List of Bedfordshire County Cricket Club grounds

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Bedfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 3 November 1899. Prior to that a county club had existed, with the side competing in the first Minor Counties Championship in 1895. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1900 and played List A cricket between 1967 and 2005. It has used a number of home grounds during this period.

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The county's first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Hertfordshire at Bedford School. Their first home List A match came 72 years later against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup at Wardown Park, Luton. The side have played the majority of their minor counties fixtures at Bedford School and Wardown Park.

Grounds

The 18 grounds that Bedfordshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below.

As of 31 August 2025
NameLocation List A MCCA Champ MCCA Trophy MCCA T20First matchLast matchRefs
Bedford School Ground Bedford 0 [a] 183625 August 1895
v Hertfordshire
23 July 2023
v Northumberland
[1]
Dunstable Grammar School Ground Dunstable 060016 August 1895
v Wiltshire
27 June 1905
v Northumberland
[2]
Bell Close Leighton Buzzard 050021 August 1895
v Buckinghamshire
31 July 1994
v Cumberland
[3]
Bedford County School Ground Bedford 0130021 June 1900
v Staffordshire
24 June 1914
v Suffolk
[4]
Luton Hoo Park Luton 020017 August 1900
v Oxfordshire
9 August 1901
v Oxfordshire
[5]
Bedford Modern School Ground Bedford 0131010 June 1901
v Surrey Second XI
7 July 2019
v Hertfordshire
[6]
Wardown Park Luton 13 [b] 130 [c] 726 August 1906
v Buckinghamshire
29 June 2025
v Oxfordshire
[7]
Goldington Bury Bedford 3 [d] 333030 July 1913
v Buckinghamshire
27 July 2023
v Northumberland
[8]
WH Allen's Sports Ground Biddenham 010021 July 1920
v Norfolk
  [9]
Goldington Road Bedford 02001 June 1925
v Kent Second XI
9 June 1930
v Buckinghamshire
[10]
Southill Park Southill 0208222 July 1972
v Hertfordshire
25 May 2025
v Wales NCCC
[11]
Bull Pond Lane Dunstable 0150024 July 1972
v Shropshire
9 July 1991
v Staffordshire
[12]
Vauxhall Motors Ground Luton 030015 July 1973
v Cambridgeshire
12 July 1975
v Cambridgeshire
[13]
The Pyghties Henlow 0221023 July 1973
v Shropshire
5 July 1998
v Northumberland
[14]
Grange Lane Cople 0050 [e] 19 May 1991
v Buckinghamshire
18 May 2014
v Hertfordshire
[15]
Lancot Park Totternhoe 11715817 July 1994
v Northumberland
20 July 2025
v Cumbria
[16]
The Vale Westoning 011404 June 2000
v Northumberland
10 August 2025
v Norfolk
[17]
Ampthill Park Ampthill 029714 May 2006
v Lincolnshire
6 May 2024
v Berkshire
[18]

Notes

  1. Northants played two List A fixtures on the ground, one in 1971 and one in 1982.
  2. Northants played 11 first-class, 24 List A, and one Twenty20 match on the ground between 1973 and 2004. The Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match on the ground in 1998, with Northants as the opposition.
  3. The Minor County Championship final was held on the ground three times, in 1990, 1991 and 1997. The 1997 final saw Bedfordshire play on the ground. This match has been excluded from the count as technically there was no home side.
  4. The Minor Counties South cricket team played a List A match on the ground in 1975.
  5. In 2015 a play off match between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire was staged on the ground. As Bedfordshire were technically not the home side this match is not included in the count of matches played.

References

  1. Bedford School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  2. Dunstable Grammar School, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  3. Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  4. Bedford County School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  5. Luton Hoo Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  6. Bedford Modern School, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  7. Wardown Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  8. Goldington Bury, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  9. WH Allen's Sports Ground, Biddenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  10. Goldington Road, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  11. Southill Park, Southill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  12. Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  13. Vauxhall Motors Ground, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  14. The Pyghties, Henlow, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  15. Grange Lane, Cople, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  16. Lancot Park, Totternhoe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  17. The Vale, Westoning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)
  18. Ampthill Park, Ampthill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-05-12. (subscription required)