Herefordshire County Cricket Club was established in , with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for Durham who had been elevated to first-class status at the end of the previous season. The club has played minor counties cricket since, and played List A cricket from 1995 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1992 was against Wales Minor Counties at The Park, Brockhampton, while their first home List A match came seven years later against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy at the same venue.
The eight grounds that Herefordshire have used for home matches since 1992 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Grounds Location of grounds
List A Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire 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 The Park Brockhampton 19 May 1999v Wiltshire 15 May 2001v Gloucestershire Cricket Board 24 May 1992v Wales Minor Counties 17 August 2014v Wales Minor Counties 5 May 1994v Staffordshire 21 April 2013v Cheshire The Recreation Ground Kington only match:23 May 1999v Yorkshire 20 August 1996v Wales Minor Counties 27 June 2004v Devon 10 August 2000v Berkshire 1 June 2008v Wiltshire Stowe Lane Colwall only match:2 May 2000v Sussex Cricket Board 29 June 1993v Cheshire 8 June 2014v Cheshire 6 June 2004v Shropshire 27 April 2014v Staffordshire Mortimer Park Kingsland only match:27 June 2001v Middlesex 8 August 1999v Shropshire 25 June 2006v Oxfordshire 1 June 1998v Wales Minor Counties 12 May 2005v Bedfordshire
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Herefordshire 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 Racecourse Ground Hereford 29 June 1992v Devon 7 July 1996v Devon only match:6 June 1993v Staffordshire Between 1919 and 1983, Worcestershire played four first-class matches at the ground. HK Foster's XI also played a single first-class match there in 1919 against the Australian Imperial Force Touring XI. Additionally, between 1983 and 1987, Worcestershire played three List A matches at the ground. Dales Cricket Club Ground Leominster 21 July 1992v Cornwall 22 July 2001v Berkshire 19 June 1994v Lincolnshire 9 June 2002v Wales Minor Counties Bulmers Sports Ground Hereford – – only match:7 June 1998v Warwickshire Cricket Board Clenchers Mill Lane Eastnor 6 August 2006v Shropshire 6 July 2014v Dorset 21 May 2006v Cumberland 18 May 2014v Oxfordshire
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