Sports Ground, Cleethorpes

The Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1961, when Lincolnshire Colts played Derbyshire Juniors.[1]

Sports Ground
Ground information
LocationCleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Establishment1961 (first recorded match)
End names
Daggett Road End
Chichester Road End
Team information
Minor Counties (1984)
Nottinghamshire (1980-1984 1990, 1995, 1997 & 2003-2004)
Minor Counties North (1972)
Lincolnshire (1969-present)
As of 18 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

In 1969, Lincolnshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground against Staffordshire. From 1969 to present, the ground has hosted 25 Minor Counties Championship matches[2] and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which came in 2002 when Lincolnshire played the Leicestershire Cricket Board.[3]

The ground has hosted a number of first-class matches, the first of which came in the 1980 County Championship when Nottinghamshire played Worcestershire. A combined Minor Counties team played a single first-class match at the ground in 1985 against the touring Zimbabweans. Between 1980 and 1990, Nottinghamshire played 4 first-class matches at the ground, including the final first-class match to date at the ground which came against the touring Sri Lankans in 1990.[4]

The ground has also played host to List-A matches. The first List-A match saw Minor Counties North play Nottinghamshire in the 1972 Benson and Hedges Cup. Nottinghamshire have played 5 List-A matches at the ground, including the final one to date to be held at the ground, which came against Durham in 2004. Lincolnshire have also used the match for a single List-A match, which came in the 2000 NatWest Trophy when they played Lancashire.[5]

In local domestic cricket, the Sports Ground is the home venue of Cleethorpes Cricket Club who play in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League.[6]

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53°32′54.27″N 0°01′13.94″W / 53.5484083°N 0.0205389°W / 53.5484083; -0.0205389