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__NOTOC__ Aigburth Cricket Ground in
Liverpool Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...
, England, is the home of Liverpool Cricket Club. The club was founded in 1807 and is the oldest amateur sports club in
Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wir ...
. The ground hosted its maiden
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match in 1881, a fixture between
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and
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. The ground was kept by the former first-class cricketer George Ubsdell for a 12-year period following the end of his first-class career in 1870. Designed by Thomas Harnett Harrison and built in 1880, the
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is the oldest remaining at a first-class cricket ground. The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in
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. During the tournament Aigburth hosted its only Women's One Day International, a match between International XI Women and Trinidad and Tobago Women. The
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toured England in 1984 and played a tour match against Lancashire at Aigburth. A 7,633-strong crowd watched the match. Lancashire lost by 56 runs, and
Gordon Greenidge Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (born 1 May 1951) is a Barbadian, former first-class cricketer, who represented the West Indies in Test and One-day Cricket for 17 years. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive ...
scored 186 while opening the batting. The innings was the second of three one-day centuries scored at the ground and remains the highest score in the format at Aigburth, and Greenidge's highest score. While Old Trafford Cricket Ground was undergoing a renovation in 2011, Lancashire played more cricket at Aigburth, playing five matches at the ground. The move away from Old Trafford coincided with Lancashire winning the County Championship for the first time since 1950, and Lancashire won four out of their six matches at Aigburth. The ground has hosted 198 first-class matches to 2014, eighteen
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matches to 2017 and, as confirmed by the Wisden and Playfair annuals, two Twenty20 matches to 2017.


Football

Aigburth Cricket Ground hosted an international exhibition game between
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and
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on 24 February 1883, which England won 7–0.


Tennis

The ground also co-hosted the prestigious
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in 1882, then for many years alternating with the
Northern Lawn Tennis Club The Northern Lawn Tennis Club, or simply The Northern, is a members-owned sporting club in Didsbury, West Didsbury, Manchester. It was home to the prestigious Northern Championships considered one of the most important tournaments in the world f ...
at
Didsbury Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there are ...
,
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
. It was also host to the
Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament The Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. was an early Victorian era men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881 at the Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. The inaugural men' ...
(1881-1883).


Statistics

;First-class: ;List A


References


Further reading

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External links


Cricinfo Website - Ground Page


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