List of Dorset County Cricket Club grounds

The Dorset County Cricket Club was established in February 1896. Since then, it has played minor counties cricket since 1897 and played List A cricket from 1968 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first minor counties fixture in 1897 was against Wiltshire at the Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum, while their first List A match came 71 years later against Bedfordshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup at Sherborne School. The club is based at Dean Park, Bournemouth, which also held first-class and List A cricket for Hampshire from 1897 to 1992.

Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum
St Mary's Field
Day's Park
Royal Army Corps Ground
Earl of Shaftebury's Ground
Bournemouth Sports Club
The Recreation Ground, Dorchester
Redlands Sports Ground
Cockram's Ground
The Terrace Playing Fields
Hanhams
Merley Park
Weymouth College Ground
Locations of grounds used by Dorset

The seventeen grounds that Dorset have used for home matches since 1897 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2012 season.

Grounds

List A

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Dorset 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
Sherborne School
Sherborne only match:
8 June 1992
v Bedfordshire		 1 5 August 1902
v Devon		25 May 1997
v Herefordshire		69 3 June 1984
v Wiltshire		still in use14 [1][2][3][4]
Dean Park
Bournemouth 29 June 1983
v Essex		5 May 2004
v Yorkshire		8 13 August 1982
v Devon		still in use60 2 June 1985
v Cornwall		still in use22 [5][6][7][8][n 1]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Dorset 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
Recreation GroundBlandford Forum 16 August 1897
v Wiltshire		18 August 1981
v Wiltshire		38 ––0 [9][10]
St Mary's FieldBridport 21 July 1902
v Wiltshire		7 August 1939
v Cornwall		25 ––0 [11][12]
Weymouth College GroundWeymouth 23 August 1902
v Surrey Second XI		5 August 1935
v Cornwall		12 ––0 [13][14]
Poole ParkPoole 15 July 1903
v Staffordshire		26 August 1981
v Oxfordshire		60 ––0 [15][16]
Recreation Ground
Dorchester 1 July 1908
v Surrey Second XI		30 July 1996
v Cheshire		59 2 May 2010
v Bedfordshire		5 June 2011
v Hertfordshire		2 [17][18][19]
Earl of Shaftesbury's GroundWimborne St Giles 18 August 1909
v Wiltshire		19 August 1914
v Wiltshire		5 ––0 [20][21]
Merley ParkWimborne 27 July 1934
v Oxfordshire		21 August 1939
v Wiltshire		7 ––0 [22][23]
Canford School GroundCanford Magna 16 August 1937
v Oxfordshire		12 June 1994
v Oxfordshire		14 ––0 [24][25]
Redlands Sports GroundWeymouth 15 August 1951
v Cornwall		11 June 2000
v Shropshire		59 24 July 1988
v Cambridgeshire		15 May 2011
v Herefordshire		4 [26][27][28]
Royal Army Corps GroundBovington only match:
8 June 1992
v Oxfordshire		 1 ––0 [29][30]
Terrace GroundSherborne 7 August 1957
v Wiltshire		22 August 1962
v Oxfordshire		7 ––0 [31][32]
Hanhams Cricket Ground
Wimborne 30 August 1957
v Oxfordshire		24 July 1979
v Berkshire		11 ––0 [33][34]
Cockram's GroundShaftesbury 19 August 1960
v Oxfordshire		13 August 1971
v Devon		4 ––0 [35][36]
Bournemouth Sports Club
Bournemouth 1 August 1962
v Cornwall		10 September 2000
v Cumberland		9 ––0 [37][38]
Day's ParkSwanage 22 August 1969
v Wiltshire		17 August 1970
v Oxfordshire		2 ––0 [39][40]

Notes
  1. Hampshire played first-class and List A cricket at Dean Park from 1897 to 1992. Only the List A matches played by Dorset at the ground are recorded in the table.

References
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  2. "List A Matches played on Sherborne School (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sherborne School (69)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  4. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Sherborne School (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  5. "Dean Park, Bournemouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  6. "List A Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
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  8. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (22)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  9. "Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
  10. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum (38)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  11. "St Mary's Field, Bridport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  12. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Mary's Field, Bridport (25)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  13. "Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  14. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  15. "Poole Park, Poole". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
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  17. "Recreation Ground, Dorset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
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  20. "Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  21. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  22. "Merley Park, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  23. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Merley Park, Wimborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  24. "Canford School Ground, Canford Magna". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  25. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Canford School Ground, Canford Magna (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  26. "Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  27. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (59)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  28. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  29. "Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  30. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  31. "Terrace Ground, Sherborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  32. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Terrace Ground, Sherborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  33. "Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  34. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  35. "Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  36. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  37. "Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  38. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  39. "Day's Park, Swanage". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  40. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Day's Park, Swanage (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
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