List of Suffolk County Cricket Club grounds

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Suffolk County Cricket Club was originally established on 27 July 1864, and competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1904 to 1914. The present club was founded in August 1932, and has played minor counties cricket from 1934, as well as playing in List A cricket from 1966 to 2005.

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The club has used a different number of home grounds. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1904 was against Norfolk at the Town Ground, Felixstowe, while their first home List A match came 62 years later against Kent in the 1966 Gillette Cup at Ipswich School Ground.

Grounds

The 18 grounds that Suffolk have used for home matches since 1904 are listed below.

As of 31 August 2025
NameLocation List A MCCA Champ MCCA Trophy MCCA T20First matchLast matchRefs
Town Ground Felixstowe 01010020 July 1904
v Norfolk
26 July 1983
v Hertfordshire
[1]
Cemetry Road Bury St Edmunds 0 [a] 80028 July 1904
v Cambridgeshire
19 August 1914
v Lincolnshire
[2]
Portman Road Ipswich 014004 July 1905
v Norfolk
10 August 1914
v Bedfordshire
[3]
Woodbridge School Woodbridge 020029 July 1908
v Bedfordshire
10 May 2009
v Hertfordshire
[4]
Denes Oval Lowestoft 031004 July 1934
v Lincolnshire
18 August 1971
v Norfolk
[5]
The Victory Ground Bury St Edmunds 10 [b] 669222 July 1935
v Surrey Second XI
20 July 2025
v Buckinghamshire
[6]
Ipswich School Ground
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Ipswich 1427117 August 1935
v Hertfordshire
8 June 2025
v Cambridgeshire
[7]
Churchman's Ground Ipswich 030029 July 1949
v Hertfordshire
24 August 1951
v Middlesex Second XI
[8]
Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground Ipswich 0 [c] 48202 August 1972
v Hertfordshire
23 May 2010
v Berkshire
[9]
Manor Road Haverhill 010025 August 1974
v Lincolnshire
[10]
Wamil Way
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Mildenhall 3317017 August 1977
v Norfolk
18 May 2025
v Shropshire
[11]
Guardian Royal Exchange Ground Ipswich 08003 August 1979
v Buckinghamshire
23 July 1985
v Hertfordshire
[12]
Framlingham College Framlingham 0410028 July 1985
v Cumberland
24 May 1998
v Norfolk
[13]
Old London Road
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Copdock 1168230 August 1992
v Norfolk
10 August 2025
v Staffordshire
[14]
Chilton Fields Stowmarket 01001 June 1993
v Hertfordshire
[15]
Exning Park Exning 005 [d] 0 [d] 17 May 1998
v Bedfordshire
26 May 2002
v Cambridgeshire
[16]
Woolpit Sports Field Woolpit 011621 May 2017
v Bedfordshire
29 June 2025
v Norfolk
[17]
Friars Street Sudbury 00704 July 2021
v Hertfordshire
11 May 2025
v Herefordshire
[18]

Notes

  1. Suffolk teams played two first-class matches on the ground in the 19th century before the formation of Suffolk County Cricket Club.
  2. Unicorns played a single List A match against Essex on the ground in 2011. Only matches played by Suffolk are included in the count
  3. Minor Counties East played a single List A match on the ground in 1978. Only matches played by Suffolk are included in the count.
  4. 1 2 Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club have played on the ground, which is on the border between Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, since 2019.

References

  1. Town Ground, Felixstowe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  2. Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  3. Portman Road, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  4. Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  5. Denes Oval, Lowestoft, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  6. The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  7. Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  8. Churchman's Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  9. Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  10. Manor Road, Haverhill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  11. Wamil Way, Mildenhall, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  12. Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  13. Framlinghsm College Ground, Framlingham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  14. Old London Road, Copdock, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  15. Chilton Fields, Stowmarket, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  16. Exning Park, Exning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  17. Woolpit Sports Field, Woolpit, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)
  18. Friars Street, Sudbury, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-08-17. (subscription required)