Griff and Coton Ground

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Griff and Coton Ground
Ground information
Location Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Establishment 1930 (first recorded match)
Team information
Warwickshire (1930-1933, 1960-1970, 1974 & 1977-1989)
As of 28 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

The Griff and Coton Ground is a cricket ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1930, when it hosted its first first-class match when Warwickshire played Leicestershire in the County Championship. From 1930 to 1989, the ground played host to 26 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Derbyshire.[1]

The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which was between Warwickshire and Lancashire in the 1969 Player's County League. List-A cricket was next played at the ground in 1979, when Warwickshire played Derbyshire in the John Player League. The following season the ground held its final List-A match when Warwickshire played Northamptonshire.[2]

Additionally, the ground held several Second XI Championship matches for the Warwickshire Second XI between 1959 and 1998.[3][4][5]

In hosted 2 ICC Trophy matches in the ICC Trophy between Bermuda and Hong Kong and Bermuda and Papua New Guinea.[6]

In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Griff and Coton Cricket Club.[7]

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