East Lancashire Cricket Ground - geograph

Alexandra Meadows is the home ground of the

East Lancashire Cricket Club East Lancashire Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn. For the 2015 season its captain was Mark Bolton and its professional was Juan de Villiers. The club has been ...

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. Between 1878 and 1881 the ground was used as the home venue for the

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team, following their move from the Pleasington Cricket Ground. The first Rovers match at the Meadows came in 1878 against

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.Alexandra Meadows Ground Profile at englandfootballonline.com
/ref> In 1881 they left the ground to play at a newly built venue at Leamington Street. The venue also hosted one match by the

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; a game against

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played on 26 February 1881, a 1–0 win giving Wales their maiden international victory.

References

External links

List of Lancashire League cricket matches played at Alexandra Meadows – cricketarchive.com
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