Herefordshire County Cricket Club was established in 1992, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for Durham who had been elevated to first-class status at the end of the previous season. The club has played minor counties cricket since, and played List A cricket from 1995 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1992 was against Wales Minor Counties at The Park, Brockhampton, while their first home List A match came seven years later against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy at the same venue.
The eight grounds that Herefordshire have used for home matches since 1992 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire 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 |
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List A | Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||||
The Park ![]() | Brockhampton | 19 May 1999 v Wiltshire | 15 May 2001 v Gloucestershire Cricket Board | 2 | 24 May 1992 v Wales Minor Counties | 17 August 2014 v Wales Minor Counties | 21 | 5 May 1994 v Staffordshire | 21 April 2013 v Cheshire | 12 | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
The Recreation Ground ![]() | Kington | only match: 23 May 1999 v Yorkshire | 1 | 20 August 1996 v Wales Minor Counties | 27 June 2004 v Devon | 6 | 10 August 2000 v Berkshire | 1 June 2008 v Wiltshire | 3 | [5] [6] [7] [8] | |
Stowe Lane ![]() | Colwall | only match: 2 May 2000 v Sussex Cricket Board | 1 | 29 June 1993 v Cheshire | 8 June 2014 v Cheshire | 21 | 6 June 2004 v Shropshire | 27 April 2014 v Staffordshire | 9 | [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
Mortimer Park | Kingsland | only match: 27 June 2001 v Middlesex | 1 | 8 August 1999 v Shropshire | 25 June 2006 v Oxfordshire | 12 | 1 June 1998 v Wales Minor Counties | 12 May 2005 v Bedfordshire | 5 | [13] [14] [15] [16] |
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||
Racecourse Ground ![]() | Hereford | 29 June 1992 v Devon | 7 July 1996 v Devon | 6 | only match: 6 June 1993 v Staffordshire | 1 | [17] [18] [19] [n 1] | |
Dales Cricket Club Ground![]() | Leominster | 21 July 1992 v Cornwall | 22 July 2001 v Berkshire | 9 | 19 June 1994 v Lincolnshire | 9 June 2002 v Wales Minor Counties | 3 | [20] [21] [22] |
Bulmers Sports Ground | Hereford | – | – | 0 | only match: 7 June 1998 v Warwickshire Cricket Board | 1 | [23] [24] | |
Clenchers Mill Lane![]() | Eastnor | 6 August 2006 v Shropshire | 6 July 2014 v Dorset | 8 | 21 May 2006 v Cumberland | 18 May 2014 v Oxfordshire | 5 | [25] [26] [27] |
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