Suffolk County Cricket Club was originally established on 27 July 1864, and competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1904 to 1914. The present club was founded in August 1932, and has played minor counties cricket from 1934, as well as playing in List A cricket from 1966 to 2005.
The club has used a different number of home grounds. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1904 was against Norfolk at the Town Ground, Felixstowe, while their first home List A match came 62 years later against Kent in the 1966 Gillette Cup at Ipswich School Ground.
Grounds The 18 grounds that Suffolk have used for home matches since 1904 are listed below.
Name Location List A MCCA Champ MCCA Trophy MCCA T20First matchLast matchRefs Town Ground Felixstowe 0 101 0 0 20 July 1904v Norfolk 26 July 1983v Hertfordshire Town Ground, Felixstowe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Cemetry Road Bury St Edmunds 0 8 0 0 28 July 1904v Cambridgeshire 19 August 1914v Lincolnshire Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Portman Road Ipswich 0 14 0 0 4 July 1905v Norfolk 10 August 1914v Bedfordshire Portman Road, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Woodbridge School Woodbridge 0 2 0 0 29 July 1908v Bedfordshire 10 May 2009v Hertfordshire Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Denes Oval Lowestoft 0 31 0 0 4 July 1934v Lincolnshire 18 August 1971v Norfolk Denes Oval, Lowestoft, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. The Victory Ground Bury St Edmunds 10 66 9 2 22 July 1935v Surrey Second XI 20 July 2025v Buckinghamshire The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Ipswich School Ground Ipswich 1 42 7 11 7 August 1935v Hertfordshire 8 June 2025v Cambridgeshire Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Churchman's Ground Ipswich 0 3 0 0 29 July 1949v Hertfordshire 24 August 1951v Middlesex Second XI Churchman's Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground Ipswich 0 48 2 0 2 August 1972v Hertfordshire 23 May 2010v Berkshire Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Manor Road Haverhill 0 1 0 0 25 August 1974v Lincolnshire Manor Road, Haverhill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Wamil Way Mildenhall 3 31 7 0 17 August 1977v Norfolk 18 May 2025v Shropshire Wamil Way, Mildenhall, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Guardian Royal Exchange Ground Ipswich 0 8 0 0 3 August 1979v Buckinghamshire 23 July 1985v Hertfordshire Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Framlingham College Framlingham 0 4 10 0 28 July 1985v Cumberland 24 May 1998v Norfolk Framlinghsm College Ground, Framlingham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Old London Road Copdock 1 16 8 2 30 August 1992v Norfolk 10 August 2025v Staffordshire Old London Road, Copdock, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Chilton Fields Stowmarket 0 1 0 0 1 June 1993v Hertfordshire Chilton Fields, Stowmarket, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Exning Park Exning 0 0 5 0 17 May 1998v Bedfordshire 26 May 2002v Cambridgeshire Exning Park, Exning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Woolpit Sports Field Woolpit 0 1 1 6 21 May 2017v Bedfordshire 29 June 2025v Norfolk Woolpit Sports Field, Woolpit, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Friars Street Sudbury 0 0 7 0 4 July 2021v Hertfordshire 11 May 2025v Herefordshire Friars Street, Sudbury, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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