List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club grounds

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club was established on 31 July 1878. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed in the competition until 1904, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1905 season. It has since played first-class cricket from 1905, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. The County Ground in Northampton has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1905 against Leicestershire; in List A cricket in 1963 against Warwickshire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Somerset in 2003. Northamptonshire have played home matches at sixteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at the County Ground, which has also held One Day Internationals.

The sixteen grounds that Northamptonshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

Minor county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1905.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		Minor Counties Championship
County Ground	Northampton	7 August 1895 v Staffordshire	22 August 1904 v Durham	49	[1][2]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1905.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
County Ground	Northampton	5 June 1905 v Leicestershire	23 September 2014 v Sussex	1,019	22 May 1963 v Warwickshire	21 August 2014 v Essex	376	20 June 2003 v Somerset	23 July 2014 v Nottinghamshire	55	[1][3][4][5][n 1]
Town Ground	Peterborough	7 June 1906 v Warwickshire	18 June 1966 v Essex	46	–	–	0	–	–	0	[6][7]
Town Ground	Kettering	7 July 1923 v Glamorgan	21 August 1971 v Surrey	65	21 June 1970 v Sussex	10 June 1973 v Glamorgan	4	–	–	0	[8][9][10]
Town Ground	Rushden	28 June 1924 v Dublin University	18 May 1963 v Lancashire	22	–	–	0	–	–	0	[11][12]
Ideal Clothiers Ground	Wellingborough	only match: 22 June 1929 v Oxford University		1	–	–	0	–	–	0	[13][14]
Wellingborough School Ground	Wellingborough	10 August 1946 v Hampshire	19 July 1991 v Nottinghamshire	43	9 August 1970 v Worcestershire	21 July 1991 v Nottinghamshire	17	–	–	0	[15][16][17]
Baker Perkins Sports Ground	Peterborough	24 June 1967 v Kent	14 June 1969 v Warwickshire	3	15 June 1969 v Lancashire	23 June 1974 v Warwickshire	5	–	–	0	[18][19][20]
Westminster Road	Brackley	–	–	0	18 July 1971 v Gloucestershire	7 September 1975 v Nottinghamshire	4	–	–	0	[21][22]
Bedford School Ground	Bedford	–	–	0	1 August 1971 v Essex	23 May 1982 v Lancashire	2	–	–	0	[23][24][n 2]
Wardown Park	Luton	21 June 1986 v Yorkshire	26 June 1997 v Gloucestershire	11	24 June 1973 v Nottinghamshire	21 May 1996 v Indians	24	only match: 5 July 2004 v Worcestershire		1	[25][26][27][28][n 3]
London Road	Tring	–	–	0	9 June 1974 v Middlesex	7 July 1991 v Surrey	16	–	–	0	[29][30][n 4]
Denton Road	Horton	–	–	0	24 May 1976 v Essex	7 May 1977 v Minor Counties East	2	–	–	0	[31][32]
Manor Fields	Bletchley	17 May 1980 v West Indians	13 June 1987 v Pakistanis	3	22 August 1976 v Lancashire	28 August 1983 v Middlesex	7	–	–	0	[33][34][35][n 5]
Dolben Cricket Ground	Finedon	–	–	0	13 July 1986 v Derbyshire	23 July 1989 v Nottinghamshire	3	–	–	0	[36][37]
Campbell Park	Milton Keynes	–	–	0	8 June 1997 v Nottinghamshire	29 July 2014 v Worcestershire	3	22 June 2005 v Gloucestershire	29 June 2011 v Worcestershire	4	[38][39][40][n 6]
Stowe School Ground	Stowe	–	–	0	only match: 19 June 2005 v Gloucestershire		1	–	–	0	[41][42][n 7]

Notes

1. Only the first-class and List A matches played by Northamptonshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
2. Bedford School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire.
3. Wardown Park is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire played List A matches here between 1967–2005, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A match here as the home team against Northamptonshire in the 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire in which they were the home team are recorded in the table.
4. London Road is located two counties to the south of Northamptonshire in Hertfordshire.
5. Manor Fields is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire.
6. Campbell Park is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire. A First-Class Counties Select XI played one first-class match here against New Zealand A in 2000. The touring New Zealanders and Sri Lanka A played a List A match here in 1999. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire are recorded in the table.
7. Stowe School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire.

References

1. "County Ground, Northampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (49)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
3. "First-Class Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (1,019)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
4. "List A Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (376)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
5. "Twenty20 Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (55)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
6. "Town Ground, Peterborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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8. "Town Ground, Kettering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
9. "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering (65)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
10. "List A Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
11. "Town Ground, Rushden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
12. "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Rushden (22)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
13. "Ideal Clothiers Ground, Wellingborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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15. "Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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18. "Baker Perkins Sports Ground, Peterborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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21. "Westminster Road, Brackley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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23. "Bedford School Ground, Bedford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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25. "Wardown Park, Luton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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29. "London Road, Tring". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
30. "List A Matches played on London Road, Tring (16)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
31. "Denton Road, Horton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
32. "List A Matches played on Denton Road, Horton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
33. "Manor Fields, Bletchley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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35. "List A Matches played on Manor Fields, Bletchley (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
36. "Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
37. "List A Matches played on Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
38. "Campbell Park, Milton Keynes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
39. "List A Matches played on Campbell Park, Milton Keynes (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
40. "Twenty20 Matches played on Campbell Park, Milton Keynes (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
41. "Stowe School Ground, Stowe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
42. "List A Matches played on Stowe School Ground, Stowe (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.