Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club was established on 15 January 1891. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1965 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Oxfordshire at The Big Field, Wolverton, while their first home List A match came 75 years later against Bedfordshire in the 1970 Gillette Cup at London Road, High Wycombe.

The 24 grounds that Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
London Road
 High Wycombe 9 May 1970
v Bedfordshire		 24 June 1987
v Somerset		 3 26 August 1895
v Bedfordshire		 22 August 2014
v Cambridgeshire		 118 only match:
23 May 2010
v Wiltshire		   1 [1][2][3][4][n 1]
Amy Lane
 Chesham only match:
30 May 1970
v Hampshire		   1 14 August 1907
v Worcestershire Second XI		 8 August 1982
v Suffolk		 33 only match:
23 May 1993
v Oxfordshire		   1 [5][6][7][8][n 2]
Shardeloes
 Amersham only match:
19 July 1972
v Glamorgan		   1 25 August 1968
v Bedfordshire		 15 June 1997
v Northumberland		 28 – – 0 [9][10][11][n 3]
Pound Lane
 Marlow 27 June 1990
v Nottinghamshire		 23 June 1999
v Warwickshire		 3 9 August 1909
v Dorset		 4 August 2013
v Cumberland		 30 17 July 1987
v Cheshire		 20 May 2012
v Staffordshire		 7 [12][13][14][15][n 4]
Wilton Park, Beaconsfield
 Beaconsfield 24 June 1992
v Sussex		 12 September 2002
v Shropshire		 5 28 August 1967
v Norfolk		 19 June 2005
v Staffordshire		 26 14 June 1987
v Shropshire		 12 June 2005
v Wiltshire		 4 [16][17][18][19]
Oxford Road Dinton 29 August 2001
v Worcestershire Cricket Board		 29 August 2002
v Suffolk		 13 – – 0 9 May 2013
v Wales Minor Counties		 18 May 2014
v Berkshire		 2 [20][21][22]
Ascott Park Wing only match:
7 May 2003
v Gloucestershire		   1 7 August 1905
v Hertfordshire		 17 August 2003
v Bedfordshire		 48 7 May 1998
v Berkshire		 10 May 2009
v Lincolnshire		 5 [23][24][25][26]
Sir Paul Getty's Ground
 near Ibstone only match:
3 May 2005
v Lancashire		   1 only match:
22 August 1999
v Hertfordshire		   1 4 June 2000
v Kent Cricket Board		 7 July 2002
v Berkshire		 2 [27][28][29][30][n 5]

Minor Counties

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

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
The Big Field Wolverton only match:
7 August 1895
v Oxfordshire		   1 – – 0 [31][32]
Wendover Road Aylesbury 13 July 1896
v Northamptonshire		 26 July 1998
v Bedfordshire		 42 7 June 1990
v Bedfordshire		 21 May 2001
v Kent Cricket Board		 7 [33][34][35]
Bletchley Park Bletchley 23 August 1899
v Wiltshire		 12 July 1933
v Bedfordshire		 33 – – 0 [36][37]
Osborne Street Wolverton 29 July 1904
v Bedfordshire		 27 July 1921
v Bedfordshire		 7 – – 0 [38][39]
Chalvey Road Slough 19 August 1904
v Berkshire		 5 July 1998
v Norfolk		 57 only match:
14 June 1992
v Oxfordshire		   1 [40][41][42][n 6]
Sefton Park Stoke Poges only match:
9 August 1911
v Kent Second XI		   1 – – 0 [43][44]
Agar's Plough Eton College 9 May 1946
v Berkshire		 11 August 1950
v Berkshire		 5 – – 0 [45][46]
Stowe School
 Stowe 4 August 1947
v Berkshire		 14 August 1982
v Bedfordshire		 5 only match:
7 August 1983
v Bedfordshire		   1 [47][48][49][n 7]
Aspro Sports Ground Slough 10 August 1951
v Berkshire		 25 August 1954
v Norfolk		 4 – – 0 [50][51]
Ernest Turner's Sports Ground High Wycombe 30 August 1963
v Oxfordshire		 13 August 1969
v Suffolk		 5 – – 0 [52][53]
Bourton Road
 Buckingham 6 July 1968
v Oxfordshire		 12 August 1990
v Oxfordshire		 11 only match:
29 April 2012
v Berkshire		   1 [54][55][56]
Molins Sports Club Monks Risborough 18 August 1982
v Berkshire		 11 August 1985
v Cheshire		 3 – – 0 [57][58]
Manor Fields
 Bletchley 13 July 1986
v Somerset Second XI		 25 July 1988
v Wales Minor Counties		 2 – – 0 [59][60][n 8]
Campbell Park
 Milton Keynes 9 June 1999
v Staffordshire		 6 August 2000
v Suffolk		 2 only match:
28 June 1998
v Sussex Cricket Board		   1 [61][62][63][n 9]
Dukes Lane Gerrards Cross 13 June 2004
v Cumberland		 21 July 2013
v Suffolk		 10 only match:
26 July 2009
v Dorset		   1 [64][65][66]
The Memorial Ground
 Burnham 23 July 2006
v Cumberland		 20 July 2014
v Staffordshire		 5 5 May 2013
v Dorset		 4 May 2014
v Herefordshire		 2 [67][68][69]
Upton Court Road Slough 28 August 2005
v Norfolk		 5 August 2012
v Bedfordshire		 8 only match:
29 April 2007
v Hertfordshire		   1 [70][71][72][n 10]
London Road Tring 21 June 2009
v Lincolnshire		 21 August 2014
v Norfolk		 4 5 June 2011
v Devon		 2 June 2013
v Dorset		 2 [73][74][75][n 11]

Notes

  1. ^ Minor Counties South played a single List A match here against Worcestershire in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  2. ^ Minor Counties East played a single List A match here against Leicestershire in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  3. ^ Minor Counties South and Minor Counties West played List A matches here from 1972–1977 in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  4. ^ A combined Minor Counties cricket team played two matches here in the 1990 and 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  5. ^ The Unicorns cricket team played nine List A matches here between 2010–2013 in the Clydesdale Bank 40/Yorkshire Bank 40. Only the List A match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table. The ground has played host to the final of the MCCA Knockout Trophy since 2012. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Buckinghamshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  6. ^ A combined Minor Counties cricket team played three List A matches here between 1981–1986 in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Berkshire played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy here against the Sussex Cricket Board in 1999. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table.
  7. ^ Northamptonshire played a single List A match here in the 2005 totesport League against Gloucestershire.
  8. ^ Northamptonshire played first-class and List A matches here between 1976–1987.
  9. ^ Northamptonshire have played List A and Twenty20 matches here.
  10. ^ Berkshire played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match here in 2002, while the ground held the final of the 2005 MCCA Knockout Trophy between Norfolk and Wiltshire. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Buckinghamshire at the ground is recorded in the table.
  11. ^ London Road is based in the adjacent county of Hertfordshire. Northamptonshire played List A matches here from 1974–1991. Hertfordshire have played twelve Minor Counties Championship matches and one MCCA Knockout Trophy match here. Only the matches played by Buckinghamshire in these competitions at the ground is recorded in the table.

References

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  5. ^ "The Meadow, Chesham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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  50. ^ "Aspro Sports Ground, Slough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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  54. ^ "Bourton Road, Buckingham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  55. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bourton Road, Buckingham (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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  57. ^ "Molins Sports Club, Monks Risborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  58. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Molins Sports Club, Monks Risborough (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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  60. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Manor Fields, Bletchley (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  61. ^ "Campbell Park, Milton Keynes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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