Wiltshire County Cricket Club was established in January 1893. It has played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2005, using a varying number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Bedfordshire at the County Ground, Trowbridge, while their first home List A match came 69 years later against Hampshire in the 1964 Gillette Cup at Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham.
The thirteen grounds that Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 Hardenhuish Park Chippenham 2 May 1964v Hampshire 1 May 2001v Derbyshire Cricket Board 26 June 1902v Dorset 25 July 1989v Shropshire 5 May 2002v Somerset Cricket Board 8 June 2003v Buckinghamshire Minor Counties South, Minor Counties West and a combined Minor Counties team all played List A matches here from 1972–1980 in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Wiltshire at the ground are recorded in the table. The County Ground Swindon 29 June 1983v Northamptonshire 4 July 1984v Leicestershire 3 August 1897v Glamorgan 24 May 1998v Wales Minor Counties 25 June 2000v Gloucestershire Cricket Board 16 June 2002v Dorset Gloucestershire played List A matches here between 1970–1992, while Minor Counties South played a single List A match here against Gloucestershire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Wiltshire at the ground are recorded in the table. One first-class match has been played here by a combined Minor Counties team against the touring Pakistanis in 1967. County Ground Trowbridge 24 June 1987v Yorkshire 22 June 1993v Durham 1 July 1895v Bedfordshire 4 August 2013v Wales Minor Counties 12 August 1983v Shropshire 29 May 2011v Wales Minor Counties Gloucestershire played a single List A match here against Hampshire in the 1989 Refuge Assurance League, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team played two List A matches here in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Wiltshire at the ground are recorded in the table. One first-class match has been played here by a combined Minor Counties team against the touring Indians in 1990. Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club Salisbury 2 May 2000v Scotland 3 May 2005v Kent 4 July 1905v Hertfordshire 7 September 2014v Staffordshire only match:17 May 1998v Herefordshire
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Wiltshire 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 British Rail Ground Swindon 29 May 1901v Glamorgan 21 June 1992v Oxfordshire – – Wellhead Lane Westbury 7 August 1912v Surrey Second XI 3 August 2003v Berkshire 15 August 2004v Northumberland 30 April 2006v Oxfordshire Wiltshire were scheduled to play a List A match here against Nottinghamshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, however the match was abandoned due to rain. Melksham Melksham 26 August 1912v Buckinghamshire 28 July 1922v Berkshire – – The exact ground used in Melksham is not known. Marlborough College Ground Marlborough 6 August 1920v Glamorgan 8 July 1993v Herefordshire only match:7 August 1983v Norfolk London Road Devizes 20 August 1965v Berkshire 20 July 2014v Devon 31 May 1992v Dorset 13 May 2013v Suffolk The Worthys Malmesbury 26 July 1972v Oxfordshire 19 August 1976v Dorset – – Savernake Forest Ground Marlborough 7 August 1994v Dorset 16 July 2000v Oxfordshire – – Station Road Corsham 14 June 1998v Berkshire 22 June 2014v Dorset 1 June 1997v Norfolk 15 June 2014v Norfolk Sambourne Road Warminster only match:11 June 2000v Berkshire 27 June 1999v Warwickshire Cricket Board 25 May 2014v Wales Minor Counties
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