Tipton Road
The Tipton Road cricket ground in Dudley, West Midlands was used for first-class cricket by Worcestershire [County Cricket Club] on 88 occasions between 1911 and 1971. The county also staged 14 List A games there between 1969 and 1977, all in the Sunday League, as well as a number of Second XI matches.
One match of the 1982 ICC Trophy was played at Tipton Road, but the game between East Africa and West Africa was abandoned without a result after East Africa had reached 53/2 from 25.1 overs.
Collapse and closure
On 25 May 1985, 40-foot wide hole appeared on the cricket pitch, and Dudley [Metropolitan Borough Council|Dudley Council] immediately closed the cricket pitch and the rest of the sports centre.The whole complex remained derelict until the late 1990s, when construction of the first buildings on the Castle [Gate, Dudley|Castle Gate] leisure and commercial complex began.
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 645/7 declared by Warwickshire v Worcestershire, 1914
- Lowest team total: 48 by Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, 1924
- Highest individual innings: 305 not out by Frank Foster for Warwickshire v Worcestershire, 1914
- Best bowling in an innings: 9-45 by Peter Jackson for Worcestershire v Somerset, 1935
List A
- Highest team total: 258/4 by Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972
- Lowest team total: 88 by Sussex v Worcestershire, 1972
- Highest individual innings: 121 by Glenn Turner for Worcestershire v Sussex, 1972
- Best bowling in an innings: 5-28 by David Acfield for Essex v Worcestershire, 1972