Location Parkgate, Cheshire | Establishment 1910 | |
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Parkgate Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Station Road, Parkgate, Cheshire. The ground, which is situated close to the bank of the River Dee, is mostly surrounded by residential housing. The site is fairly large, with two cricket pitches, as well as having facilities for tennis, lawn bowls and field hockey. It is used by Neston Cricket Club.
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History
Neston Cricket Club has existed for over a hundred years, with the first recorded match at the ground coming in 1931 when Neston played Wallasey. Cheshire first played at the ground in the 1935 Minor Counties Championship against Denbighshire, with Cheshire playing two further matches there before World War II. Minor counties cricket returned to the ground in 1950, when Cheshire played the Worcestershire Second XI. The county played seven matches there during the 1950s, but only two in the proceeding decade, both against Staffordshire in 1960 and 1963. Cheshire returned to the ground in 1980, playing the Lancashire Second XI, who they also played there in 1981. The ground held its first MCCA Knockout Trophy match in 1984, when Cheshire played Cumberland.
Cheshire would next play at the ground in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties, with Cheshire playing there annually (with the exception of 1995) until 2000, when the ground held its last Minor Counties Championship with Berkshire as the visitors. The ground held a single List A match when Cheshire played Lincolnshire in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, whhose early rounds were played in 2002 to avoid fixture congestion in the following season. Lincolnshire won the match by 4 runs. Cheshire last played there in 2011, in an MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Cumberland.
In 2009, a new pavilion was constructed, replacing a former wooden structure.