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 1970v Bedfordshire 24 June 1987v Somerset 26 August 1895v Bedfordshire 22 August 2014v Cambridgeshire only match:23 May 2010v Wiltshire 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. Amy Lane Chesham only match:30 May 1970v Hampshire 14 August 1907v Worcestershire Second XI 8 August 1982v Suffolk only match:23 May 1993v Oxfordshire 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. Shardeloes Amersham only match:19 July 1972v Glamorgan 25 August 1968v Bedfordshire 15 June 1997v Northumberland – – 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. Pound Lane Marlow 27 June 1990v Nottinghamshire 23 June 1999v Warwickshire 9 August 1909v Dorset 4 August 2013v Cumberland 17 July 1987v Cheshire 20 May 2012v Staffordshire 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. Wilton Park, Beaconsfield Beaconsfield 24 June 1992v Sussex 12 September 2002v Shropshire 28 August 1967v Norfolk 19 June 2005v Staffordshire 14 June 1987v Shropshire 12 June 2005v Wiltshire Oxford Road Dinton 29 August 2001v Worcestershire Cricket Board 29 August 2002v Suffolk – – 9 May 2013v Wales Minor Counties 18 May 2014v Berkshire Ascott Park Wing only match:7 May 2003v Gloucestershire 7 August 1905v Hertfordshire 17 August 2003v Bedfordshire 7 May 1998v Berkshire 10 May 2009v Lincolnshire Sir Paul Getty's Ground near Ibstone only match:3 May 2005v Lancashire only match:22 August 1999v Hertfordshire 4 June 2000v Kent Cricket Board 7 July 2002v Berkshire 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.
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 1895v Oxfordshire – – Wendover Road Aylesbury 13 July 1896v Northamptonshire 26 July 1998v Bedfordshire 7 June 1990v Bedfordshire 21 May 2001v Kent Cricket Board Bletchley Park Bletchley 23 August 1899v Wiltshire 12 July 1933v Bedfordshire – – Osborne Street Wolverton 29 July 1904v Bedfordshire 27 July 1921v Bedfordshire – – Chalvey Road Slough 19 August 1904v Berkshire 5 July 1998v Norfolk only match:14 June 1992v Oxfordshire 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. Sefton Park Stoke Poges only match:9 August 1911v Kent Second XI – – Agar's Plough Eton College 9 May 1946v Berkshire 11 August 1950v Berkshire – – Stowe School Stowe 4 August 1947v Berkshire 14 August 1982v Bedfordshire only match:7 August 1983v Bedfordshire Northamptonshire played a single List A match here in the 2005 totesport League against Gloucestershire. Aspro Sports Ground Slough 10 August 1951v Berkshire 25 August 1954v Norfolk – – Ernest Turner's Sports Ground High Wycombe 30 August 1963v Oxfordshire 13 August 1969v Suffolk – – Bourton Road Buckingham 6 July 1968v Oxfordshire 12 August 1990v Oxfordshire only match:29 April 2012v Berkshire Molins Sports Club Monks Risborough 18 August 1982v Berkshire 11 August 1985v Cheshire – – Manor Fields Bletchley 13 July 1986v Somerset Second XI 25 July 1988v Wales Minor Counties – – Northamptonshire played first-class and List A matches here between 1976–1987. Campbell Park Milton Keynes 9 June 1999v Staffordshire 6 August 2000v Suffolk only match:28 June 1998v Sussex Cricket Board Northamptonshire have played List A and Twenty20 matches here. Dukes Lane Gerrards Cross 13 June 2004v Cumberland 21 July 2013v Suffolk only match:26 July 2009v Dorset The Memorial Ground Burnham 23 July 2006v Cumberland 20 July 2014v Staffordshire 5 May 2013v Dorset 4 May 2014v Herefordshire Upton Court Road Slough 28 August 2005v Norfolk 5 August 2012v Bedfordshire only match:29 April 2007v Hertfordshire 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. London Road Tring 21 June 2009v Lincolnshire 21 August 2014v Norfolk 5 June 2011v Devon 2 June 2013v Dorset 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.
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