List of Durham County Cricket Club grounds

Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Durham. The club was established on 23 May 1882. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed with great success in the competition until 1991, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1992 season, and has played first-class cricket since. While still a minor county, Durham first played List A cricket in 1964, and has played Twenty20 cricket since 2003.

The Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street has only been in use since 1995 but has hosted the vast majority of the county's matches in that time.

The Racecourse Ground in Durham staged the club's first home fixture in first-class cricket in 1992 which was against Leicestershire, while Feethams played host to the club's first home List A match in 1964, a match against Hertfordshire, with the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street being the venue for the club's first Twenty20 match in 2003, the game against Nottinghamshire. Durham have played home matches at 22 grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures since elevation to first-class status at the Riverside Ground, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

The 22 grounds that Durham have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

Minor county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Durham County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1992. The list excludes List A matches played by Durham when they were a minor county

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Bunker HillPhiladelphia 3 June 1895
v Lincolnshire
21 July 1902
v Staffordshire
3 0 [1][2]
Feethams Cricket GroundDarlington 24 June 1895
v Cheshire
18 July 1990
v Staffordshire
37 0 [3][4]
AshbrookeSunderland 26 June 1895
v Staffordshire
30 May 1989
v Hertfordshire
40 only match:
5 June 1988
v Lincolnshire
 1 [5][6][7]
Station RoadNorton 15 July 1895
v Worcestershire
20 June 1938
v Staffordshire
3 0 [8][9]
Village GroundBournmoor 25 May 1896
v Northumberland
6 July 1921
v Cheshire
6 0 [10][11]
Clarence Road GroundHartlepool 5 July 1897
v Cambridgeshire
29 June 1908
v Lincolnshire
9 0 [12][13]
Prince Consort RoadGateshead 19 July 1897
v Norfolk
25 June 1928
v Cheshire
3 0 [14][15]
Wood TerraceSouth Shields 11 July 1899
v Cambridgeshire
22 August 1990
v Lincolnshire
62 only match:
6 July 1986
v Hertfordshire
 1 [16][17][18]
Green LaneDurham 4 August 1899
v Norfolk
12 June 1984
v Bedfordshire
13 22 May 1988
v Northumberland
4 June 1989
v Cumberland
2 [19][20][21]
Ropery Lane
Chester-le-Street 3 August 1903
v Northumberland
29 May 1990
v Bedfordshire
65 2 June 1985
v Northumberland
30 June 1985
v Cheshire
2 [22][23][24][n 1]
Carley Hill GroundSunderland 15 August 1904
v Bedfordshire
18 August 1965
v Warwickshire Second XI
12 0 [25][26]
BlackfyneConsett 27 July 1911
v Norfolk
21 August 1979
v Cheshire
47 0 [27][28]
Park DriveHartlepool 11 June 1913
v Lincolnshire
28 May 1991
v Hertfordshire
39 0 [29][30]
South Moor Cricket Club GroundStanley only match:
22 July 1914
v Cheshire
 1 0 [31][32]
Belasis LaneBillingham 22 June 1936
v Yorkshire Second XI
19 June 1939
v Yorkshire Second XI
3 0 [33][34]
Grangefield Road
Stockton-on-Tees 9 July 1947
v Staffordshire
21 August 1991
v Suffolk
24 0 [35][36]
Kingsway
Bishop Auckland 17 July 1950
v Staffordshire
21 June 1961
v Staffordshire
12 0 [37][38]
Eastwood GardensGateshead 24 June 1959
v Staffordshire
4 August 1991
v Northumberland
17 only match:
6 June 1985
v Wiltshire
 1 [39][40][41][n 2]
The Racecourse
Durham only match:
19 August 1991
v Norfolk
 1 0 [42][43]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Durham County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1992. The table includes List A matches played by Durham when they were a minor county

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
First-class List A Twenty20
The Racecourse
Durham 25 April 1992
v Leicestershire
18 July 1994
v Yorkshire
8 19 April 1992
v Lancashire
31 July 1994
v Yorkshire
7 0 [44][45][46][n 3]
Osborne Avenue
Jesmond 0 only match:
5 May 1992
v Derbyshire
 1 0 [47][48][n 4]
Grangefield Road
Stockton-on-Tees 23 May 1992
v Northamptonshire
13 June 2006
v Kent
12 24 May 1992
v Northamptonshire
23 June 1996
v Surrey
11 0 [49][50][51]
Feethams Cricket GroundDarlington 2 June 1992
v Somerset
10 July 2002
v Derbyshire
10 4 May 1964
v Hertfordshire
2 July 2000
v Derbyshire
14 0 [52][53][54][n 5]
Park DriveHartlepool 12 June 1992
v Essex
7 May 1997
v Nottinghamshire
8 14 June 1992
v Essex
11 May 1997
v Nottinghamshire
9 0 [55][56][57][n 6]
Eastwood GardensGateshead 27 June 1992
v Kent
19 May 1994
v Gloucestershire
4 26 April 1992
v Leicestershire
13 June 1993
v Middlesex
2 0 [58][59][60][n 7]
Ropery Lane
Chester-le-Street 14 July 1992
v Pakistanis
12 July 1994
v South Africans
3 23 April 1967
v Nottinghamshire
5 September 1993
v Nottinghamshire
7 0 [61][62][63][n 8]
Riverside Ground
Chester-le-Street 18 May 1995
v Warwickshire
15 September 2014
v Northamptonshire
163 21 May 1995
v Warwickshire
6 September 2014
v Nottinghamshire
170 13 June 2003
v Nottinghamshire
25 July 2014
v Northamptonshire
56 [64][65][66][67][n 9]
Roseworth TerraceGosforth 0 only match:
31 July 2014
v Warwickshire
 1 0 [68][69][n 10]

Notes

  1. The Durham Cricket Board played four MCCA Knockout Trophy matches here between 19992001. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table.
  2. The Durham Cricket Board played two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches here in 1998 and 2001. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played at the ground by Durham is recorded in the table.
  3. Durham MCCU use the ground for first-class matches. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table. The Marylebone Cricket Club played one List A match at the ground against Bangladesh A in 2008. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table.
  4. Osborne Avenue is located in the adjacent county of Northumberland. Northumberland, a combined Minor Counties team, Minor Counties East, and Minor Counties North have all played List A matches at the ground. Only the List A match played by Durham at the ground is recorded in the table.
  5. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A match here in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup, while the Durham Cricket Board played two List A matches here in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table.
  6. The Durham Cricket Board played two List A matches here in the 1999 and 2000 NatWest Trophy. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table.
  7. The Durham Cricket Board played two List A matches here in the 1999 and 2000 NatWest Trophy. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Durham are recorded in the table.
  8. Minor Counties North played a single List A match here in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Durham at the ground are recorded in the table.
  9. Only the first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches played by Durham at the ground are recorded in the table.
  10. Roseworth Terrace is located in the adjacent county of Northumberland.

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