List of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds

Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club was established on 15 January 1891. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1965 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Oxfordshire at The Big Field, Wolverton, while their first home List A match came 75 years later against Bedfordshire in the 1970 Gillette Cup at London Road, High Wycombe.

The 24 grounds that Buckinghamshire have used for home matches since 1895 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 Buckinghamshire 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
London RoadHigh Wycombe 9 May 1970
v Bedfordshire
24 June 1987
v Somerset
3 26 August 1895
v Bedfordshire
22 August 2014
v Cambridgeshire
118 only match:
23 May 2010
v Wiltshire
 1 [1][2][3][4][n 1]
Amy Lane
Chesham only match:
30 May 1970
v Hampshire
 1 14 August 1907
v Worcestershire Second XI
8 August 1982
v Suffolk
33 only match:
23 May 1993
v Oxfordshire
 1 [5][6][7][8][n 2]
Shardeloes
Amersham only match:
19 July 1972
v Glamorgan
 1 25 August 1968
v Bedfordshire
15 June 1997
v Northumberland
28 0 [9][10][11][n 3]
Pound Lane
Marlow 27 June 1990
v Nottinghamshire
23 June 1999
v Warwickshire
3 9 August 1909
v Dorset
4 August 2013
v Cumberland
30 17 July 1987
v Cheshire
20 May 2012
v Staffordshire
7 [12][13][14][15][n 4]
Wilton Park, Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield 24 June 1992
v Sussex
12 September 2002
v Shropshire
5 28 August 1967
v Norfolk
19 June 2005
v Staffordshire
26 14 June 1987
v Shropshire
12 June 2005
v Wiltshire
4 [16][17][18][19]
Oxford RoadDinton 29 August 2001
v Worcestershire Cricket Board
29 August 2002
v Suffolk
13 0 9 May 2013
v Wales Minor Counties
18 May 2014
v Berkshire
2 [20][21][22]
Ascott ParkWing only match:
7 May 2003
v Gloucestershire
 1 7 August 1905
v Hertfordshire
17 August 2003
v Bedfordshire
48 7 May 1998
v Berkshire
10 May 2009
v Lincolnshire
5 [23][24][25][26]
Sir Paul Getty's Ground
near Ibstone only match:
3 May 2005
v Lancashire
 1 only match:
22 August 1999
v Hertfordshire
 1 4 June 2000
v Kent Cricket Board
7 July 2002
v Berkshire
2 [27][28][29][30][n 5]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Buckinghamshire 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
The Big FieldWolverton only match:
7 August 1895
v Oxfordshire
 1 0 [31][32]
Wendover RoadAylesbury 13 July 1896
v Northamptonshire
26 July 1998
v Bedfordshire
42 7 June 1990
v Bedfordshire
21 May 2001
v Kent Cricket Board
7 [33][34][35]
Bletchley ParkBletchley 23 August 1899
v Wiltshire
12 July 1933
v Bedfordshire
33 0 [36][37]
Osborne StreetWolverton 29 July 1904
v Bedfordshire
27 July 1921
v Bedfordshire
7 0 [38][39]
Chalvey RoadSlough 19 August 1904
v Berkshire
5 July 1998
v Norfolk
57 only match:
14 June 1992
v Oxfordshire
 1 [40][41][42][n 6]
Sefton ParkStoke Poges only match:
9 August 1911
v Kent Second XI
 1 0 [43][44]
Agar's PloughEton College 9 May 1946
v Berkshire
11 August 1950
v Berkshire
5 0 [45][46]
Stowe School
Stowe 4 August 1947
v Berkshire
14 August 1982
v Bedfordshire
5 only match:
7 August 1983
v Bedfordshire
 1 [47][48][49][n 7]
Aspro Sports GroundSlough 10 August 1951
v Berkshire
25 August 1954
v Norfolk
4 0 [50][51]
Ernest Turner's Sports GroundHigh Wycombe 30 August 1963
v Oxfordshire
13 August 1969
v Suffolk
5 0 [52][53]
Bourton Road
Buckingham 6 July 1968
v Oxfordshire
12 August 1990
v Oxfordshire
11 only match:
29 April 2012
v Berkshire
 1 [54][55][56]
Molins Sports ClubMonks Risborough 18 August 1982
v Berkshire
11 August 1985
v Cheshire
3 0 [57][58]
Manor Fields
Bletchley 13 July 1986
v Somerset Second XI
25 July 1988
v Wales Minor Counties
2 0 [59][60][n 8]
Campbell Park
Milton Keynes 9 June 1999
v Staffordshire
6 August 2000
v Suffolk
2 only match:
28 June 1998
v Sussex Cricket Board
 1 [61][62][63][n 9]
Dukes LaneGerrards Cross 13 June 2004
v Cumberland
21 July 2013
v Suffolk
10 only match:
26 July 2009
v Dorset
 1 [64][65][66]
The Memorial Ground
Burnham 23 July 2006
v Cumberland
20 July 2014
v Staffordshire
5 5 May 2013
v Dorset
4 May 2014
v Herefordshire
2 [67][68][69]
Upton Court RoadSlough 28 August 2005
v Norfolk
5 August 2012
v Bedfordshire
8 only match:
29 April 2007
v Hertfordshire
 1 [70][71][72][n 10]
London RoadTring 21 June 2009
v Lincolnshire
21 August 2014
v Norfolk
4 5 June 2011
v Devon
2 June 2013
v Dorset
2 [73][74][75][n 11]

Notes

  1. Minor Counties South played a single List A match here against Worcestershire in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  2. Minor Counties East played a single List A match here against Leicestershire in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  3. Minor Counties South and Minor Counties West played List A matches here from 19721977 in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  4. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played two matches here in the 1990 and 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  5. The Unicorns cricket team played nine List A matches here between 20102013 in the Clydesdale Bank 40/Yorkshire Bank 40. Only the List A match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table. The ground has played host to the final of the MCCA Knockout Trophy since 2012. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  6. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played three List A matches here between 19811986 in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Berkshire played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy here against the Sussex Cricket Board in 1999. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table.
  7. Northamptonshire played a single List A match here in the 2005 totesport League against Gloucestershire.
  8. Northamptonshire played first-class and List A matches here between 19761987.
  9. Northamptonshire have played List A and Twenty20 matches here.
  10. Berkshire played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match here in 2002, while the ground held the final of the 2005 MCCA Knockout Trophy between Norfolk and Wiltshire. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table.
  11. London Road is based in the adjacent county of Hertfordshire. Northamptonshire played List A matches here from 19741991. Hertfordshire have played twelve Minor Counties Championship matches and one MCCA Knockout Trophy match here. Only the matches played by Buckinghamshire in these competitions at the ground is recorded in the table.

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