Glamorgan County Cricket Club was established on 6 July 1888. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1896 and competed in the competition until 1920, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1921 season, and has played first-class cricket since. Following their elevation to first-class status, Glamorgan alternated their home matches between Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff and St Helen's in Swansea. It wasn't until 1966 that Glamorgan began playing at their current home ground, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Cardiff Arms Park played host to Glamorgan's first home fixture in first-class cricket against Sussex in 1921, as well as its first home List A fixture against Worcestershire in 1963. Forty years later Sophia Gardens played host to the club's first Twenty20 fixture against Northamptonshire. Glamorgan have played home matches at nineteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures since 1966 at the SWALEC Stadium, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

The nineteen grounds that Glamorgan have used for home matches since 1896 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season. A twentieth ground, the Newport International Sports Village (also known as Spytty Park), staged its first County Championship game in May 2019.[1]

Grounds

Minor county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

Name Location First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship
Cardiff Arms Park
 Cardiff 13 July 1896
v Worcestershire		 2 August 1920
v Surrey Second XI		 59 [2][3]
St Helen's
 Swansea 9 July 1897
v Monmouthshire		 20 June 1920
v Cheshire		 29 [4][5][n 1]
The Gnoll Neath 24 June 1908
v Carmarthenshire		 28 July 1920
v Devon		 7 [6][7][n 2]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
First-class List A Twenty20
Cardiff Arms Park
 Cardiff 18 May 1921
v Sussex		 13 August 1966
v Somerset		 241 only match:
22 May 1963
v Somerset		   1 – – 0 [8][9][10][n 3]
St Helen's
 Swansea 28 May 1921
v Leicestershire		 11 June 2019

v Derbyshire

416 21 May 1966
v Warwickshire		 3 June 2018

v Hampshire

142 only match:
25 June 2005
v Warwickshire		   1 [11][12][13][14][n 4]
Ynysangharad Park
 Pontypridd 3 July 1926
v Derbyshire		 29 June 1996
v Pakistanis		 43 6 September 1970
v Essex		 25 July 1999
v Surrey		 9 – – 0 [15][16][17]
Cowbridge Ground
 Cowbridge 25 July 1931
v Northamptonshire		 23 July 1932
v Somerset		 10 – – 0 – – 0 [18][19]
Stradey Park Llanelli 24 June 1933
v Worcestershire		 1 September 1965
v Essex		 23 28 August 1988
v Leicestershire		 11 July 1993
v Sussex		 9 – – 0 [20][21][22][n 5]
The Gnoll Neath 14 July 1934
v Essex		 8 July 1995
v Young Australia		 43 12 June 1963
v Worcestershire		 28 August 1994
v Leicestershire		 12 – – 0 [23][24][25]
Rodney Parade Newport 6 July 1935
v Leicestershire		 5 May 1965
v Warwickshire		 27 25 April 1964
v Worcestershire		 7 May 1989
v Gloucestershire		 3 – – 0 [26][27][28][n 6]
Eugene Cross Park
 Ebbw Vale 22 June 1946
v Worcestershire		 22 August 1990
v Sri Lankans		 25 10 August 1969
v Derbyshire		 29 July 2007
v Middlesex		 27 – – 0 [29][30][31]
Steel Company of Wales Ground
 Margam 23 May 1953
v Ireland		 15 June 1963
v Cambridge University		 5 – – 0 – – 0 [32][33]
Penrhyn Avenue
 Colwyn Bay 27 August 1966
v Derbyshire		 18 August 2019

v Lancashire

35 3 September 1972
v Worcestershire		 5 May 2013
v Yorkshire		 23 – – 0 [34][35][36][n 7]
SWALEC Stadium
 Cardiff 24 May 1967
v Indians		 12 September 2021

v Gloucestershire

312 1 June 1969
v Somerset		 16 August 2021

v Essex

251 16 June 2003
v Northamptonshire		 16 July 2021

v Somerset

102 [37][38][39][40][n 8]
The Oval
 Llandudno – – 0 only match:
22 June 1969
v Leicestershire		   1 – – 0 [41][42][n 9]
BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground Llandarcy only match:
7 July 1971
v Oxford University		   1 – – 0 – – 0 [43][44]
Vicarage Field
 Aberystwyth – – 0 31 July 1977
v Essex		 27 August 1989
v Warwickshire		 2 – – 0 [45][46][n 10]
Pen-y-Pound Abergavenny 22 June 1983
v Worcestershire		 26 July 2005
v Bangladesh A		 15 10 May 1981
v Worcestershire		 5 September 1982
v Northamptonshire		 2 – – 0 [47][48][49][n 11]
Hoover's Sports Ground Merthyr Tydfil – – 0 5 June 1988
v Kent		 11 June 1989
v Middlesex		 2 – – 0 [50][51]
Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground Pentyrch – – 0 only match:
23 May 1993
v Northamptonshire		   1 – – 0 [52][53]
Christ College Ground
 Brecon – – 0 only match:
5 September 1993
v Zimbabweans		   1 – – 0 [54][55][n 12]
Cresselly Cricket Club Ground Cresselly – – 0 only match:
28 May 2007
v Surrey		   1 – – 0 [56][57][n 13]
Spytty Park Newport only match:

14 May 2019

v Gloucestershire

1 - - 0 - - 0

Notes

  1. ^ Wales Minor Counties played Minor Counties Championship matches here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  2. ^ The Glamorgan Second XI and Wales Minor Counties have each played a Minor Counties Championship match here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  3. ^ The first-class East v West fixture of 1910 was played here, as well as a first-class match between England and The Rest in 1932. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  4. ^ South Wales played one first-class match here against the touring South Africans in 1912, while Wales played one first-class match here against Scotland in 1924. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. Wales Minor Counties played four List A matches here between 1999–2005. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  5. ^ Stradey Park is located in the adjacent county of Carmarthenshire.
  6. ^ Rodney Parade is located in the adjacent county of Monmouthshire.
  7. ^ Penrhyn Avenue is located in the far north of Wales in the historic county of Denbighshire. Wales played one first-class match here against a combined Minor Counties team in 1930. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. Wales Minor Counties played one List A match here against Nottinghamshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy, while the Unicorns cricket team played two List A matches here in the 2010 and 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  8. ^ Wales Minor Counties played two List A matches here in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, while New Zealand A and Sri Lanka A played a List A match here in 2014. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table. The SWALEC Stadium held the finals day for the 2012 Friends Life t20, but none of the three matches played involved Glamorgan. Only the Twenty20 matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  9. ^ The Oval is located in the far north of Wales in the historic county of Caernarvonshire.
  10. ^ Vicarage Field is located in the county of Ceredigion on the west coast of Wales.
  11. ^ Wales Minor Counties played one List A match here against Denmark in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Glamorgan are recorded in the table.
  12. ^ Brecon College Ground is located in the historic county of Brecknockshire.
  13. ^ Cresselly Cricket Club Ground is located in the county of Pembrokeshire.

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