Cheshire County Cricket Club was established on 29 September 1908. Though a previous incarnation of the club had played in the 1895Minor Counties Championship, the club in its current form has since playedminor counties cricket from 1909 and playedList A cricket from 1964 to 2004, using a different number ofhome grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was againstStaffordshire at Cale Green,Stockport, while their first List A match came 68 years later againstSurrey in the1964 Gillette Cup at theEllerman Lines Cricket Ground, Hoylake.
The 35 grounds that Cheshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Cheshire County Cricket Club when it was permitted to play List A matches. These grounds have also held Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Cheshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
| Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||
| Cale Green | Stockport | 7 June 1895 vStaffordshire | 24 June 1953 vLancashire Second XI | 4 | – | – | 0 | [34][35] |
Park Drive | Birkenhead | 8 July 1895 vDurham | 23 July 1930 vStaffordshire | 4 | – | – | 0 | [36][37] |
| Rookwood | Sale | only match: 26 May 1909 vYorkshire Second XI | 1 | – | – | 0 | [38][39] | |
| Alexandra Athletic Ground | Crewe | 7 July 1909 vStaffordshire | 5 August 1939 vLincolnshire | 20 | – | – | 0 | [40][41] |
Winnington Park | Northwich | 28 July 1909 vNorthumberland | 7 June 1922 vStaffordshire | 4 | – | – | 0 | [42][43] |
The Recreation Ground | Bollington | 4 August 1909 vNottinghamshire Second XI | 27 June 1923 vStaffordshire | 7 | – | – | 0 | [44][45] |
| Gorse Hall Road | Dukinfield | 7 June 1914 vStaffordshire | 14 June 1993 vCornwall | 8 | only match: 2 June 1991 vCumberland | 1 | [46][47][48] | |
Rake Lane.JPG) | Wallasey | 10 August 1914 vDurham | 12 July 1998 vBerkshire | 18 | 21 July 1996 vBuckinghamshire | 14 May 2006 vHerefordshire | 6 | [49][50][51] |
Aigburth Cricket Ground | Liverpool | 8 June 1920 vGlamorgan | 18 August 1920 vNorthumberland | 3 | – | – | 0 | [52][53][n 6] |
| Kingsley Fields | Nantwich | 18 June 1930 vLancashire Second XI | 11 July 1955 vNorthumberland | 5 | – | – | 0 | [54][55] |
| Haddon Field | Middlewich | 29 May 1946 vLancashire Second XI | 7 August 1957 vStaffordshire | 7 | – | – | 0 | [56][57] |
Stockport Road | Timperley | only match: 2 July 1947 vLancashire Second XI | 1 | – | – | 0 | [58][59] | |
| Cheadle Sports Club | Cheadle | 16 August 1948 vNorthumberland | 18 May 1949 vStaffordshire | 2 | – | – | 0 | [60][61] |
| Brooklands Sports Club | Sale | 24 May 1950 vYorkshire Second XI | 17 July 1960 vWarwickshire Second XI | 2 | – | – | 0 | [62][63] |
| Luke and Spencers Ground | Altrincham | only match: 18 June 1952 vLancashire Second XI | 1 | – | – | 0 | [64][65] | |
| London Midland Railway Sports Club Ground | Crewe | only match: 17 June 1959 vStaffordshire | 1 | – | – | 0 | [66][67] | |
| Vicarage Road | Northwich | 10 August 1964 vNorthumberland | 27 July 1980 vShropshire | 18 | 7 August 1983 vDurham | 16 June 1985 vSuffolk | 3 | [68][69][70] |
| Queensgate | Bramhall | 31 May 1967 vStaffordshire | 4 August 1974 vDurham | 2 | – | – | 0 | [71][72] |
Whitehouse Lane.jpg) | Nantwich | 20 June 1976 vStaffordshire | 17 August 2014 vOxfordshire | 17 | 22 May 1988 vStaffordshire | 12 June 2005 vWales Minor Counties | 6 | [73][74][75] |
| Grove Park | Cheadle Hulme | 26 May 1982 vDurham | 2 June 2002 vOxfordshire | 4 | 19 June 1988 vLincolnshire | 20 June 2004 vBerkshire | 5 | [76][77][78] |
Old Greasby Road | Upton-by-Chester | only match: 26 June 1994 vWales Minor Counties | 1 | – | – | 0 | [79][80] | |
| Broad Lane | Grappenhall | 5 July 2015 vDorset | 7 July 2015 vDorset | 1 | 30 April 2006 vCumberland | 16 May 2010 vStaffordshire | 3 | [81][82] |
| Little Heath | Christleton | – | – | 0 | 20 May 2007 vShropshire | 2 May 2012 vCumberland | 3 | [83][84] |
| The Michael Hibbert Cricket Ground | Marple | – | – | 0 | 1 June 2008 vCumberland | 15 May 2011 vNorthumberland | 4 | [85][86] |
| Church Lane | Woodford | – | – | 0 | 20 May 2012 vHerefordshire | 20 May 2014 vLincolnshire | 2 | [87][88] |
| Werneth Low | Hyde | – | – | 0 | only match: 2 June 2013 vNorthumberland | 1 | [89][90] | |
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