Merefield Ground was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.
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| Location | Rochdale, Lancashire | ||
| Coordinates | 53°36′24″N 2°09′50″W / 53.6068°N 2.1640°W | ||
| Establishment | 1855 | ||
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| As of 4 September 2010 Source: profile | |||
The ground was alongside Merefield Road. The first recorded match played at the ground came in 1855, when the Heally Club played a United All-England Eleven.[1] A single first-class match was held there when the North played the South in the North v South match of 1866,[2] The match ended in a draw, despite the South's Edgar Willsher taking 6 for 71 in the North's first-innings.[3] By 1867, cricket had ceased to be played at the ground, with an advertisement appearing in the Rochdale Observer encouraging people to buy shares in a proposed bowling green that was to replace the ground.[4] This proposal eventually come to fruition, with the Castleton Bowling Club still in existence on the site to this day.
References
edit- ^ "Other matches played on Merefield Ground, Rochdale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Merefield Ground, Rochdale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "North v South, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Castleton Subscription Bowling Green, Limited". Rochdale Observer. 1867. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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