Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool

Cricket ground

Aigburth Cricket Ground

Ground information
Location| Aigburth, Liverpool
Establishment| 1881
Capacity| 3,000[1]
End names
Aigburth Road
Riversdale Road
International information
Only WODI| 18 July 1973:
International XI v  Trinidad and Tobago
As of 23 May 2012
Source: CricketArchive

Aigburth Cricket Ground in Liverpool, England, is the home of Liverpool Cricket Club. The club was founded in 1807 and is the oldest amateur sports club in Merseyside.[2] The ground hosted its maiden first-class cricket match in 1881, a fixture between Lancashire and Cambridge University.[3]

The ground was kept by the former first-class cricketer George Ubsdell for a 12-year period following the end of his first-class career in 1870.[4] Designed by Thomas Harnett Harrison and built in 1880, the pavilion is the oldest remaining at a first-class cricket ground.[5][6] The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1973.[7] During the tournament Aigburth hosted its only Women's One Day International, a match between International XI Women and Trinidad and Tobago Women.[8] The West Indies cricket team toured England in 1984 and played a tour match against Lancashire at Aigburth. A 7,633-strong crowd watched the match.[6] Lancashire lost by 56 runs, and Gordon Greenidge scored 186 while opening the batting.[9] The innings was the second of three one-day centuries scored at the ground and remains the highest score in the format at Aigburth, and Greenidge's highest score.[10][11]

While Old Trafford Cricket Ground was undergoing a renovation in 2011, Lancashire played more cricket at Aigburth, playing five matches at the ground.[2] The move away from Old Trafford coincided with Lancashire winning the County Championship for the first time since 1950, and Lancashire won four out of their six matches at Aigburth.[12] The ground has hosted 198 first-class matches to 2014,[3] eighteen List A matches to 2017[13] and, as confirmed by the Wisden and Playfair annuals, two Twenty20 matches to 2017.

## Football[edit]

Aigburth Cricket Ground hosted an international exhibition game between England and Ireland on 24 February 1883, which England won 7–0.[14]

## Tennis[edit]

The ground also co-hosted the prestigious Northern Championships in 1882, then for many years alternating with the Northern Lawn Tennis Club at Didsbury, Manchester.[15] It was also host to the Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament (1881-1883).

## Statistics[edit]

First-class

Category  | Information

|

Highest team score  | Gloucestershire (514 v. Lancashire, 1932)
Lowest team score  | Glamorgan (22 v. Lancashire, 1924)
Best batting performance  | Wally Hammond (264 runs for Gloucestershire v. Lancashire, 1932)
Best bowling performance  | Alex Kennedy (9/33 for Hampshire v. Lancashire, 1920)

List A
Category  | Information

|

Highest team score  | West Indies (297/6 in 55 overs v. Lancashire, 1984)
Lowest team score  | No team has been bowled out for less than 100 on this ground
Best batting performance  | Gordon Greenidge (186 runs for West Indies v. Lancashire, 1984)
Best bowling performance  | Sajid Mahmood (5/16 for Lancashire v. Sri Lanka A, 2007)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Aigburth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
2. ^ a b "Aigburth ground prepares for season as Lancashire base". BBC News. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
3. ^ a b "First-class matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
4. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1905". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
5. ^ Physick, Ray (2007). Played in Liverpool. English Heritage. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-1-85074-990-5.
6. ^ a b "Aigburth Cricket Ground". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
7. ^ McConnell, Lynn (14 September 2000). "Love of the game carries women's cricket through". Retrieved 23 May 2012.
8. ^ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
9. ^ "a4050 Lancashire v West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1984". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
10. ^ "Aigburth, Liverpool – centuries in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
11. ^ "Gordon Greenidge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
12. ^ Henderson, Michael (2012). "Lancashire's Championship: To make the old boy smile". In Booth, Lawrence (ed.). The Shorter Wisden 2012. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4081-8021-1.
13. ^ "List A matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
14. ^ "Match Report: England 7 – Ireland 0". englandstats.com. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
15. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

## Further reading[edit]

* Powell, William (1992). The Wisden Guide to Cricket Grounds. Stanley Paul. ISBN 978-0-09-177188-1.

## External links[edit]

* Cricinfo Website - Ground Page
* Cricket Archive page

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