Moss Lane, Alderley Edge

Moss Lane is a cricket ground in Moss Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. The ground is surrounded on all four sides by residential housing. The ground is used by Alderley Edge Cricket Club. It is also a venue for tennis, squash and field hockey.

Moss Lane
Ground information
LocationAlderley Edge, Cheshire
Coordinates53.3022°N 2.2293°W / 53.3022; -2.2293
Establishment1870
Team information
Lancashire (2008)
Cheshire (1973-present)
As of 11 July 2012
Source: Ground profile

History

The ground was established in 1870, with Cheshire first playing there in the 1973 Minor Counties Championship against the Lancashire Second XI. Cheshire played two further Minor Counties Championship matches there, in 1975 and 1977, as well as playing there once in the 1980s when they played Durham in the same competition.[1] Minor counties cricket did not return to the ground until 1998, when Cheshire played Shropshire in the Minor Counties Championship. Since then, Cheshire have played one match per–year at the ground.[1] The ground held its first List A match in 2004, when Cheshire played first-class opponents Hampshire in the second round of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,[2] with Hampshire winning due to half centuries by William Kendall and Dimitri Mascarenhas, as well as three wickets from Lawrence Prittipaul.[3] The ground held a second List A match in 2008 when Lancashire played the touring Bangladesh A.[2] Despite a fifty from Tamim Iqbal, the tourists lost the match by six wickets, with Francois du Plessis scoring 93 not out in the chase.[4]

Records

List A
  • View of the pavilion.
  • View of the ground looking south–east.
  • View of the ground toward the pavilion.
  • View of the ground from the south–west.
  • View of the tennis courts at the ground.

See also

References
  1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Moss Lane, Alderley Edge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. "List A Matches played on Moss Lane, Alderley Edge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. "Cheshire v Hampshire, 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. "Lancashire v Bangladesh A, 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. "Moss Lane, Alderley Edge - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

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