Devon County Cricket Club was established on 26 November 1899. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1901 and played List A cricket from 1969 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1901 was against Wiltshire at Gras Lawn, Exeter, while their first home List A match came 77 years later against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup at the Recreation Ground, Torquay.
The twenty grounds that Devon have used for home matches since 1901 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 Devon 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 Recreation Ground Torquay 5 July 1978v Staffordshire 8 June 2014v Cheshire 19 August 1932v Surrey Second XI 10 July 2011v Cheshire 12 June 1983v Buckinghamshire 10 June 2004v Suffolk Twelve first-class cricket matches have been played on the ground: firstly during the 1950s the ground was used by the South of England cricket team in the North v South fixture on five occasions, and the ground also saw use by an England XI against the Commonwealth XI cricket team on four occasions during the same period. A combined Minor Counties cricket team later played three first-class matches there against touring international sides in the 1970s. Somerset played five List A matches there between 1969 and 1975. Minor Counties West also played one List A match here in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Devon at the ground are recorded in the table. County Ground, Exeter Exeter only match:2 July 1980v Cornwall 8 August 1902v Wiltshire 3 August 2014v Shropshire 17 June 1984v Oxfordshire 9 May 2010v Wales Minor Counties Two first-class cricket matches have been played at the ground. The first was between the West of England cricket team and the touring New Zealanders in 1927; the second was between a combined Minor Counties cricket team and the touring West Indians in 1928. The Maer Ground Exmouth 25 June 1986v Nottinghamshire 3 May 2005v Essex 3 August 1951v Berkshire 17 August 2014v Berkshire 2 June 1991v Wiltshire 13 June 2010v Hertfordshire The Unicorns cricket team also played two List A matches at the ground in the 2010 and 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. Only the List A matches played by Devon at the ground are recorded in the table.
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Devon County 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 Gras Lawn Exeter 9 August 1901v Wiltshire 30 August 1901v Glamorgan – – United Services Ground Plymouth 11 July 1904v Cornwall 29 July 2001v Oxfordshire – – Kelly College Ground Tavistock 13 July 1906v Cornwall 23 July 1913v Berkshire – – Cricketfield Road Torquay only match:4 August 1909v Carmarthenshire – – Fortfield Road Sidmouth 13 July 1914v Monmouthshire 6 July 2014v Cheshire 3 July 1984v Cornwall 13 July 2014v Cheshire The Newton Abbot and District Recreational Ground Newton Abbot 22 July 1925v Monmouthshire 23 July 1985v Berkshire – – Peverell Park Plymouth 20 August 1926v Cornwall 23 July 1975v Berkshire – – Sandhills Instow 18 August 1933v Surrey Second XI 17 August 2008v Shropshire 22 June 1986v Durham 27 April 2014v Wiltshire Blundell's School Tiverton 4 August 1947v Dorset 22 August 1969v Oxfordshire only match:18 June 1989v Dorset Queen's Park Paignton 5 August 1949v Dorset 18 August 1976v Cornwall – – Court Lane Seaton 6 August 1951v Dorset 31 July 1967v Somerset Second XI – – Pilton Ground Barnstaple only match:23 July 1954v Cornwall – – St Thomas Cricket Club Ground Exeter 28 July 1965v Berkshire 23 August 1972v Oxfordshire – – The Ring Tavistock only match:22 July 1976v Dorset – – Kate Brook Chudleigh 1 August 1978v Dorset 31 July 1979v Dorset – – Recreation Ground Bovey Tracey 26 August 1980v Cornwall 24 July 2007v Wiltshire 2 June 1985v Wiltshire 21 April 2013v Oxfordshire Ottermouth Budleigh Salterton 26 May 1996v Dorset 5 August 2007v Cornwall 10 May 1998v Dorset 18 May 2008v Herefordshire The War Memorial Playing Fields Chagford – – only match:21 June 1998v Cornwall
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