Ashton Club Ground
Encyclopedia
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
.
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.
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.
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 Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1863, when Ashton-under-Lyne played All-England Eleven
All-England Eleven
In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
.
In 1865, the ground acted as a neutral venue when it held its only first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match between Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club
Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...
and Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
, with the match ending in a draw.
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.
External links
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