Deer Park is a cricket

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 within the grounds of Dunstall Hall, Dunstall

Dunstall

Dunstall is a small village and civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It lies between Burton upon Trent and Barton-under-Needwood. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 215....

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1997, when the Derbyshire Second XI

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

 played the Durham Second XI

Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

 in the Second XI Trophy

Second XI Championship

The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...

. The ground held 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

 matches in 1999. The first saw the Derbyshire Cricket Board

Derbyshire Cricket Board

The Derbyshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Derbyshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...

 as the home team against Shropshire

Shropshire County Cricket Club

Shropshire 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 Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 and the second saw Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Cricket Club

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board

Nottinghamshire Cricket Board

The Nottinghamshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Nottinghamshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-Structure:...

. The ground has held a number of Second XI Championship

Second XI Championship

The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...

 and Second XI Trophy matches for the Derbyshire Second XI.

The ground has held a single List-A match which saw the Derbyshire Cricket Board play Wales Minor Counties

Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club

Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club, representing the historic counties of Wales except Glamorgan is currently the only non-English member of the Minor Counties Championship in the England and Wales domestic cricket structure....

 in the 1999 NatWest Trophy

1999 NatWest Trophy

The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999...

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In local domestic cricket, Deer Park is the home ground of Dunstall Cricket Club

Dunstall Cricket Club

Dunstall Cricket Club is based outside Burton On Trent in the county of Staffordshire. The club was originally founded in the 1890s but since reformed in the 1960s. During the 1980s the club played in the Burton and District league before moving to the Derbyshire league in 1992 and then playing in...

 who play in the Derbyshire Premier Cricket League

Derbyshire Premier Cricket League

The Derbyshire Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire, England, and is a designated ECB Premier League.-Winners:...

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External links

• Deer Park on CricketArchive
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