List of Norfolk County Cricket Club grounds

This is a list of grounds that Norfolk County Cricket Club have used since the formation of the club in 1876. The club has played minor counties cricket since 1895 and played List A cricket from 1965 to 2003, using 11 home grounds during that time. Before the club was formed, an informal county team had played some matches, including six matches between 1820 and 1836 which were later given first-class cricket status.^[1]

The county's first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Cambridgeshire at the County Ground, Lakenham in Norwich. Their first home List A match came 74 years later against Yorkshire in the 1969 Gillette Cup at the same venue. The County Ground played host to the majority of Norfolk's home matches during the 20th century, before the club moved to Manor Park, Horsford at the beginning of the 21st century. That ground has been used almost exclusively for Norfolk's home matches since then.

The 11 grounds that Norfolk have used for home matches in List A or Minor Counties matches since 1876 are listed below. The club has played other matches at grounds in the county. Before the establishment of the Minor Counties Championship in 1895, matches against other county sides were played at Lakenham, at New Ground in Norwich and at the Norfolk County Ground in East Dereham.^[2]

Grounds

Below is a list of grounds used by Norfolk County Cricket Club in List A and Minor Counties cricket matches. Grounds are listed in order of their first use by the county.^{[n 1]}

Updated 5 August 2016

Name	Location	List A	MCCA Championship	MCCA Trophy	First match	Last match	Refs
County Ground	Norwich	7	431	13	12 August 1895 v Cambridgeshire	10 August 2000 v Cheshire	[3][n 2]
Recreation Ground	Great Yarmouth	0	2	0	27 July 1898 v Northumberland	14 August 1899 v Durham	[4]
King Edward VII Grammar School Ground	Kings Lynn	0	7	0	9 August 1909 v Cambridgeshire	11 August 1948 v Buckinghamshire	[5]
Recreation Ground	Hunstanton	0	10	0	23 July 1924 v Surrey Second XI	23 July 1957 v Kent Second XI	[6]
Hall Road	Barton Turf	0	1	0	16 August 1978 v Lancashire Second XI		[7]
Norwich Union Ground, Pinebanks	Norwich	0	0	4	12 June 1983 v Berkshire	28 June 1987 v Cambridgeshire	[8]
The Common	Swardeston	0	0	3	2 June 1986 v Lincolnshire	17 June 1990 v Lincolnshire	[9]
The Green	North Runcton	0	3	0	17 July 1989 v Cumberland	27 August 1995 v Suffolk	[10]
Ferry Lane	Postwick	0	0	1	19 May 1991 v Suffolk		[11]
Manor Park	Horsford	5	48	32	8 June 1986 v Suffolk	31 July 2016 v Northumberland	[12]
Highfield Lane	Fakenham	0	0	1	22 May 2016 v Cumberland		[13]

Notes

1. Matches known to have been abandoned without a ball being bowled are excluded from the count.
2. Five first-class cricket matches were played at the County Ground: an England XI played the touring Australians in 1912, with the other four matches played by a combined Minor Counties cricket team against touring international sides between 1924 and 1986. Minor Counties North, Minor Counties East and a combined Minor Counties team played six List A matches here in the Benson & Hedges Cup from 1969 to 1998. Only the List A matches played by Norfolk at the ground are recorded in the table.

References

1. First-class matches played by Norfolk, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. Other matches played by Norfolk, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
3. County Ground, Lakenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. Recreation Ground, Great Yarmouth, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
5. King Edward VII Grammar School Ground, Kings Lynn, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-4.
6. Recreation Ground, Hunstanton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
7. Hall Road, Barton Turf, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
8. Norwich Union Ground, Pinebanks, Norwich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
9. The Common, Swardeston, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
10. The Green, North Runcton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
11. Ferry Lane, Postwick, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
12. Manor Park, Horsford, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
13. Highfield Lane, Fakenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-23.