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The Seedhill Cricket Ground
is a small cricket stadium in the
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town of
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
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* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
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,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
. It is the home of
Lancashire League cricket team
Nelson Cricket Club
Nelson Cricket Club, based at Seedhill in Nelson, Lancashire, are a cricket club in the Lancashire League. They play at the Seedhill ground in Nelson. Their captain for the 2016 season is Neil Thompson and their professional is Ryan Bailey.
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. It is situated near to
Seedhill Football Ground
The Seedhill Football Ground was a football stadium in Nelson, Lancashire. It was the home of various incarnations of current North West Counties League Division One side Nelson F.C. from 1889, when the Burnley Express reported an opening senior ...
, the former home of
North West Counties League Division One
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side
Nelson F.C. and its home during its period in the Football League from 1921 to 1931, during which time it won the
Third Division North
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title in 1922-23 and played in the then Second Division the following season.
The ground hosted nine of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
's
first-class matches (all in the
County Championship
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
) between 1925 and 1938.
In 2001 it staged its only
List A
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game, when the
Lancashire Cricket Board
The Lancashire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Lancashire
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lost to the
Yorkshire Cricket Board
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From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List A status.
See al ...
in the first round of the
C&G Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. Lan ...
.
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References
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Cricket grounds in Lancashire
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Pendle
Nelson, Lancashire
Sport in the Borough of Pendle
Defunct football venues in England
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