Oxfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 14 December 1921; prior to that a county club had existed before, with Oxfordshire competing in the first two Minor Counties Championship's in 1895 and 1896, and an Oxfordshire side also appeared in the competition from 1900 to 1906. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1922 and played List A cricket from 1967 to 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Worcestershire at Christ Church Ground, Oxford, while their first home List A match came 75 years later, also against Worcestershire, in the 1970 Gillette Cup at Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley.
The thirty grounds that Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 Christ Church Ground Oxford 11 July 1981v Glamorgan 29 August 2001v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 24 June 1895v Worcestershire 23 July 2000v Devon 12 June 1982v Dorset 10 June 2001v Surrey Cricket Board Oxford University played 37 first-class matches here between 1878–1961. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played two List A matches here in the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Oxfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Cambridgeshire and Cheshire played the final of the 1987 MCCA Knockout Trophy here. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Oxfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Morris Motors Sports Ground Cowley 25 April 1970v Worcestershire 25 June 1975v Cornwall 30 July 1954v Buckinghamshire 7 July 1991v Berkshire – – Butt's Way Kingston Blount 21 June 1984v Somerset 25 June 1996v Lancashire 19 July 1987v Buckinghamshire 9 August 1998v Herefordshire 28 June 1998v Leicestershire Cricket Board 6 May 2007v Buckinghamshire Vicarage Hill East Challow only match:1 May 2001v Huntingdonshire 27 June 1993v Wiltshire 12 June 2011v Wiltshire 7 June 1998v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board 11 May 2014v Buckinghamshire White Post Road Bodicote 29 August 2002v Lancashire Cricket Board 31 August 2003v Herefordshire 29 June 1997v Dorset 22 June 2014v Devon 16 June 2002v Northamptonshire Cricket Board 13 July 2008v Berkshire
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Oxfordshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.Oxfordshire played 42 Minor Counties Championship matches in Oxford, for which the location upon which the matches were played is not recorded. The venue is given the conjectural name of Oxford. Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy Oxford County School Ground Thame 17 July 1895v Buckinghamshire 5 August 1898v Buckinghamshire – – Britannia Works Ground Banbury 2 August 1895v Bedfordshire 1 August 1898v Berkshire – – Hertford College Ground Oxford 26 August 1895v Norfolk 17 August 1904v Suffolk – – New College Ground Oxford 14 August 1896v Wiltshire 25 August 1939v Bedfordshire – – Oxford University played two first-class matches here in 1906 and 1907. Merton College Ground Oxford 16 August 1897v Berkshire 18 August 1937v Bedfordshire – – Burford Road Shipton-under-Wychwood 26 July 1922v Berkshire 13 June 1999v Shropshire – – Blenheim Blenheim only match:4 August 1922v Buckinghamshire – – The exact name and location of the ground used in Blenheim is not known. St John's College Ground Oxford 27 July 1923v Cambridgeshire 30 August 1961v Berkshire – – Trinity College Ground Oxford only match:20 August 1923v Buckinghamshire – – Northern Aluminium Company Ground Banbury 1 July 1930v Monmouthshire 10 August 1960v Devon – – Grange Road Banbury 23 August 1935v Berkshire 1 August 1993v Cheshire – – Lincoln College Ground Oxford 21 August 1936v Berkshire 3 August 1938v Devon – – St Edward's School Ground Oxford 6 August 1948v Cornwall 18 July 1993v Dorset – – Smith's Industries Ground Witney 25 August 1950v Buckinghamshire 25 August 1967v Berkshire – – Roman Way Sports Ground Oxford 8 August 1955v Cornwall 31 July 1968v Wiltshire – – Pressed Steel Fisher Sports Ground Cowley 10 August 1962v Wiltshire 3 August 1997v Cheshire only match:4 June 1994v Berkshire The Brakspear Ground Remenham 6 August 1964v Oxfordshire 8 June 2014v Cornwall 27 April 2008v Herefordshire 22 April 2012v Wales Minor Counties Witney Mills Ground Witney 25 August 1969v Berkshire 16 August 1979v Wiltshire – – Abingdon War Memorial Field Abingdon 2 August 1980v Dorset 10 August 1981v Devon – – Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground Banbury 13 August 1980v Devon 27 August 1995v Berkshire – – Church Meadow Thame 30 May 1995v Shropshire 28 July 2002v Wiltshire 11 June 1995v Berkshire 19 May 1999v Huntingdonshire University Parks Oxford only match:4 July 2000v Cornwall – – Oxford University have played first-class and List A matches. Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground Chesterton 27 July 2003v Dorset 17 July 2005v Berkshire 6 May 2012v Hertfordshire 13 July 2014v Wiltshire Radley College Abingdon – – 3 June 2007v Wiltshire 16 May 2010v Herefordshire Ledwell Road Great Tew 7 June 2009v Dorset 3 August 2014v Berkshire only match:11 May 2008v Cheshire
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