List of Hertfordshire County Cricket Club grounds

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 8 March 1876. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Norfolk at Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford, while their first home List A match came 71 years later against Berkshire in the 1966 Gillette Cup at the Lucas Lane, Hitchin.

The 24 grounds that Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
Lucas LaneHitchin 30 April 1966
v Berkshire		28 June 1989
v Nottinghamshire		8 24 July 1908
v Cambridgeshire		9 August 1998
v Lincolnshire		38 16 June 1991
v Norfolk		4 July 1993
v Staffordshire		2 [1][2][3][4]
Ditchmore Lane
Stevenage only match:
10 May 1969
v Devon		 1 29 July 1921
v Buckinghamshire		20 August 2000
v Cambridgeshire		41 4 June 1989
v Oxfordshire		19 May 1991
v Berkshire		2 [5][6][7][8]
Clarence Park
St Albans 4 July 1984
v Somerset		27 July 1990
v Warwickshire		2 14 August 1895
v Bedfordshire		17 June 1997
v Northumberland		87 2 July 1986
v Norfolk		30 June 1991
v Devon		2 [9][10][11][12]
Brunton Memorial Ground
Radlett 4 May 1999
v Leicestershire Cricket Board		3 June 1999
v Lancashire		2 2 July 1975
v Cambridgeshire		10 June 2007
v Lincolnshire		6 17 May 2006
v Cheshire		19 May 2013
v Oxfordshire		2 [13][14][15][16][n 1]
Balls ParkHertford 19 May 1999
v Sussex Cricket Board		27 June 2001
v Worcestershire		2 8 July 1901
v Cambridgeshire		8 June 2014
v Cambridgeshire		75 10 June 2000
v Suffolk		25 June 2000
v Essex Cricket Board		2 [17][18][19][20]
Digswell ParkWelwyn Garden City 20 May 2000
v Cambridgeshire		29 August 2001
v Staffordshire		3 only match:
30 June 2002
v Cambridgeshire		 1 6 July 2003
v Cheshire		22 April 2012
v Devon		7 [21][22][23][24]
Cricketfield Lane
Bishop's Stortford only match:
28 August 2003
v Ireland		 1 25 July 1895
v Norfolk		10 June 2012
v Bedfordshire		56 12 June 1983
v Cheshire		5 May 2002
v Suffolk		6 [25][26][27][28][n 2]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Hertfordshire 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
Park AvenueWatford 28 July 1895
v Worcestershire		3 July 1974
v Cambridgeshire		77 31 May 1987
v Bedfordshire		24 June 2001
v Huntingdonshire		2 [29][30][31]
Broxbourne Sports Club GroundBroxbourne 8 July 1902
v Dorset		3 July 1935
v Norfolk		11 ––0 [32][33]
Manor House GroundBushey 26 June 1911
v Bedfordshire		17 July 1914
v Norfolk		4 ––0 [34][35]
Albury RideCheshunt 19 July 1920
v Norfolk		20 August 1978
v Suffolk		8 ––0 [36][37]
Crossman's Groundnear Barkway 27 July 1925
v Norfolk		6 June 1937
v Norfolk		13 ––0 [38][39]
Porters ParkRadlett 5 July 1929
v Berkshire		1 August 1934
v Buckinghamshire		3 3 July 1984
v Cornwall		13 July 2014
v Cheshire		7 [40][41]
Letchworth CornerLetchworth 19 June 1935
v Hertfordshire		16 August 1992
v Suffolk		23 ––0 [42][43]
Hyde HallSawbridgeworth only match:
27 June 1938
v Norfolk		 1 ––0 [44][45]
Durrants Sports GroundCroxley Green 27 August 1954
v Norfolk		15 August 1982
v Suffolk		5 16 June 1985
v Shropshire		22 June 1986
v Berkshire		2 [46][47][48]
London RoadTring 26 August 1959
v Buckinghamshire		6 June 1999
v Norfolk		12 only match:
5 June 1988
v Buckinghamshire		 1 [49][50][51][n 3]
Barnet LaneBarnet 16 August 1961
v Suffolk		16 August 1963
v Suffolk		2 ––0 [52][53]
County Hall GroundHertford only match:
17 July 1968
v Norfolk		 1 ––0 [54][55]
WoodsideWatford 20 June 1976
v Norfolk		11 June 1991
v Cumberland		11 only match:
19 May 1985
v Bedfordshire		 1 [56][57][58][n 4]
The Walk
Potters Bar 18 August 1987
v Cumberland		4 August 1991
v Cambridgeshire		3 2 June 1985
v Norfolk		8 June 1986
v Bedfordshire		2 [59][60][61]
Denis Compton Oval
Shenley 17 July 1995
v Staffordshire		11 July 1999
v Northumberland		5 6 June 1993
v Oxfordshire		4 June 2000
v Middlesex Cricket Board		8 [62][63][64][n 5]
Marlins
Long Marston 21 August 1994
v Suffolk		3 August 2014
v Cumberland		19 13 May 2007
v Oxfordshire		1 June 2008
v Northumberland		2 [65][66][67]
The Common
Harpenden 4 August 2013
v Staffordshire		6 July 2014
v Norfolk		2 3 June 2001
v Middlesex Cricket Board		25 May 2014
v Norfolk		9 [68][69][70]
Home Farm
North Mymms ––0 2 June 2006
v Buckinghamshire		13 May 2012
v Cornwall		5 [71][72]
Whitehorn LaneLetchworth ––0 only match:
25 April 2010
v Dorset		 1 [73][74]

Notes
  1. Middlesex played a single List A match here in the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 against Yorkshire.
  2. A single first-class cricket match was played here in June 1872 between a United South of England Eleven versus a United North of England Eleven.
  3. Northamptonshire played List A matches here from 1974–1991. Buckinghamshire have played four Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches here. Only the matches played by Hertfordshire in these competitions at the ground is recorded in the table.
  4. The ground has played host to a number of teams in List A matches. Minor Counties West played two matches there in the 1977 and 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup, while Minor Counties South played there in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played here in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup, before Middlesex played here against the touring Sri Lankans in 1981.
  5. Six first-class cricket matches have been played here between 1996 and 1994. The Marylebone Cricket Club played three matches at the ground, while Middlesex played two matches against the touring Sri Lankans and Zimbabweans respectively in 2002 and 2003. The sixth first-class match held there saw Sri Lanka A play the touring West Indians. Four List A matches were played here between 1996 and 2004, with the Marylebone Cricket Club playing the touring Pakistanis in 1996, with the other three matches seeing Middlesex as the home team. The Middlesex Cricket Board and Northamptonshire Cricket Board have both played one MCCA Knockout Trophy match here apiece. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Hertfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Both Women's Test cricket and Women's One Day International cricket matches have been played here by the England national women's cricket team.

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