Aigburth Cricket Ground

Aigburth Cricket Ground
Ground information
LocationAigburth, Liverpool
Establishment1881
Capacity3,000[1]
End names
Aigburth Road
Riversdale Road
International information
Only WODI18 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 ground, the fourth that Liverpool have used, was created in 1880. Designed by Thomas Harnett Harrison, the pavilion is the oldest remaining at a first-class cricket ground[2][3] and was granted listed status in June 2023.[4]

First-class games

The ground hosted its maiden first-class cricket match in 1881, a fixture between Lancashire and Cambridge University.[5]

The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1973.[6] During the tournament Aigburth hosted its only Women's One Day International, a match between International XI Women and Trinidad and Tobago Women.[7] 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.[3] Lancashire lost by 56 runs, and Gordon Greenidge scored 186 while opening the batting.[8] 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.[9][10]

While Old Trafford Cricket Ground was undergoing a renovation in 2011, Lancashire played more cricket at Aigburth, playing five matches at the ground.[11] 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,[5] eighteen List A matches to 2017[13] and, as confirmed by the Wisden and Playfair annuals, two Twenty20 matches to 2017.

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.[14]

Football

Aigburth Cricket Ground hosted an international exhibition game between England and Ireland on 24 February 1883, which England won 7–0.[15]

Tennis

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.[16] It was also host to the Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament (1881-1883).

Statistics

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

  1. ^ "Aigburth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ^ Physick, Ray (2007). Played in Liverpool. English Heritage. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-1-85074-990-5.
  3. ^ a b "Aigburth Cricket Ground". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Liverpool Cricket Club Main Pavilion, Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L19 3QF (Grade II) (1485071)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "First-class matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. ^ McConnell, Lynn (14 September 2000). "Love of the game carries women's cricket through". Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Aigburth, Liverpool (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  8. ^ "a4050 Lancashire v West Indians: West Indies in British Isles 1984". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Aigburth, Liverpool – centuries in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Gordon Greenidge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Aigburth ground prepares for season as Lancashire base". BBC News. 7 April 2011. 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. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1905". ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Match Report: England 7 – Ireland 0". englandstats.com. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  16. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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