List of Lincolnshire County Cricket Club grounds

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Lincolnshire County Cricket Club was established on 28 September 1906; prior to that a county organisation had existed before, with Lincolnshire competing in the first Minor Counties Championship in 1895. The current club competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1907 to 1914, and has since played minor counties cricket again from 1924, as well as playing in List A cricket from 1966 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Norfolk at the Black Swan Ground, Spalding, while their first home List A match came 79 years later against Surrey in the 1974 Gillette Cup at Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln.

Contents

The 23 grounds that Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire 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.

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Lindum Sports Club Ground
Lindum Sports Field - geograph.org.uk - 3253573.jpg
Lincoln 10 July 1974
v Surrey 		5 May 2004
v Glamorgan 		531 July 1907
v Staffordshire 		2 July 2000
v Cumberland 		7130 June 1996
v Bedfordshire 		5 June 2011
v Norfolk 		5 [1] [2] [3] [4] [n 1]
London Road Sleaford 29 June 1983
v Surrey 		29 May 2002
v Glamorgan 		522 July 1912
v Cambridgeshire 		18 June 2014
v Staffordshire 		5019 May 1991
v Cambridgeshire 		28 June 1998
v Yorkshire Cricket Board 		4 [5] [6] [7] [8] [n 2]
Abbey Lawn
Bourne Abbey Lawn.jpg
Bourne only match:
13 September 2001
v Surrey Cricket Board 		 16 July 1955
v Cambridgeshire 		21 May 2000
v Staffordshire 		299 June 1999
v Yorkshire Cricket Board 		20 May 2001
v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 		2 [9] [10] [11] [12]
Sports Ground Cleethorpes only match:
21 June 2000
v Lancashire 		 116 July 1969
v Staffordshire 		20 July 2014
v Hertfordshire 		295 June 1983
v Bedfordshire 		7 July 2002
v Leicestershire Cricket Board 		6 [13] [14] [15] [16] [n 3]
Gorse Lane
Grantham Cricket Club.jpg
Grantham only match:
16 May 2000
v Netherlands 		 115 July 1996
v Cumberland 		3 August 2014
v Buckinghamshire 		245 June 1994
v Northumberland 		13 June 2010
v Cheshire 		5 [17] [18] [19] [20]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Lincolnshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Black Swan Ground Spalding 27 June 1895
v Norfolk 		14 August 1911
v Cambridgeshire 		6––0 [21] [22]
London Road Grantham 8 August 1895
v Durham 		17 July 1974
v Yorkshire Second XI 		24––0 [23] [24]
People's Park Grimsby 5 June 1907
v Lancashire Second XI 		3 June 1908
v Northumberland 		2––0 [25] [26]
Richmond Drive Skegness 12 August 1907
v Yorkshire Second XI 		2 July 1936
v Hertfordshire 		14––0 [27] [28] [n 4]
Drewery Brothers Ground Grimsby 18 August 1909
v Hertfordshire 		29 August 1976
v Staffordshire 		2––0 [29] [30]
Augusta Street Grimsby 10 August 1910
v Bedfordshire 		25 July 1909
v Buckinghamshire 		4422 June 1997
v Shropshire 		25 June 2000
v Cheshire 		3 [31] [32] [33]
Jubilee Park Woodhall Spa 28 July 1913
v Kent Second XI 		10 June 1957
v Bedfordshire 		427 April 2008
v Cambridgeshire 		27 April 2014
v Cumberland 		6 [34] [35] [36]
Brumby Hall Scunthorpe 12 August 1925
v Nottinghamshire Second XI 		31 August 1998
v Staffordshire 		49only match:
31 May 1987
v Durham 		 1 [37] [38] [n 5]
Rose Brothers Sports Ground Gainsborough 6 July 1927
v Bedfordshire 		5 July 1961
v Shropshire 		18––0 [39] [40] [n 6]
Burghley Park
Cricket in Late Summer (9672188506).jpg
Stamford 5 July 1928
v Leicestershire Second XI 		4 July 1994
v Buckinghamshire 		15only match:
1 July 1990
v Devon 		 1 [41] [42] [43]
Grammar School Ground Boston 2 August 1929
v Hertfordshire 		29 July 1932
v Cambridgeshire 		4––0 [44] [45]
Central Park Boston 17 June 1953
v Nottinghamshire Second XI 		7 August 1994
v Staffordshire 		9––0 [46] [47]
Paradise Field Long Sutton 22 May 1961
v Bedfordshire 		28 May 1972
v Suffolk 		7only match:
3 June 1984
v Northumberland 		 1 [48] [49] [50]
Ross Sports Club Ground Grimsby 7 June 1965
v Bedfordshire 		27 July 1986
v Northumberland 		18only match:
4 June 1989
v Northumberland 		 1 [51] [52] [53]
Stamford School Ground
Stamford School Cricket Pavilion, Lincs (geograph 4138675).jpg
Stamford only match:
10 August 1966
v Cambridgeshire 		 1––0 [54] [55]
Memorial Field Spalding 28 August 1967
v Suffolk 		22 August 1982
v Norfolk 		10––0 [56] [57]
Rase Park Market Rasen ––018 May 1985
v Northumberland 		14 June 1987
v Northumberland		2 [58] [59]
Cross O'Cliff Court
Geograph-3105002-by-Trevor-Rickard.jpg
Bracebridge Heath ––011 May 2008
v Buckinghamshire 		14 May 2014
v Northumberland 		6 [60] [61]

Notes

  1. ↑ One first-class match was played here in 1969 when a combined Minor Counties cricket team played the touring New Zealanders. Minor Counties North played one List A match here against Kent in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Lincolnshire are recorded in the table.
  2. ↑ Two first-class matches have been played here in the North v South fixtures of 1860 and 1864.
  3. ↑ Nottinghamshire played four first-class matches here between 1980–1990, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team played a first-class match here against the touring Zimbabweans in 1985. Nottinghamshire played five List A matches here between 1983–2004, while Minor Counties North]] played one List A match here against Nottinghamshire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Lincolnshire are recorded in the table.
  4. ↑ One first-class match was played here in 1935 when a combined Minor Counties cricket team played the touring South Africans.
  5. ↑ Minor Counties North played one List A match here against Yorkshire in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.
  6. ↑ Two first-class matches have been played here in 1931 and 1937 when a combined Minor Counties cricket team played the touring New Zealanders.

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