Tipton Road
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The Tipton Road cricket ground in Dudley
, England
was used for first-class cricket
by Worcestershire CCC
on 88 occasions between 1911 and 1971. The county also staged 14 List A games there between 1969 and 1977, all in the Sunday League
, as well as a number of Second XI matches.
One match of the 1982 ICC Trophy
was played at Tipton Road, but the game between East Africa
and West Africa
was abandoned without a result after East Africa had reached 53/2 from 25.1 overs.
On 25 May 1985, however, a 40-foot wide hole appeared on the cricket pitch, and Dudley council immediately closed the cricket pitch and the rest of the sports centre.
The whole complex remained derelict until 2000, when construction of the first buildings on the Castle Gate leisure and commercial complex began.
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
was used for first-class cricket
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...
by Worcestershire CCC
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
on 88 occasions between 1911 and 1971. The county also staged 14 List A games there between 1969 and 1977, all in the Sunday League
National League (cricket)
The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were played on days other than Sunday.-Sunday League:The...
, as well as a number of Second XI matches.
One match of the 1982 ICC Trophy
1982 ICC Trophy
The 1982 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in England between 16 June and 10 July 1982. It was the second ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, with matches between the 16 participating teams played over 60 overs a side and with white clothing and red balls...
was played at Tipton Road, but the game between East Africa
East African cricket team
The East African cricket team was a cricket team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Their first game was against a South African Non-European team in 1958. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup- represented by players from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; and the 1979, 1982...
and West Africa
West African cricket team
The West African cricket team was a team representing the countries of Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone in international cricket matches whilst they were an associate member of the International Cricket Council between 1976 and 2003. They played in the ICC Trophy on three occasions, in 1982,...
was abandoned without a result after East Africa had reached 53/2 from 25.1 overs.
On 25 May 1985, however, a 40-foot wide hole appeared on the cricket pitch, and Dudley council immediately closed the cricket pitch and the rest of the sports centre.
The whole complex remained derelict until 2000, when construction of the first buildings on the Castle Gate leisure and commercial complex began.
First-class
- Highest team total: 645/7 declared by WarwickshireWarwickshire County Cricket ClubWarwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
v Worcestershire, 1914 - Lowest team total: 48 by Worcestershire v GloucestershireGloucestershire County Cricket ClubGloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, 1924 - Highest individual innings: 305 not outNot outIn cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
by Frank Foster for Warwickshire v Worcestershire, 1914 - Best bowling in an innings: 9-45 by Peter JacksonPeter Jackson (cricketer)Percy Frederick Jackson was a Scottish born English cricketer for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He bowled offspin and was also known to take the new ball and bowl medium-paced outswingers...
for Worcestershire v Somerset, 1935
List A
- Highest team total: 258/4 (40 overs) by Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972
- Lowest team total: 88 (32.1 overs) by Sussex v Worcestershire, 1972
- Highest individual innings: 121 by Glenn TurnerGlenn TurnerGlenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel....
for Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972 - Best bowling in an innings: 5-28 by David AcfieldDavid AcfieldDavid Laurence Acfield was a First Class and List A cricketer and champion fencer from England. He was part of the successful Essex team of the late seventies and early eighties and formed a famous county spin partnership with Ray East. He was a right arm off break bowler and right hand tail end...
for Essex v Worcestershire, 1972