Hertfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 8 March 1876. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Norfolk at Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford, while their first home List A match came 71 years later against Berkshire in the 1966 Gillette Cup at the Lucas Lane, Hitchin.
The 24 grounds that Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 Lucas Lane Hitchin 30 April 1966v Berkshire 28 June 1989v Nottinghamshire 24 July 1908v Cambridgeshire 9 August 1998v Lincolnshire 16 June 1991v Norfolk 4 July 1993v Staffordshire Ditchmore Lane Stevenage only match:10 May 1969v Devon 29 July 1921v Buckinghamshire 20 August 2000v Cambridgeshire 4 June 1989v Oxfordshire 19 May 1991v Berkshire Clarence Park St Albans 4 July 1984v Somerset 27 July 1990v Warwickshire 14 August 1895v Bedfordshire 17 June 1997v Northumberland 2 July 1986v Norfolk 30 June 1991v Devon Brunton Memorial Ground Radlett 4 May 1999v Leicestershire Cricket Board 3 June 1999v Lancashire 2 July 1975v Cambridgeshire 10 June 2007v Lincolnshire 17 May 2006v Cheshire 19 May 2013v Oxfordshire Middlesex played a single List A match here in the 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 against Yorkshire. Balls Park Hertford 19 May 1999v Sussex Cricket Board 27 June 2001v Worcestershire 8 July 1901v Cambridgeshire 8 June 2014v Cambridgeshire 10 June 2000v Suffolk 25 June 2000v Essex Cricket Board Digswell Park Welwyn Garden City 20 May 2000v Cambridgeshire 29 August 2001v Staffordshire only match:30 June 2002v Cambridgeshire 6 July 2003v Cheshire 22 April 2012v Devon Cricketfield Lane Bishop's Stortford only match:28 August 2003v Ireland 25 July 1895v Norfolk 10 June 2012v Bedfordshire 12 June 1983v Cheshire 5 May 2002v Suffolk A single first-class cricket match was played here in June 1872 between a United South of England Eleven versus a United North of England Eleven.
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Hertfordshire 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 Park Avenue Watford 28 July 1895v Worcestershire 3 July 1974v Cambridgeshire 31 May 1987v Bedfordshire 24 June 2001v Huntingdonshire Broxbourne Sports Club Ground Broxbourne 8 July 1902v Dorset 3 July 1935v Norfolk – – Manor House Ground Bushey 26 June 1911v Bedfordshire 17 July 1914v Norfolk – – Albury Ride Cheshunt 19 July 1920v Norfolk 20 August 1978v Suffolk – – Crossman's Ground near Barkway 27 July 1925v Norfolk 6 June 1937v Norfolk – – Porters Park Radlett 5 July 1929v Berkshire 1 August 1934v Buckinghamshire 3 July 1984v Cornwall 13 July 2014v Cheshire Letchworth Corner Letchworth 19 June 1935v Hertfordshire 16 August 1992v Suffolk – – Hyde Hall Sawbridgeworth only match:27 June 1938v Norfolk – – Durrants Sports Ground Croxley Green 27 August 1954v Norfolk 15 August 1982v Suffolk 16 June 1985v Shropshire 22 June 1986v Berkshire London Road Tring 26 August 1959v Buckinghamshire 6 June 1999v Norfolk only match:5 June 1988v Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire played List A matches here from 1974–1991. Buckinghamshire have played four Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches here. Only the matches played by Hertfordshire in these competitions at the ground is recorded in the table. Barnet Lane Barnet 16 August 1961v Suffolk 16 August 1963v Suffolk – – County Hall Ground Hertford only match:17 July 1968v Norfolk – – Woodside Watford 20 June 1976v Norfolk 11 June 1991v Cumberland only match:19 May 1985v Bedfordshire The ground has played host to a number of teams in List A matches. Minor Counties West played two matches there in the 1977 and 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup, while Minor Counties South played there in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played here in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup, before Middlesex played here against the touring Sri Lankans in 1981. The Walk Potters Bar 18 August 1987v Cumberland 4 August 1991v Cambridgeshire 2 June 1985v Norfolk 8 June 1986v Bedfordshire Denis Compton Oval Shenley 17 July 1995v Staffordshire 11 July 1999v Northumberland 6 June 1993v Oxfordshire 4 June 2000v Middlesex Cricket Board Six first-class cricket matches have been played here between 1996 and 1994. The Marylebone Cricket Club played three matches at the ground, while Middlesex played two matches against the touring Sri Lankans and Zimbabweans respectively in 2002 and 2003. The sixth first-class match held there saw Sri Lanka A play the touring West Indians. Four List A matches were played here between 1996 and 2004, with the Marylebone Cricket Club playing the touring Pakistanis in 1996, with the other three matches seeing Middlesex as the home team. The Middlesex Cricket Board and Northamptonshire Cricket Board have both played one MCCA Knockout Trophy match here apiece. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Hertfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Both Women's Test cricket and Women's One Day International cricket matches have been played here by the England national women's cricket team. Marlins Long Marston 21 August 1994v Suffolk 3 August 2014v Cumberland 13 May 2007v Oxfordshire 1 June 2008v Northumberland The Common Harpenden 4 August 2013v Staffordshire 6 July 2014v Norfolk 3 June 2001v Middlesex Cricket Board 25 May 2014v Norfolk Home Farm North Mymms – – 2 June 2006v Buckinghamshire 13 May 2012v Cornwall Whitehorn Lane Letchworth – – only match:25 April 2010v Dorset
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