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.
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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
