List of Herefordshire County Cricket Club grounds

Herefordshire County Cricket Club was established in 1992, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for Durham who had been elevated to first-class status at the end of the previous season. The club has played minor counties cricket since, and played List A cricket from 1995 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1992 was against Wales Minor Counties at The Park, Brockhampton, while their first home List A match came seven years later against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy at the same venue.

The eight grounds that Herefordshire have used for home matches since 1992 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

List A

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire County Cricket Club when it was permitted to play List A matches. These grounds have also held Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
The Park
Brockhampton 19 May 1999
v Wiltshire
15 May 2001
v Gloucestershire Cricket Board
2 24 May 1992
v Wales Minor Counties
17 August 2014
v Wales Minor Counties
21 5 May 1994
v Staffordshire
21 April 2013
v Cheshire
12 [1][2][3][4]
The Recreation Ground Kington only match:
23 May 1999
v Yorkshire
  1 20 August 1996
v Wales Minor Counties
27 June 2004
v Devon
6 10 August 2000
v Berkshire
1 June 2008
v Wiltshire
3 [5][6][7][8]
Stowe Lane
Colwall only match:
2 May 2000
v Sussex Cricket Board
  1 29 June 1993
v Cheshire
8 June 2014
v Cheshire
21 6 June 2004
v Shropshire
27 April 2014
v Staffordshire
9 [9][10][11][12]
Mortimer Park Kingsland only match:
27 June 2001
v Middlesex
  1 8 August 1999
v Shropshire
25 June 2006
v Oxfordshire
12 1 June 1998
v Wales Minor Counties
12 May 2005
v Bedfordshire
5 [13][14][15][16]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Racecourse Ground
Hereford 29 June 1992
v Devon
7 July 1996
v Devon
6 only match:
6 June 1993
v Staffordshire
  1 [17][18][19][n 1]
Dales Cricket Club Ground Leominster 21 July 1992
v Cornwall
22 July 2001
v Berkshire
9 19 June 1994
v Lincolnshire
9 June 2002
v Wales Minor Counties
3 [20][21][22]
Bulmers Sports Ground Hereford 0 only match:
7 June 1998
v Warwickshire Cricket Board
  1 [23][24]
Clenchers Mill Lane
Eastnor 6 August 2006
v Shropshire
6 July 2014
v Dorset
8 21 May 2006
v Cumberland
18 May 2014
v Oxfordshire
5 [25][26][27]

Notes

  1. Between 1919 and 1983, Worcestershire played four first-class matches at the ground. HK Foster's XI also played a single first-class match there in 1919 against the Australian Imperial Force Touring XI. Additionally, between 1983 and 1987, Worcestershire played three List A matches at the ground.

References

  1. "The Parks, Brockhampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  2. "List A Matches played on The Parks, Brockhampton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Parks, Brockhampton (21)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  4. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Parks, Brockhampton (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  5. "Victoria Road, Macclesfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  6. "List A Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Kington (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Kington (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  8. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Kington (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  9. "Stowe Lane, Colwall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  10. "List A Matches played on Stowe Lane, Colwall (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  11. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Stowe Lane, Colwall (21)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  12. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Stowe Lane, Colwall (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  13. "Mortimer Park, Kingsland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  14. "List A Matches played on Mortimer Park, Kingsland (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  15. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Mortimer Park, Kingsland (55)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  16. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Mortimer Park, Kingsland (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  17. "Racecourse Ground, Hereford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  18. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Racecourse Ground, Devon (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  19. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Racecourse Ground, Hereford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  20. "Dales Cricket Club Ground, Leominster". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  21. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Dales Cricket Club Ground, Leominster (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  22. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Dales Cricket Club Ground, Leominster (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  23. "Bulmers Sports Ground, Hereford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  24. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bulmers Sports Ground, Hereford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  25. "Clenchers Mill Lane, Eastnor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  26. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Clenchers Mill Lane, Eastnor (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  27. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Clenchers Mill Lane, Eastnor (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
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