List of Surrey County Cricket Club grounds

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Surrey County Cricket Club was established on 22 August 1845; prior to that an informal county team had existed before, and had occasionally appeared in first-class cricket, occasionally playing in the early part of the nineteenth century as Epsom or Godalming. It has since played first-class cricket from 1846, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a number of home grounds during that time. The Oval in Kennington has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1846 against the Marylebone Cricket Club; in List A cricket in 1964 against Gloucestershire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Middlesex in 2003. Surrey have played home matches at fifteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at The Oval, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

Contents

The fifteen grounds that Surrey have used for home matches since its formation are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Surrey County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches. "Last" and "Matches" columns data are as of September 2018. The Matches totals are for all sides that have played on the ground, but exclude those games that were scheduled but in which there was no play.

NameLocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
First-class List A Twenty20
The Oval
Controversial Test.jpg
Kennington 25 June 1846
v Marylebone Cricket Club 		24 September 2018
v Essex 		2,09927 May 1964
v Gloucestershire 		6 June 2018
v Glamorgan 		48913 June 2003
v Middlesex 		15 August 2018
v Hampshire 		111 [1] [2] [3] [4] [n 1]
Broadwater Park
Broadwater Park, 2015.jpg
Farncombe only match:
24 August 1854
v Nottinghamshire 		 1––0––0 [5] [6]
Park Lane
Reigate Priory Cricket Ground - geograph.org.uk - 1091935.jpg
Reigate only match:
21 June 1909
v Oxford University 		 1––0––0 [7] [8] [n 2]
Woodbridge Road
Guildford Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 934837.jpg
Guildford 13 July 1938
v Hampshire 		20 June 2018
v Somerset 		9724 May 1970
v Gloucestershire 		14 June 2016
v Sussex 		41––0 [9] [10] [11] [n 3]
Hawker's Sports Ground
Recreation ground and housing - geograph.org.uk - 1111574.jpg
Kingston-upon-Thames 31 August 1946
v Hampshire 		4 September 1946
v Combined Services 		2––0––0 [12] [13] [n 4]
Cheam Road
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Sutton ––0only match:
12 July 1969
v Derbyshire 		 1––0 [14] [15]
St John's School Ground
St. John's School, Leatherhead - geograph.org.uk - 881.jpg
Leatherhead ––013 August 1969
v Northamptonshire 		14 May 1972
v Worcestershire 		2––0 [16] [17]
British Aerospace Company Ground Byfleet ––012 July 1970
v Warwickshire 		22 July 1979
v Warwickshire		10––0 [18] [19]
Charterhouse School Ground
Flamingo's aan bat - Charterhouse School, 1 augustus 2006.jpg
Godalming ––0only match:
28 May 1972
v Warwickshire 		 1––0 [20] [21]
Kenton Court Meadow
Kenton Court Meadow, Sunbury, Surrey (geograph 4042864).jpg
Sunbury-on-Thames ––011 June 1972
v Gloucestershire 		23 June 1974
v Leicestershire 		3––0 [22] [23]
Decca Sports Ground Tolworth ––0only match:
20 May 1973
v Northamptonshire 		 1––0 [24] [25]
Hurst Park Club Ground
East Molesey cricket club - geograph.org.uk - 1331533.jpg
East Molesey ––0only match:
26 June 1983
v Northamptonshire 		 1––0 [26] [27] [n 5]
Recreation Ground Banstead only match:
27 June 1984
v Cambridge University 		 1––0––0 [28] [29]
Whitgift School Ground
Whitgift School - CB40 - Surrey v Hants - May 2011 - The Almost Perfect Cricket Ground (5755969433).jpg
Croydon 13 August 2003
v Nottinghamshire 		18 May 2011
v Essex 		99 August 2000
v Warwickshire 		22 May 2011
v Hampshire 		13only match:
14 July 2011
v Sussex 		 1 [30] [31] [32]

[33] [n 6]

Imber Court East Molesey ––0––014 June 2003
v Essex 		16 June 2003
v Sussex 		2 [34] [35]

Notes

  1. ↑ Only the first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches played by Surrey at the ground after 1845 are recorded in the table, except that the Matches total includes matches played by all teams on the ground.
  2. ↑ HDG Leveson-Gower's XI played four first-class matches here between 1924–1936. Only the first-class match played by Surrey at the ground is recorded in the table.
  3. ↑ Oxford University played a single first-class match here against the touring Sri Lankans in 1979. Only the first-class matches played by Surrey at the ground are recorded in the table, except that the Matches total includes matches played by all teams on the ground. The Surrey Cricket Board played a single List A match here as the home team in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Surrey. Only the List A matches played by Surrey at the ground as the home team are recorded in the table, except that the Matches total includes matches played by all teams on the ground.
  4. ↑ Fourteen first-class matches were played here by teams beside Surrey, including six North v South fixtures. Only the first-class matches played by Surrey at the ground are recorded in the table.
  5. ↑ Hurst Park Club played one first-class match here against the touring Australians in 1890.
  6. ↑ India A and West Indies A played one first-class match at the ground in 2010. Only the first-class matches played by Surrey at the ground are recorded in the table, except that the Matches total includes matches played by all teams on the ground.

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