Longton Cricket Club Ground

Cricket ground in England

Longton Cricket Club GroundGround information

Location| Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Establishment| 1954 (first recorded match)
Team information
| Staffordshire | (1954-present)

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Minor Counties | (1959-1960, 1969 & 1972)
Minor Counties North | (1975)
Minor Counties East | (1976)
As of 14 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

Longton Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1954, when Staffordshire played Northumberland in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1954 to present, the ground has hosted 40 Minor Counties Championship matches[1] and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[2]

A combined Minor Counties team has used the ground for 4 first-class matches, the first of which came in 1955 against the touring South Africans. The last first-class match held on the ground came in 1972 and saw the Minor Counties play the touring Australians.[3]

The ground has held List-A matches. Staffordshire have played two List-A matches at the ground against Glamorgan in the 1971 Gillette Cup and Leicestershire in the 1975 Gillette Cup. Minor Counties North played a single List-A match at the ground in the 1975 Benson and Hedges Cup against Lancashire. Minor Counties East used the ground for a single List-A match against Northamptonshire in the 1976 Benson and Hedges Cup.[4]

In local domestic cricket, Longton Cricket Club Ground is the home ground of Longton Cricket Club who play in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Longton Cricket Club Ground
2. ^ MCCA Knockout Trophy Matches played on Longton Cricket Club Ground
3. ^ First-Class Matches played on Longton Cricket Club Ground
4. ^ List-A Matches played on Longton Cricket Club Ground
5. ^ Longton Cricket Club Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today

## External links

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* Longton Cricket Club Ground on CricketArchive
* Longton Cricket Club Ground on Cricinfo

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City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards|

* Abbey Green ward
* Abbey Hulton
* Baddeley Green
* Basford
* Bentilee
* Birches Head
* Blurton
* Blythe Bridge
* Bradeley
* Bucknall
* Burslem
* Chell
* Cliffe Vale
* Cobridge
* Dresden
* Etruria
* Fenton
* Florence
* Ford Green Brook
* Fowlea Brook
* Goldenhill
* Hanford
* Hanley
* Hartshill
* Hem Heath
* Heron Cross
* Lightwood
* Longport
* Longton
* Lyme Brook
* Meir
* Middleport
* Milton
* Normacot
* Northwood
* Norton le Moors
* Penkhull
* Sandyford
* Shelton
* Sideway
* Smallthorne
* Sneyd Green
* Stoke-upon-Trent
* Trentham
* Trent Vale
* Tunstall
* Weston Coyney

History|

* Ceramic and Allied Trades Union
* Darwin–Wedgwood family
* Federation of Stoke-on-Trent
* History of Port Vale F.C.
* History of Stoke City F.C.
* Staffordshire Potteries
* Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent
* 1842 Pottery Riots

Parliamentary
constituencies|

| Current|

* Stoke-on-Trent North
* Stoke-on-Trent Central
* Stoke-on-Trent South

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Historic|

* Burslem
* Hanley
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion|

* Stoke Minster
* Bethesda Methodist Chapel
* St John's Church, Burslem
* Christ Church, Fenton
* Hulton Abbey
* St James' Church, Longton
* Longton Methodist Central Hall
* Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church
* Christ Church, Tunstall

Tourism|

| Buildings|

* Listed buildings (Grade II*)
* Bottle ovens
* Burslem Market Hall
* Etruria Hall
* Ford Green Hall
* Old Town Hall, Burslem
* Trentham Mausoleum
* The Villas
* Wedgwood Institute
* Water World
* Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)

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Theatres|

* Mitchell Arts Centre
* Queen's Theatre
* Regent Theatre
* Stoke Rep
* Theatre Royal
* Victoria Hall

Museums
and libraries|

* Burslem School of Art
* Chatterley Whitfield
* Etruria Industrial Museum
* Gladstone Pottery Museum
* Montagu C. Butler Library
* Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
* Spode Museum

Shopping|

* City Sentral
* Potteries Shopping Centre

Parks and
countryside|

* Bagnall Road Wood
* Berryhill Fields
* Burslem Park
* Hanley Park
* Hartshill Park
* Hem Heath Woods
* Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival
* Trentham Estate
* Victoria Park, Tunstall
* Westport Lake
* Whitfield Valley

Sport and
music venues|

* Bet365 Stadium
* Golden Torch
* Jollees
* Longton Cricket Club Ground
* Meir Heath Cricket Club
* Shelley's Laserdome
* The Sugarmill
* The Underground
* Vale Park

Mass media|

| Publishing|

* Cross Rhythms
* Pits n Pots
* The Oatcake
* The Sentinel

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Radio|

* BBC Radio Stoke
* Cross Rhythms City Radio
* Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire
* Signal 1
* UCB UK

Education|

* List of schools
* Stoke-on-Trent College
* City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
* Staffordshire University
* Royal Stoke University Hospital

Companies|

| Pottery|

* Aynsley China
* Beswick Pottery
* Burleigh Pottery
* Carlton Ware
* Churchill China
* Clayburn Pottery
* Dudson
* Emma Bridgewater
* Etruria Works
* Gray's Pottery
* James Sadler and Sons Ltd
* Lucideon
* J. & G. Meakin
* Midwinter Pottery
* Mintons
* Moorcroft
* Palissy
* Paragon China
* Portmeirion Pottery
* Royal Doulton
* Royal Winton
* Shelley Potteries
* Spode
* Steelite
* Wedgwood
* W H Grindley

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Other|

* Armitage Shanks
* Bet365
* Clay Records
* Goodwin
* Hanley Economic Building Society
* Shelton Bar
* SONS Records
* Titanic Brewery
* Twyford Bathrooms
* Wrights Pies

Sport|

| Association football teams|

* Abbey Hulton United
* Dresden United
* Eastwood Hanley
* Hanley Town
* Meir K.A.
* Norton United
* Port Vale
* Stoke City

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Rugby union teams|

* Longton
* Stoke-on-Trent

Speedway teams|

* Stoke Potters
* Stoke Spitfires

Transport|

| Canals|

* Caldon Canal
* Trent and Mersey Canal

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Public transport|

* D&G Bus
* First Potteries
* Stoke Streetcar

Rail|

* Longport railway station
* Longton railway station
* North Staffordshire Railway
* Stafford–Manchester line
* Stoke-on-Trent railway station
* Stoke railway works

Major roads|

* A34
* A50
* A52
* A53
* A500
* Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous|

* List of people
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* River Trent
* Start Up Citywide
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Staffordshire County Cricket Club

* Staffordshire County Cricket Club
* Staffordshire Women

Players|

* List A players
* Category:Staffordshire cricketers

Grounds|

| Current grounds|

* Highfield, Leek
* Knutton Road, Wolstanton
* Sandwell Park, West Bromwich
* Tunstall Road, Knypersley
* Stourbridge Road, Himley
* Uttoxeter Road, Checkley
* Dovecliff Road, Rolleston-on-Dove
* Chapel Lane, New Longton

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Previous grounds|

* Gorway Ground, Walsall
* Lichfield Road, Stone
* Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent
* Ind Coope Ground, Burton-upon-Trent
* County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
* Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham
* The Chuckery, Walsall
* Danescourt, Wolverhampton
* Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter
* Haden Hill Park
* Sandwell Park, West Bromwich
* Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
* The Hough, Stafford
* Greyhound Way, Stoke-on-Trent
* Collins Hill, Lichfield
* Broomfield, Smethwick
* Newford, Norton le Moors
* Goodyear Ground, Wolverhampton
* Boon Hill Road
* Great Chell Cricket Club Ground
* The Sid Jenkins Ground, Little Stoke
* Castlecroft Road, Wolverhampton
* Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
* Tean Road Sports Ground, Cheadle
* Swynnerton Park, Stone
* St Edward's Hospital Ground, Cheddleton
* Kent Hills Ground, Audley
* Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-upon-Trent
* Deansfield, Brewood
* Willow Lane, Meir Heath
* The Morris Ground, Cannock
* Deer Park, Dunstall
* Hints Road, Tamworth
* Dennis Viollet Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent
* (Full list of grounds)

Captains|

* List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club captains

Records|

* Staffordshire List A cricket records

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