Ashton Club Ground

Ashton Club Ground
Ground information
Location Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Establishment 1863 (first recorded match)
Team information
Cambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865)
As of 5 September 2010
Source: profile

Ashton Club Ground was a cricket ground in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1863, when Ashton-under-Lyne played All-England Eleven.[1]

In 1865, the ground acted as a neutral venue when it held its only first-class match between Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, with the match ending in a draw.[2]

The final recorded match on the ground came in 1943 when G. Duckworth's XI played R. Howard's XI. Cricket is no longer played at the site of the ground today.

References

  1. ↑ Other matches played on Ashton Club Ground
  2. ↑ First-Class Matches played on Ashton Club Ground

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Coordinates: 53°29′02″N 2°06′47″W / 53.48390°N 2.11298°W / 53.48390; -2.11298


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