Ealing Cricket Club Ground, also known as Corfton Road,
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ground in Ealing, West London. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1874, when

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played MCC.Other matches played on Corfton Road, Ealing
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,''Ealing Cricket Ground Conservation Area Character Appraisal'',

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, March 2008.
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for one match in 2002. In 1973, the ground held its first

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when

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in the

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. Two further Women's ODIs were held on the ground during the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup, with

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playing

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played the

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.Women's One-Day International Matches played on Corfton Road, Ealing
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.Ealing Cricket Club
Retrieved 2018-04-01.Club Spotlight – Ealing CC
''The Cricket Paper'', 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2018-04-01. It is located north-east of Ealing Broadway railway station at the heart of an area of late-Victorian villa-style houses built around the ground in the Arts and Crafts style during the 1880s and 1890s.

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