List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds

Hampshire County Cricket Club was established in August 1863.^[1] Since then, the club has played first-class and List A cricket at a number of different home grounds. Their first home first-class match was against Sussex in 1864 at the Antelope Ground, Southampton. The current headquarters of Hampshire County Cricket Club is the Rose Bowl, which located on the edge of Southampton.^[1] This venue is also used by England as a Test and One Day International venue.

As of 12 September 2011, Hampshire have played 1,396 first-class matches and 925 List A matches at 12 different home grounds. They have also played 45 Twenty20 matches, all of which have taken place at the Rose Bowl. The 12 grounds that Hampshire have used for home matches are listed below, with statistics complete through the end of the 2011 season.

Grounds

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A
Antelope Ground	Southampton	7 July 1864 v Sussex	7 August 1884 v Somerset	27	–	–	0	[2][3]
Green Jackets Ground	Winchester	only match: 1 July 1875 v Sussex		1	–	–	0	[4][5]
Winchester College Ground	Winchester	only match: 19 August 1875 v Kent		1	–	–	0	[6][7]
United Services Recreation Ground	Portsmouth	28 August 1882 v Sussex	19 July 2000 v Kent	316	22 May 1965 v Kent	23 July 2000 v Middlesex	54	[8][9][10]
County Ground	Southampton	15 June 1885 v Marylebone Cricket Club	13 September 2000 v Yorkshire	565	1 May 1965 v Norfolk	17 September 2000 v Nottinghamshire	207	[11][12][13]
Dean Park	Bournemouth	1 July 1897 v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	18 August 1992 v Middlesex	336	22 May 1963 v Derbyshire	16 August 1992 v Northamptonshire	68	[14][15][16][n 1]
Municipal Ground	Alton	only match: 7 July 1904 v South Africans		1	–	–	0	[17][18]
Officers Club Services Ground	Aldershot	25 May 1905 v Surrey	16 June 1948 v Combined Services	5	–	–	0	[19][20]
May's Bounty	Basingstoke	21 May 1906 v Warwickshire	3 August 2010 v Durham	46	29 April 1967 v Lincolnshire	18 June 2000 v Durham	30	[21][22][23]
Victoria Recreation Ground	Newport	20 August 1938 v Northamptonshire	24 June 1939 v Middlesex	2	–	–	0	[24][25]
J Samuel White's Ground	Cowes	26 May 1956 v Worcestershire	26 May 1962 v Worcestershire	7	–	–	0	[26][27]
Rose Bowl	West End	9 May 2001 v Worcestershire	still in use	89	2 May 2001 v Essex	still in use	91	[28][29][30]

Notes

1. Hampshire also played one List A match at Dean Park, Bournemouth, as the away team against Dorset in the 1998 NatWest Trophy.

References

1. Sam, Collis. "A brief history of Hampshire". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. "Antelope Ground, Southampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
3. "First-Class Matches played on Antelope Ground, Southampton (27)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
4. "Green Jackets Ground, Winchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
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6. "Winchester College Ground, Winchester". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
7. "First-Class Matches played on Winchester College Ground, Winchester (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
8. "United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
9. "First-Class Matches played on United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth (316)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
10. "List A Matches played on United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth (54)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
11. "County Ground, Southampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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14. "Dean Park, Bournemouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
15. "First-Class Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (336)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
16. "List A Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (68)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
17. "Municipal Ground, Alton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
18. "First-Class Matches played on Municipal Ground, Alton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
19. "Officers Club Services Ground, Aldershot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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21. "May's Bounty, Basingstoke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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24. "Victoria Recreation Ground, Newport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
25. "First-Class Matches played on Victoria Recreation Ground, Newport (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
26. "J Samuel White's Ground, Cowes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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28. "Rose Bowl, Southampton". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
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30. "List A Matches played on Rose Bowl, Southampton (91)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-09-15.