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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] 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] References
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