Chalvey Road was a cricket ground in Slough , Buckinghamshire . Slough Cricket Club moved to the ground in 1899, with the first recorded match on the ground in 1904, when Buckinghamshire played Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship . From 1904 to 1998 the ground hosted 57 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Norfolk .[1] Buckinghamshire also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match held at the ground, against Oxfordshire in 1992. In 1999, Berkshire played an MCCA Knockout Trophy match against the Sussex Cricket Board .[2]
The ground has also held List-A matches. The first List-A match held on the ground was between a combined Minor Counties and Middlesex in the 1981 Benson and Hedges Cup . From 1981 to 1986, the ground hosted 5 List-A matches, the last of which saw a combined Minor Counties side play Northamptonshire in the 1986 Benson and Hedges Cup.[3]
In local domestic cricket, the ground was the home venue of Slough Cricket Club from 1899 to 1999, when after 100 years of playing at the ground, the club moved to a new purpose built ground at Upton Court Road, which was held both Buckinghamshire and Berkshire home matches.[4] The ground has since been developed with housing.
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Players Grounds
Current grounds Previous grounds
Shardeloes, Amersham
Pound Lane, Marlow
Wilton Park, Beaconsfield
Dinton Cricket Club Ground
Ascott Park, Wing
Sir Paul Getty's Ground
The Big Field, Wolverton
Wendover Road, Aylesbury
Bletchley Park
Osborne Street, Wolverton
Chalvey Road, Slough
Sefton Park, Stoke Poges
Agar's Plough, Eton College
Stowe School
Aspro Sports Ground, Slough
Ernest Turner's Sports Ground, High Wycombe
Bourton Road, Buckingham
Molins Sports Club, Monks Risborough
Manor Fields, Bletchley
Campbell Park, Milton Keynes
The Memorial Ground, Burnham
Upton Court Road, Slough
(Full list of grounds )
Captains
List of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club captains
Records
Buckinghamshire List A cricket records
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Players Grounds
Current grounds Previous grounds
Church Road, Reading
Courages Cricket Ground, Reading
Sonning Lane, Reading
Reading School Ground
County Ground, Reading
HM Martineau's Ground, Holyport
Sutton's Seeds, Cintra Ground, Reading
Royal Ordnance Depot Ground, Didcot
Bartholomew's Grammar School Ground, Newbury
Reading University Ground
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Ground, Harwell
Home Park, Windsor
Hales Meadow, Abingdon
Boyne Grove, Maidenhead
Bray Ground
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
War Memorial Ground, Hungerford
Ibis Cricket Club Ground, Reading
Gallowstree Common, Kidmore End
Bradfield College Ground
Large's Lane, Bracknell
Wellington College Ground, Crowthorne
Wokingham Road, Hurst
Chalvey Road, Slough
Browns Sports Field, Thatcham
The Memorial Ground, Burnham
(Full list of grounds )
Captains
List of Berkshire County Cricket Club captains
Records
Berkshire List A cricket records