Cumbria County Cricket Club was established on 10 April 1946 as the Cumberland and Westmorland County Cricket Club, though the Westmorland was dropped from the name shortly thereafter. The club changed its name to Cumbria County Cricket Club in 2021. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1955 and played List A cricket from 1984 to 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first minor counties fixture in 1955 was against the Yorkshire Second XI at Edenside, Carlisle, while their first List A match came 29 years later against Derbyshire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy at Parkside Road, Kendal.
The sixteen grounds that Cumbria have used for home matches since 1955 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 Cumberland 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 Parkside Road Kendal 4 July 1984v Derbyshire 23 June 1999v Sussex 1 August 1956v Lancashire Second XI 9 July 2007v Norfolk 4 May 2008v Bedfordshire 5 June 2011v Shropshire Edenside Carlisle 25 June 1996v Middlesex 21 June 2000v Kent 25 May 1955v Yorkshire Second XI 9 August 2009v Lincolnshire – – Ernest Pass Memorial Ground Barrow-in-Furness 24 June 1997v Northamptonshire 27 June 2001v Kent 10 June 1984v Northumberland 8 June 2014v Buckinghamshire 4 June 2006v Northumberland 3 June 2007v Cheshire Prior to the Local Government Act 1972, Barrow-in-Furness was administered as part of Lancashire, after which it formed part of the new county of Cumbria. Prior to 1972 the ground was used by the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Cumberland at the ground are recorded in the table. St George's Road Millom only match:29 August 2001v Warwickshire Cricket Board 28 June 1961v Lancashire Second XI 31 July 2000v Suffolk only match:21 May 2002v Yorkshire Cricket Board Fitz Park Keswick only match:29 August 2002v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 3 August 1955v Lancashire Second XI 17 August 2008v Northumberland 13 May 2000v Lancashire Cricket Board 3 June 2001v Northumberland
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Cumberland 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 The Playground Whitehaven 24 August 1955v Durham 17 August 1980v Durham – – Ernest Valentine Ground Workington 4 June 1956v Yorkshire Second XI 2 June 1988v Suffolk 2 June 1985v Cheshire 21 May 2012v Cambridgeshire Tynefield Park Penrith 23 June 1958v Lancashire Second XI 14 June 1994v Buckinghamshire 25 May 1986v Cheshire 2 June 2013v Herefordshire Vicars Croft Appleby-in-Westmorland 21 June 1967v Yorkshire Second XI 15 July 1990v Lincolnshire – – Shap Road Kendal 9 July 1967v Durham 24 July 1977v Durham 20 May 1990v Northumberland 4 May 2014v Northumberland United Steel Ground Workington 10 July 1968v Yorkshire Second XI 28 June 1970v Durham – – Duddon Sports Club Ground Askam-in-Furness 18 June 1995v Lincolnshire 11 July 2000v Staffordshire 22 May 1994v Lincolnshire 17 June 2001v Durham Cricket Board Sedbergh School Ground Sedbergh 11 June 2006v Staffordshire 17 August 2014v Northumberland only match:12 June 2005v Oxfordshire Furness Park Barrow-in-Furness 20 June 2010v Norfolk 6 July 2014v Bedfordshire 17 May 1992v Lincolnshire 14 May 2006v Shropshire Sandair Cockermouth – – only match:25 May 2014v Shropshire
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