Meadow Road was a

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ground in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire played the Gentlemen of Lincolnshire. In 1870, the ground hosted its only first-class match when the

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played the

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.First-Class matches played on Meadow Road
/ref> The last recorded match on the ground came in 1961 when Nottinghamshire Juniors played Derbyshire Juniors. The ground is today covered by a technology park.

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Meadow Road
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on

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