Bedfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 3 November 1899. Prior to that a county club had existed, with the team competing in the first Minor Counties Championship in 1895. The newly established team has competed in the Minor Counties Championship since 1900, in the Minor Counties Trophy since it was established in 1983, and in the Minor Counties Twenty20 Competition sine its establishment in 2015. It also played List A cricket between 1967 and 2005. The county has used a number of home grounds during this period.
The county's first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Hertfordshire at Bedford School. Their first home List A match came 72 years later against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup at Wardown Park, Luton. The team have played the majority of their minor counties fixtures at Bedford School and Wardown Park.
Grounds The 18 grounds that Bedfordshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below.
Name Location List A NCCA Champ NCCA Trophy NCCA T20First matchLast matchRefs Bedford School Ground Bedford 0 183 6 2 5 August 1895v Hertfordshire 23 July 2023v Northumberland Bedford School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Dunstable Grammar School Ground Dunstable 0 6 0 0 16 August 1895v Wiltshire 27 June 1905v Northumberland Dunstable Grammar School, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Bell Close Leighton Buzzard 0 5 0 0 21 August 1895v Buckinghamshire 31 July 1994v Cumberland Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Bedford County School Ground Bedford 0 13 0 0 21 June 1900v Staffordshire 24 June 1914v Suffolk Bedford County School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Luton Hoo Park Luton 0 2 0 0 17 August 1900v Oxfordshire 9 August 1901v Oxfordshire Luton Hoo Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Bedford Modern School Ground Bedford 0 13 1 0 10 June 1901v Surrey Second XI 7 July 2019v Hertfordshire Bedford Modern School, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Wardown Park Luton 13 131 7 2 6 August 1906v Buckinghamshire 29 June 2025v Oxfordshire Wardown Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Goldington Bury Bedford 3 33 3 0 30 July 1913v Buckinghamshire 27 July 2003v Northumberland Goldington Bury, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. WH Allen's Sports Ground Biddenham 0 1 0 0 21 July 1920v Norfolk – WH Allen's Sports Ground, Biddenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Goldington Road Bedford 0 2 0 0 1 June 1925v Kent Second XI 9 June 1930v Buckinghamshire Goldington Road, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Southill Park Southill 0 20 8 2 22 July 1972v Hertfordshire 25 May 2025v Wales National Counties Southill Park, Southill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Bull Pond Lane Dunstable 0 15 0 0 24 July 1972v Shropshire 9 June 1991v Staffordshire Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Vauxhall Motors Ground Luton 0 3 0 0 15 July 1973v Cambridgeshire 12 July 1975v Cambridgeshire Vauxhall Motors Ground, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. The Pyghties Henlow 0 22 1 0 23 July 1973v Shropshire 5 July 1998v Northumberland The Pyghties, Henlow, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Grange Lane Cople 0 0 4 1 19 May 1991v Buckinghamshire 28 June 2015v Cambridgeshire Grange Lane, Cople, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Lancot Park Totternhoe 1 17 15 8 17 July 1994v Northumberland 20 July 2025v Cumbria Lancot Park, Totternhoe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. The Vale Westoning 0 11 4 0 4 June 2000v Northumberland 10 August 2025v Norfolk The Vale, Westoning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Ampthill Park Ampthill 0 2 9 7 14 May 2006v Lincolnshire 6 May 2024v Berkshire Ampthill Park, Ampthill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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