List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds

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Glamorgan County Cricket Club was established on 6 July 1888. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1896 and competed in the competition until 1920, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1921 season, and has played first-class cricket since. Following their elevation to first-class status, Glamorgan alternated their home matches between Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff and St Helen's in Swansea. It wasn't until 1966 that Glamorgan began playing at their current home ground, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Cardiff Arms Park played host to Glamorgan's first home fixture in first-class cricket against Sussex in 1921, as well as its first home List A fixture against Worcestershire in 1963. Forty years later Sophia Gardens played host to the club's first Twenty20 fixture against Northamptonshire. Glamorgan have played home matches at nineteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures since 1966 at the SWALEC Stadium, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

Contents

The nineteen grounds that Glamorgan have used for home matches since 1896 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season. A twentieth ground, the Newport International Sports Village (also known as Spytty Park), staged its first County Championship game in May 2019. [1]

Grounds

Minor county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesRefs
Minor Counties Championship
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park Cricket Ground.jpg
Cardiff 13 July 1896
v Worcestershire 		2 August 1920
v Surrey Second XI 		59 [2] [3]
St Helen's
St Helen's.DSC00503.JPG
Swansea 9 July 1897
v Monmouthshire 		20 June 1920
v Cheshire 		29 [4] [5] [n 1]
The Gnoll Neath 24 June 1908
v Carmarthenshire 		28 July 1920
v Devon 		7 [6] [7] [n 2]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
First-class List A Twenty20
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park Cricket Ground.jpg
Cardiff 18 May 1921
v Sussex 		13 August 1966
v Somerset 		241only match:
22 May 1963
v Somerset 		 1––0 [8] [9] [10] [n 3]
St Helen's
St Helen's.DSC00503.JPG
Swansea 28 May 1921
v Leicestershire 		11 June 2019

v Derbyshire

41621 May 1966
v Warwickshire 		3 June 2018

v Hampshire

142only match:
25 June 2005
v Warwickshire 		 1 [11] [12] [13] [14] [n 4]
Ynysangharad Park
Ynysangharad Park Cricket Ground - geograph.org.uk - 421727.jpg
Pontypridd 3 July 1926
v Derbyshire 		29 June 1996
v Pakistanis 		436 September 1970
v Essex 		25 July 1999
v Surrey 		9––0 [15] [16] [17]
Cowbridge Ground
Cowbridge and District Athletic Club ground - geograph.org.uk - 1264547.jpg
Cowbridge 25 July 1931
v Northamptonshire 		23 July 1932
v Somerset 		10––0––0 [18] [19]
Stradey Park Llanelli 24 June 1933
v Worcestershire 		1 September 1965
v Essex 		2328 August 1988
v Leicestershire 		11 July 1993
v Sussex 		9––0 [20] [21] [22] [n 5]
The Gnoll Neath 14 July 1934
v Essex 		8 July 1995
v Young Australia 		4312 June 1963
v Worcestershire 		28 August 1994
v Leicestershire 		12––0 [23] [24] [25]
Rodney Parade Newport 6 July 1935
v Leicestershire 		5 May 1965
v Warwickshire 		2725 April 1964
v Worcestershire 		7 May 1989
v Gloucestershire 		3––0 [26] [27] [28] [n 6]
Eugene Cross Park
Ebbw Vale Rugby Ground - geograph.org.uk - 498156.jpg
Ebbw Vale 22 June 1946
v Worcestershire 		22 August 1990
v Sri Lankans 		2510 August 1969
v Derbyshire 		29 July 2007
v Middlesex 		27––0 [29] [30] [31]
Steel Company of Wales Ground
Cricket Field and sport Club - geograph.org.uk - 53061.jpg
Margam 23 May 1953
v Ireland 		15 June 1963
v Cambridge University 		5––0––0 [32] [33]
Penrhyn Avenue
Penrhyn Avenue Pavilion.jpg
Colwyn Bay 27 August 1966
v Derbyshire 		18 August 2019

v Lancashire

353 September 1972
v Worcestershire 		5 May 2013
v Yorkshire 		23––0 [34] [35] [36] [n 7]
SWALEC Stadium
England v India at the SWALEC Stadium Cardiff 2014.JPG
Cardiff 24 May 1967
v Indians 		12 September 2021

v Gloucestershire

3121 June 1969
v Somerset 		16 August 2021

v Essex

25116 June 2003
v Northamptonshire 		16 July 2021

v Somerset

102 [37] [38] [39] [40] [n 8]
The Oval
The Oval Sports and Cricket Ground - geograph.org.uk - 481585.jpg
Llandudno ––0only match:
22 June 1969
v Leicestershire 		 1––0 [41] [42] [n 9]
BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground Llandarcy only match:
7 July 1971
v Oxford University 		 1––0––0 [43] [44]
Vicarage Field
Vicarage Playing Fields (geograph 3642409).jpg
Aberystwyth ––031 July 1977
v Essex 		27 August 1989
v Warwickshire 		2––0 [45] [46] [n 10]
Pen-y-Pound Abergavenny 22 June 1983
v Worcestershire 		26 July 2005
v Bangladesh A 		1510 May 1981
v Worcestershire 		5 September 1982
v Northamptonshire 		2––0 [47] [48] [49] [n 11]
Hoover's Sports Ground Merthyr Tydfil ––05 June 1988
v Kent 		11 June 1989
v Middlesex 		2––0 [50] [51]
Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground Pentyrch ––0only match:
23 May 1993
v Northamptonshire 		 1––0 [52] [53]
Christ College Ground
Cricket pavilion - geograph.org.uk - 4731284.jpg
Brecon ––0only match:
5 September 1993
v Zimbabweans 		 1––0 [54] [55] [n 12]
Cresselly Cricket Club Ground Cresselly ––0only match:
28 May 2007
v Surrey 		 1––0 [56] [57] [n 13]
Spytty Park Newport only match:

14 May 2019

v Gloucestershire

1--0--0

Notes

  1. ↑ Wales Minor Counties played Minor Counties Championship matches here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  2. ↑ The Glamorgan Second XI and Wales Minor Counties have each played a Minor Counties Championship match here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  3. ↑ The first-class East v West fixture of 1910 was played here, as well as a first-class match between England and The Rest in 1932. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  4. ↑ South Wales played one first-class match here against the touring South Africans in 1912, while Wales played one first-class match here against Scotland in 1924. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. Wales Minor Counties played four List A matches here between 1999–2005. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  5. ↑ Stradey Park is located in the adjacent county of Carmarthenshire.
  6. ↑ Rodney Parade is located in the adjacent county of Monmouthshire.
  7. ↑ Penrhyn Avenue is located in the far north of Wales in the historic county of Denbighshire. Wales played one first-class match here against a combined Minor Counties team in 1930. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. Wales Minor Counties played one List A match here against Nottinghamshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy, while the Unicorns cricket team played two List A matches here in the 2010 and 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  8. ↑ Wales Minor Counties played two List A matches here in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, while New Zealand A and Sri Lanka A played a List A match here in 2014. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. The SWALEC Stadium held the finals day for the 2012 Friends Life t20, but none of the three matches played involved Glamorgan. Only the Twenty20 matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  9. ↑ The Oval is located in the far north of Wales in the historic county of Caernarvonshire.
  10. ↑ Vicarage Field is located in the county of Ceredigion on the west coast of Wales.
  11. ↑ Wales Minor Counties played one List A match here against Denmark in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  12. ↑ Brecon College Ground is located in the historic county of Brecknockshire.
  13. ↑ Cresselly Cricket Club Ground is located in the county of Pembrokeshire.

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