Old London Road is a

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ground in

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. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1847, when the Gentlemen of Suffolk played the Gentlemen of Norfolk. The ground hosted its first

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match in 1992 when Suffolk played

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. From 1992 to 2006, the ground hosted 5 Minor Counties Championship matches and 8

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matches, the last of which saw Suffolk play Norfolk. The ground has also hosted a single

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match between Suffolk and

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in the

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which was played in 2001.List-A Matches played on Old London Road
/ref> In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Copdock & Old Ipswichian Cricket Club that plays in the

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as of 2012.

References

External links

Old London Road
on CricketArchive

on

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