. In 1999,Berkshire played an MCCA Knockout Trophy match against theSussex Cricket Board.[2]
The ground has also heldList-A matches. The first List-A match held on the ground was between a combinedMinor Counties andMiddlesex in the 1981Benson and Hedges Cup. From 1981 to 1986, the ground hosted 5 List-A matches, the last of which saw a combined Minor Counties side playNorthamptonshire in the 1986 Benson and Hedges Cup.[3]
In local domestic cricket, the ground was the home venue ofSlough Cricket Club from 1899 to 1999, when after 100 years of playing at the ground, the club moved to a new purpose built ground at Upton Court Road, which was held both Buckinghamshire and Berkshire home matches.[4] The ground has since been developed with housing.
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