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.
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 |
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List A | Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||||
Lucas Lane | Hitchin | 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 Park | Hertford | 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 Park | Welwyn 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] |
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 |
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Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||
Park Avenue | Watford | 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 Ground | Broxbourne | 8 July 1902 v Dorset | 3 July 1935 v Norfolk | 11 | – | – | 0 | [32] [33] |
Manor House Ground | Bushey | 26 June 1911 v Bedfordshire | 17 July 1914 v Norfolk | 4 | – | – | 0 | [34] [35] |
Albury Ride | Cheshunt | 19 July 1920 v Norfolk | 20 August 1978 v Suffolk | 8 | – | – | 0 | [36] [37] |
Crossman's Ground | near Barkway | 27 July 1925 v Norfolk | 6 June 1937 v Norfolk | 13 | – | – | 0 | [38] [39] |
Porters Park | Radlett | 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 Corner | Letchworth | 19 June 1935 v Hertfordshire | 16 August 1992 v Suffolk | 23 | – | – | 0 | [42] [43] |
Hyde Hall | Sawbridgeworth | only match: 27 June 1938 v Norfolk | 1 | – | – | 0 | [44] [45] | |
Durrants Sports Ground | Croxley 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 Road | Tring | 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 Lane | Barnet | 16 August 1961 v Suffolk | 16 August 1963 v Suffolk | 2 | – | – | 0 | [52] [53] |
County Hall Ground | Hertford | only match: 17 July 1968 v Norfolk | 1 | – | – | 0 | [54] [55] | |
Woodside | Watford | 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 Lane | Letchworth | – | – | 0 | only match: 25 April 2010 v Dorset | 1 | [73] [74] |
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