The Tipton Road

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was used for

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on 88 occasions between 1911 and 1971. The county also staged 14 List A games there between 1969 and 1977, all in the Sunday League, as well as a number of Second XI matches. One match of the

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was played at Tipton Road, but the game between East Africa and

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was abandoned without a result after East Africa had reached 53/2 from 25.1 overs. On 25 May 1985, however, a 40-foot wide hole appeared on the cricket pitch, and Dudley council immediately closed the cricket pitch and the rest of the sports centre. The whole complex remained derelict until the late 1990s, when construction of the first buildings on the Castle Gate leisure and commercial complex began.

Records

First-class

* Highest team total: 645/7 declared by

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v Worcestershire, 1914 * Lowest team total: 48 by Worcestershire v

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, 1924 * Highest individual innings: 305

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by Frank Foster for Warwickshire v Worcestershire, 1914 * Best bowling in an innings: 9-45 by Peter Jackson for Worcestershire v Somerset, 1935

List A

* Highest team total: 258/4 (40 overs) by Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972Same match. * Lowest team total: 88 (32.1 overs) by Sussex v Worcestershire, 1972Same match. * Highest individual innings: 121 by

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for Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972Same match. * Best bowling in an innings: 5-28 by David Acfield for Essex v Worcestershire, 1972

Notes

References

Tipton Road, Dudley - Records
from CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2006. {{coord, 52, 30, 56.78, N, 2, 04, 19.66, W, type:landmark, display=title Cricket grounds in the West Midlands (county) Sports venues completed in 1911 1911 establishments in England Sport in Dudley