List of Suffolk County Cricket Club grounds

Suffolk County Cricket Club was originally established on 27 July 1864, and competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1904 to 1914, though without success. The present club was founded in August 1932, and has since played minor counties cricket from that year, as well as playing in List A cricket from 1966 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1904 was against Norfolk at the Town Ground, Felixstowe, while their first home List A match came 62 years later against Kent in the 1966 Gillette Cup at Ipswich School Ground.

The fourteen grounds that Suffolk have used for home matches since 1904 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 Suffolk 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 Victory Ground	Bury St Edmunds	11 July 1981 v Derbyshire	4 May 2005 v Glamorgan	10	22 July 1935 v Surrey Second XI	22 June 2014 v Cumberland	56	14 June 1987 v Norfolk	15 June 2014 v Devon	7	[1][2][3][4][n 1]
Ipswich School Ground	Ipswich	only match: 30 April 1966 v Kent		1	7 August 1935 v Hertfordshire	6 July 2014 v Buckinghamshire	37	6 May 2007 v Staffordshire	27 April 2014 v Hertfordshire	4	[5][6][7][8]
Wamil Way	Mildenhall	2 May 2000 v Lancashire Cricket Board	27 June 2001 v Nottinghamshire	3	17 August 1977 v Norfolk	26 June 2011 v Cumberland	31	1 June 2008 v Staffordshire	31 May 2009 v Northumberland	2	[9][10][11][12]
Old London Road	Copdock	only match: 29 August 2001 v Denmark		1	30 August 1992 v Norfolk	17 August 2014 v Hertfordshire	7	9 June 1996 v Cambridgeshire	16 May 2006 v Norfolk	8	[13][14][15][16]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Suffolk 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
Town Ground	Felixstowe	20 July 1904 v Norfolk	26 July 1983 v Hertfordshire	101	–	–	0	[17][18]
Cemetry Road	Bury St Edmunds	28 July 1904 v Cambridgeshire	19 August 1914 v Lincolnshire	8	–	–	0	[19][20][n 2]
Portman Road	Ipswich	5 July 1905 v Norfolk	3 August 1914 v Cambridgeshire	14	–	–	0	[21][22]
Woodbridge School	Woodbridge	29 July 1908 v Bedfordshire	21 June 1909 v Norfolk	2	20 May 2001 v Essex Cricket Board	10 May 2009 v Hertfordshire	6	[23][24][25]
Denes Oval	Lowestoft	4 July 1934 v Lincolnshire	18 August 1971 v Norfolk	31	–	–	0	[26][27]
Churchman's Ground	Ipswich	29 July 1949 v Hertfordshire	24 August 1951 v Middlesex Second XI	3	–	–	0	[28][29]
Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground	Ipswich	2 August 1972 v Hertfordshire	7 June 2009 v Bedfordshire	48	12 June 1983 v Cambridgeshire	23 May 2010 v Berkshire	2	[30][31][32][n 3]
Manor Road	Haverhill	only match: 25 August 1974 v Lincolnshire		1	–	–	0	[33][34]
Guardian Royal Exchange Ground	Ipswich	3 August 1979 v Buckinghamshire	23 July 1985 v Hertfordshire	8	–	–	0	[35][36]
Chilton Fields	Stowmarket	only match: 1 June 1993 v Hertfordshire		1	–	–	0	[37][38]
Exning Park	Exning	–	–	0	17 May 1998 v Northamptonshire Cricket Board	26 May 2002 v Cambridgeshire	5	[39][40]

Notes

1. The Unicorns cricket team played a single List A cricket match here against Essex in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 Only the List A matches played at the ground by Suffolk are recorded in the table.
2. An informal Suffolk team played two first-class matches here against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1830 and 1847.
3. Minor Counties East played a single List A match here against Middlesex in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup.

References

1. "The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
2. "List A Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (10)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (56)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
4. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
5. "Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
6. "List A Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (37)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
8. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
9. "Wamil Way, Mildenhall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
10. "List A Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
11. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
12. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
13. "Old London Road, Copdock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
14. "List A Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
15. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
16. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
17. "Town Ground, Felixstowe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
18. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Town Ground, Felixstowe (101)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
19. "Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
20. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
21. "Portman Road, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
22. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Portman Road, Ipswich (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
23. "Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
24. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
25. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
26. "Denes Oval, Lowestoft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
27. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Denes Oval, Lowestoft (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
28. "Churchman's Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
29. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Churchman's Ground, Ipswich (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
30. "Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
31. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich (48)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
32. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
33. "Manor Road, Haverhill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
34. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Manor Road, Haverhill (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
35. "Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
36. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
37. "Chilton Fields, Stowmarket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
38. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Chilton Fields, Stowmarket (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
39. "Exning Park, Exning". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
40. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Exning Park, Exning (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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