Snibston Colliery Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Coalville, Leicestershire}}

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{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Snibston Colliery Ground

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| country = England

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| location = Coalville, Leicestershire

| establishment = {{circa}} 1948

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| year1 = 1957–1982

| club1 = Leicestershire

| date = 24 October

| year = 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56922.html Ground profile

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Snibston Colliery Ground was a cricket ground in Coalville, Leicestershire. The land for the cricket ground was originally set aside for the miners at Snibston Colliery. Snibston Colliery was used as an outground by Leicestershire following the Second World War, with the county first playing there against Glamorgan in 1957 County Championship. Leicestershire player there intermittently until 1982, playing eight first-class matches there,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/421_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on Snibston Colliery Ground, Coalville |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 October 2020 |url-access=subscription}} plus a single List A one-day match against Glamorgan in the 1970 John Player League.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/421_a.html |title=List A Matches played on Snibston Colliery Ground, Coalville |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 October 2020 |url-access=subscription}} The loss of first-class cricket at Snibston Colliery coincided with a downturn in fortune of the colliery. Snibston Grange Cricket Club continued to play at and maintain the ground, with Coalville Town F.C. moving to part of the ground in 1995 and establishing their Owen Street Sports Ground there.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/size-not-a-problem-for-coalvilles-ravens-532997.html |title=Size not a problem for Coalville's Ravens |first=Tim |last=Rich |date=13 November 2004 |work=The Independent |accessdate=24 October 2020}} The cricket club folded in 2013, leaving Coalville Town F.C. as the sole tenant of the site.