Ashton Club Ground
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| Location | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire | ||
| Establishment | 1863 (first recorded match) | ||
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Ashton Club Ground was a cricket ground in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1863, when Ashton-under-Lyne played All-England Eleven.[1]
In 1865, the ground acted as a neutral venue when it held its only first-class match between Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, with the match ending in a draw.[2]
The final recorded match on the ground came in 1943 when G. Duckworth's XI played R. Howard's XI. Cricket is no longer played at the site of the ground today.
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Coordinates: 53°29′02″N 2°06′47″W / 53.48390°N 2.11298°W
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