Ground Name: | Old London Road |
Country: | England |
Location: | Copdock, Suffolk |
Establishment: | 1847 (first recorded match) |
Year1: | 1992-2006 |
Club1: | Suffolk |
Date: | 13 August |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/430.html Ground profile |
Old London Road is a cricket ground in Copdock, Suffolk. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1847, when the Gentlemen of Suffolk played the Gentlemen of Norfolk.[1] The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1992 when Suffolk played Norfolk. From 1992 to 2006, the ground hosted 5 Minor Counties Championship matches[2] and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which saw Suffolk play Norfolk.[3]
The ground has also hosted a single List-A match between Suffolk and Denmark in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001.[4]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Copdock & Old Ipswichian Cricket Club that plays in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League as of 2012.