List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
Appearance
This is a list of cricket grounds in England and Wales, listed in alphabetical order and based on each traditional English and Welsh county. The venues in this list have all been used for first-class matches. The venues have all staged first-class (from 1772), limited overs (from 1963) or Twenty20 (from 2003) matches. Venues used only for junior or minor matches are excluded. Some of the venues are dated to the 17th and 18th centuries and many are now defunct (marked by †).
International grounds
[edit]- For a full list of grounds in England and Wales that have held men's international cricket, see List of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales
Grounds that have held women's international cricket (test matches, one day internationals and Twenty20 internationals) and that are not included on the list of grounds that have held men's international cricket include:
Official name (known as) | City or town | Dates span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley Park | Blackpool | 1937, 1986, 2007 | [1] | |
Valentine's Park | Ilford, Essex | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [2] |
Danescourt | Wolverhampton | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [3] |
Dean Park | Bournemouth | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [4] |
London Road | Tring, Hertfordshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [5] |
Clarence Park | St Albans, Hertfordshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [6] |
Corfton Road | Ealing | 1973, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1973, 1993 | [7] |
The Grove | Sittingbourne, Kent | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [8] |
Queen's Park | Chesterfield, Derbyshire | 1973, 2011 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [9] |
Hesketh Park | Dartford, Kent | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [10] |
Park Avenue | Bradford | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [11] |
The Saffrons | Eastbourne, Sussex | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [12] |
Manor Fields | Bletchley, Northamptonshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [13] |
Clifton Park | York | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [14] |
The Maer Ground | Exmouth | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [15] |
Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground | Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire | 1973, 1990 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [16] |
Fenners | Cambridge | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [17] |
Aigburth | Liverpool | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [18] |
Lensbury Sports Ground | Teddington, Middlesex | 1979 | [19] | |
Steetley Company Ground | Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire | 1979 | [20] | |
Central Recreation Ground† | Hastings, Sussex | 1984 | [21] | |
Recreation Ground | Banstead, Surrey | 1986, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [22] |
Thornbury Avenue | Osterley, Middlesex | 1986 | [23] | |
Harewood Park | Collingham, Yorkshire | 1986, 1987, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [24] |
Woodbridge Road | Guildford | 1987, 1993, 1996, 1998 | [25] | |
Lewin Road | Great Oakley, Northamptonshire | 1990 | [26] | |
John Player Ground† | Nottingham | 1990, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [27] |
Aylestone Road | Leicester | 1990 | [28] | |
Civil Service Sports Ground | Chiswick | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [29] |
Pixham Lane | Dorking, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [30] |
Denis Compton Oval | Shenley, Hertfordshire | 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [31] |
Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground | Arundel, Sussex | 1993, 2006, 2008, 2012 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [32] |
Finchampstead Park | Finchampstead, Berkshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [33] |
Sonning Lane | Reading | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [34] |
The Kent County Cricket Ground | Beckenham, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [35] |
Bank of England Ground | Roehampton, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [36] |
Walton Lea Road | Warrington, Cheshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [37] |
The Nevill Ground | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [38] |
Christ Church Ground | Oxford | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [39] |
Willow Lane | Meir Heath, Staffordshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [40] |
Wellington College | Crowthorne, Berkshire | 1993, 2008 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [41] |
Lindfield Common | Lindfield, Sussex | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [42] |
Midland Bank Sports Ground | Beckenham, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [43] |
Wilton Park | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | 1993, 2002 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [44] |
Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground | Dulwich Common, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [45] |
Pound Lane | Marlow, Buckinghamshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [46] |
Chalvey Road† | Slough, Buckinghamshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [47] |
Leicester Road | Hinckley, Leicestershire | 1997 | [48] | |
St George's Road | Harrogate | 1998 | [49] | |
Campbell Park | Milton Keynes | 1998 | [50] | |
Bradfield College | Reading | 2001 | [51] | |
The Racecourse | Durham | 2002 | [52] | |
Sir Paul Getty's Ground | Wormsley, Buckinghamshire | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | [53] | |
Swans Nest Lane | Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire | 2005, 2009 | [54] | |
Chester Road North | Kidderminster, Worcestershire | 2005 | [55] | |
College Ground | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | 2005 | [56] | |
North Parade | Bath | 2007, 2008 | [57] | |
Haslegrave Ground | Loughborough, Leicestershire | 2008, 2012, 2013 | [58] | |
Shaw Lane | Barnsley, Yorkshire | 2010 | [59] | |
Boscawen Park | Truro, Cornwall | 2012 | [60] | |
London Road | Louth, Lincolnshire | 2013 | [61] |
Domestic grounds in England
[edit]Bedfordshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Bedfordshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Bedfordshire County Cricket Club grounds
Berkshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Berkshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Berkshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old Field† | Bray | Berkshire (1782–1794) | [62] |
Buckinghamshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds
Cambridgeshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club grounds
- For a full list of grounds that Cambridge University Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class and List A cricket, see List of Cambridge University Cricket Club grounds
Cheshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Cheshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cheshire County Cricket Club grounds
Cornwall
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Cornwall County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cornwall County Cricket Club grounds
Cumberland
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Cumberland County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cumberland County Cricket Club grounds
Derbyshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Derbyshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Derbyshire County Cricket Club grounds
Devon
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Devon County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Devon County Cricket Club grounds
Dorset
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Dorset County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Dorset County Cricket Club grounds
Durham
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Durham County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, MCCA Knockout Trophy, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Durham County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Portrack Lane† | Stockton-on-Tees | Yorkshire and Durham (1858) Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861) |
[63] | |
The Racecourse | Durham | Durham University Cricket Club (from 1843) | Hosted first class DUCC matches 2001–2011; also used by DCCC 1992–1994 and the MCC 2007–2008 | [64] |
Essex
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Essex County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Essex County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Langton Park† | Hornchurch | Hornchurch Cricket Club (1787–1793) Essex (1792) |
[65] | |
The Green Man† | Navestock | RN Newman's XI (1793) | tbc | |
Toby Howe Cricket Ground | Billericay | Essex Cricket Board (2000) | [66] |
Gloucestershire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Gloucestershire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club Ground | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire Cricket Board (1999) | [67] |
Hampshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Hampshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds
- For a full list of grounds that Hampshire Cricket Board have used as home grounds in List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Hampshire Cricket Board grounds
- For a full list of grounds that Hampshire county cricket teams used as home grounds in first-class cricket prior to the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club, see List of Hampshire county cricket teams grounds
Herefordshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Herefordshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Herefordshire County Cricket Club grounds
Hertfordshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Hertfordshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Hertfordshire County Cricket Club grounds
Huntingdonshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club grounds
Isle of Wight
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Hampshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class cricket that have been based on the Isle of Wight, see List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds
Kent
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Kent County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Kent County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bourne Paddock† | Bishopsbourne | Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1766–1790) | [68] | |
Bowman's Lodge† | Dartford | Kent (1806) | [69][70] | |
West Kent Cricket Ground | Chislehurst | Kent (1822–1836) Gentlemen of Kent (1832–1838) |
[71][72] | |
Cobham Park† | Cobham | Kent (1792) | [73] | |
Coxheath Common (including the ground at the Star Inn)† | Coxheath | Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1728–1789) | [74] | |
Dandelion Paddock† | Margate | Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1795) All-England (1796) |
[75] | |
Dartford Brent† | Dartford | Dartford and Kent (1709–1795) | [76] | |
Hawkhurst Moor† | Hawkhurst | Kent (1825–1826) | [77][78] | |
Napps† | Wrotham | Kent (1815) | [79][80] | |
Penenden Heath† | Maidstone | Kent (1795) | [81] | |
Phillip's Field† | Bromley | Kent (1840) | [82][83] | |
Vine Cricket Ground (Sevenoaks Vine) | Sevenoaks | Kent (1773–1786 and 1827–1829) | [84][85] |
Lancashire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Lancashire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Lancashire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ashton Club Ground† | Ashton-under-Lyne | Cambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865) | [86] | |
Botanical Gardens† | Manchester | Manchester (1848–1854) Lancashire (1849–1851) |
[87] | |
Broughton Cricket Club Ground† | Salford | North (1856 & 1859–1863) Gentlemen of the North (1858–1860) |
[88] | |
GP Codie's Ground† | Eccles | Manchester (1857–1858) | [89] | |
Merefield Ground† | Rochdale | North (1860) | [90] | |
Milnrow Road† | Rochdale | North (1876) | [91] | |
Moss Lane† | Manchester | Manchester (1844–1846) | [92] |
Leicestershire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Leicestershire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barker's Ground† | Leicester | North (1836–1846) Midland Counties (1843) |
[93] | |
Ratcliffe College | Cossington | Leicestershire Cricket Board (2002) | [94] | |
Tyler's Ground† | Loughborough | North (1875) | [95] | |
Haslegrave Ground | Loughborough | Loughborough University (from 1983) Loughborough Lightning (2016–2019) The Blaze (from 2019) |
Single first-class match in 2011; multiple List A and Twenty20 matches | [96] |
Lincolnshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Lincolnshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Lincolnshire County Cricket Club grounds
Middlesex
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Middlesex County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Middlesex County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery Ground | Finsbury | London (1730–1778) | tbc | |
Lord's Middle Ground† | St John's Wood | B Aislabie's XI (1811) Lord F Beauclerk's XI (1812–1813) |
tbc | |
Lord's Old Ground† | Marylebone | Middlesex (1787–1796) Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC; 1789–1809) |
tbc | |
Orleans Club Ground† | Twickenham | Orleans Club (1878–1883) | [97] | |
Royal Air Force Sports Ground | Uxbridge | Combined Services (1964) | [98] | |
W. Fennex's New Ground† | Uxbridge | Middlesex (1789–90) | tbc | |
Wembley Park† | Wembley | Wembley Park Cricket Club (1896) | [99] | |
White Conduit Fields† | Islington | London (1718–73) White Conduit Club (1784–86) |
[100][101][102] |
Norfolk
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Norfolk County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Norfolk County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Ground† | Norwich | Norfolk (1834–1836) | tbc | |
Old Buckenham Hall | Attleborough | L Robinson's XI (1912–1921) | [103] | |
Racecourse Ground† | Swaffham | Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1797) |
Northamptonshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Northamptonshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hatton Park† | Wellingborough | United North of England Eleven (1874) | [104] | |
Racecourse Ground Promenade† | Northampton | United North of England Eleven (1872) | [105] |
Northumberland
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Northumberland County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Northumberland County Cricket Club grounds
Nottinghamshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brackenhurst Cricket Ground | Southwell | Gentlemen of Southwell (1846) | [106] | |
Forest New Ground† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1771–1837) | [107] | |
King's Meadow† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1791) | [108] | |
Meadow Road† | Beeston | Gentlemen of the North (1870) | [109] | |
West Park | West Bridgford | Sir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935) | [110] |
Oxfordshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Oxfordshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Oxfordshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Magdalen Ground† | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1829–1880, 1912) | Built over in the 1920s | [111] |
Bullingdon Green† | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1843) | Used due to flooding at the Magdalen Ground. Cowley Barracks built on the site in 1876. | [112] |
Christ Church Ground | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1878–1961) | Also used by Oxfordshire for list A matches 1981–2001 | [113] |
University Parks | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (from 1881) Oxford UCCE/MCCU (combined Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University side) (from 2001) |
Last first-class match 2019. Also used by the MCC in 2000 |
[114] |
New College Ground | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1906, 1907, 1927) | [115] |
Rutland
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Leicestershire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class and List A cricket that have been based in Rutland, see List of Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Park† | Burley-on-the-Hill | All-England (1790–1793) Old Etonians (1791) Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1792–1793) |
tbc |
Shropshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Shropshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Shropshire County Cricket Club grounds
Somerset
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Somerset County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Somerset County Cricket Club grounds
- For a full list of grounds that Somerset Cricket Board have used as home grounds in List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Somerset Cricket Board grounds
Staffordshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Staffordshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Staffordshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground† | Burton-on-Trent | North (1840–1841) | [116] |
Suffolk
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Suffolk County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Suffolk County Cricket Club grounds
Surrey
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Surrey County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Surrey County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aram's New Ground† | Walworth | Surrey and Middlesex (1797) Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI (1802) |
tbc | |
Cheam Cricket Club Ground | Cheam | Surrey Cricket Board (1999–2001) | [117] | |
Epsom Down† | Epsom | Epsom (1816–1819) | tbc | |
Guildford Bason† | Guildford | Surrey (1774) | tbc | |
Holt Pound† | Wrecclesham | Surrey (1791–1809) | tbc | |
J. W. Hobbs' Ground† (Barclays Bank Ground) |
Norbury | C. I. Thornton's XI (1888) | [118] | |
Kew Green | Kew | London (1730–32) | [119] | |
Laleham Burway† | near Chertsey | Surrey (1773–1779) Chertsey (1778) |
tbc | |
Moulsey Hurst† | West Molesey | Surrey (1723–1806) | [120] | |
Royal Military Academy Ground | near Camberley | Army (1938) | [121] | |
St Ann's Ground† | Barnes | Lyric Club (1890) | [122] | |
The Burys† | Godalming | Godalming (1821–1825) Surrey (1828–1830) |
tbc | |
Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground | Wimbledon | Surrey Cricket Board (1999) | [123] |
Sussex
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Sussex County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Sussex County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manor Ground† | Bexhill-on-Sea | Earl de la Warr's XI (1896) | [124] | |
Midhurst Cricket Ground† | Midhurst | Sussex (1830) | tbc | |
Petworth Park† | Petworth | Sussex (1824–1826) | tbc | |
Prince of Wales Ground† | Brighton | Brighton (1791–1792) | tbc | |
Sheffield Park | near Uckfield | Lord Sheffield's XI (1881–1896) | [125] | |
The Dripping Pan | Lewes | 2nd Duke of Richmond's XI (1728–1730) | [126][127] |
Warwickshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Warwickshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Warwickshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aston Park† | Birmingham | North (1861) | [128] | |
Parr and Wisden's Ground† | Leamington Spa | North (1849–1850) | [129] |
Westmorland
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Cumberland County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket that have been based in Westmorland, see List of Cumberland County Cricket Club grounds
Wiltshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Wiltshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Wiltshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Perriam Down† | Ludgershall | T. A. Smith's XI (1787–96) Hampshire (1788–1792) Hampshire and Surrey (1790) |
tbc |
Worcestershire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Worcestershire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Worcestershire County Cricket Club grounds
Yorkshire
[edit]- For a full list of grounds that Yorkshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Yorkshire County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Army Ground† | Catterick Garrison | Combined Services (1954) | [130] | |
Centre Vale | Todmorden | United North of England Eleven (1874) | [131] | |
Darnall New Ground† | Sheffield | Sheffield and Leicester (1826) Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire (1828) Sheffield (1828–1829) |
tbc | |
Ferham Park† | Rotherham | North (1880) | [132] | |
Hyde Park Ground† | Sheffield | Sheffield (1830–1852) Yorkshire (1833–1853) |
tbc | |
Mount Pleasant | Batley | T. Emmett's XI (1883) | [133] |
† = Defunct venue
Domestic grounds in Wales
[edit]Glamorgan
[edit]- For the SWALEC Stadium, see Test grounds
- For a full list of grounds that Glamorgan County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds
- For grounds in Glamorgan used solely by Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club (Pontarddulais Park and Sully Centurions Cricket Club Ground) as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship, or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club grounds
Other Welsh counties
[edit]- For grounds in the historic Welsh counties of Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire that have been used in first-class List A, Twenty20, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, see List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds and List of Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club grounds
See also
[edit]- List of Test cricket grounds
- List of British stadiums by capacity
- List of cricket grounds by capacity
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