Sunday, June 16th, 2019

APPROACHING A CENTURY OF CHAMPIONSHIP CRICKET AT CHESTER ROAD

APPROACHING A CENTURY OF CHAMPIONSHIP CRICKET AT CHESTER ROAD

Worcestershire CCC staged their first County Championship match in Kidderminster nearly a century ago.

The County, who start a Specsavers County Championship match against Sussex at Chester Road on Tuesday, were first in action on the ground in a first class fixture in 1921 against Glamorgan.

A trip to Kidderminster became a regular part of Worcestershire’s calendar between 1921 and 1973 and then again between 1987 and 2002.

Here is a list of the previous first class fixtures Worcestershire have taken part in at Chester Road.

9th July 1921 – Worcestershire v Glamorgan

17th June 1922 – Worcestershire v Kent

9th June 1923 – Worcestershire v Somerset

21st June 1924 – Worcestershire v Warwickshire

11th July 1925 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

4th August 1926 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

9th July 1927 – Worcestershire v Glamorgan

8th August 1928 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

10th August 1929 – Worcestershire v Leicestershire

6th August 1930 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

20th June 1931 – Worcestershire v Somerset

9th July 1932 – Worcestershire v Sussex

17th June 1933 – Worcestershire v Leicestershire

26th May 1934 – Worcestershire v Warwickshire

29th June 1935 – Worcestershire v Lancashire

22nd August 1936 – Worcestershire v Somerset

12th June 1937 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

28th May 1938 – Worcestershire v Surrey

8th July 1939 – Worcestershire v Somerset

6th July 1946 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

10th May 1947 – Worcestershire v Leicestershire

10th July 1948 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

9th July 1949 – Worcestershire v Somerset

15th July 1950 – Worcestershire v Glamorgan

9th June 1951 – Worcestershire v Kent

9th July 1952 – Worcestershire v Surrey

6th June 1953 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

3rd July 1954 – Worcestershire v Somerset

16th July 1955 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

11th July 1956 – Worcestershire v Yorkshire

6th July 1957 – Worcestershire v Middlesex

14th June 1958 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

18th July 1959 – Worcestershire v Leicestershire

13th August 1960 – Worcestershire v Somerset

22nd July 1961 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

30th June 1962 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

6th July 1963 – Worcestershire v Kent

19th August 1964 – Worcestershire v Middlesex

14th August 1965 – Worcestershire v Somerset

13th August 1966 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

31st May 1967 – Worcestershire v Yorkshire

5th June 1968 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

28th May 1969 – Worcestershire v Sussex

20th June 1970 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

23rd June 1971 – Worcestershire v Hampshire

31st May 1972 – Worcestershire v Middlesex

4th July 1973 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

1st July 1987 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

6th August 1988 – Worcestershire v Sussex

8th July 1989 – Worcestershire v Leicestershire

8th August 1990 – Worcestershire v Lancashire

19th July 1991 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

21st July 1992 – Worcestershire v Essex

1st July 1993 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

18th August 1994 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

10th August 1995 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

24th July 1996 – Worcestershire v Northamptonshire

27th August 1997 – Worcestershire v Middlesex

5th August 1998 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

18th August 1999 – Worcestershire v Derbyshire

9th August 2000 – Worcestershire v Essex

2nd August 2001 – Worcestershire v Durham

8th August 2002 – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

8th May 2005 – Worcestershire v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

14th August 2007 – Worcestershire v Yorkshire

4th September 2007 – Worcestershire v Hampshire

7th May 2008 – Worcestershire v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

17th September 2008 – Worcestershire v Middlesex