Griff and Coton Ground

The Griff and Coton Ground is a cricket ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1930, when it hosted its first first-class match when Warwickshire played Leicestershire in the County Championship. From 1930 to 1989, the ground played host to 26 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Derbyshire.[1]

Griff and Coton Ground
Ground information
LocationNuneaton, Warwickshire
Establishment1930 (first recorded match)
Team information
Warwickshire (1930-1933, 1960-1970, 1974 & 1977-1989)
As of 28 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which was between Warwickshire and Lancashire in the 1969 Player's County League. List-A cricket was next played at the ground in 1979, when Warwickshire played Derbyshire in the John Player League. The following season the ground held its final List-A match when Warwickshire played Northamptonshire.[2]

Additionally, the ground held several Second XI Championship matches for the Warwickshire Second XI between 1959 and 1998.[3][4][5]

In hosted two ICC Trophy matches in the 1986 competition: Bermuda versus Hong Kong and Bermuda versus Papua New Guinea.[6]

World-class cricketers to have played at the ground include Sir Vivian Richards,[7] Malcolm Marshall,[8] Robert Charles 'Jack' Russell [9] and David Gower [10]

In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Griff and Coton Cricket Club playing in the Warwickshire Cricket League.[11]

References
  1. First-Class Matches played on Griff and Cotton Ground
  2. List-A Matches played on Griff and Coton Ground
  3. Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Griff and Coton Ground
  4. Second XI Championship Matches played on Griff and Coton Ground
  5. Second XI Trophy Matches played on Griff and Coton Ground
  6. ICC Trophy Matches played on Griff and Coton Ground
  7. Warwickshire v Somerset County Championship 1978
  8. Warwickshire v Hampshire County Championship 1979
  9. Warwickshire v Gloucestershire County Championship 1986
  10. Warwickshire U25 v Leicestershire U25 County Cricket Competition 1975
  11. Griff and Coton Cricket Club


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