Berkshire County Cricket Club was established on 17 March 1895. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1965 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Hertfordshire at Reading School Ground, while their first home List A match came seventy years later against Somerset in the 1965 Gillette Cup at Church Road, Reading. The now defunct County Ground in Reading has held the most Minor Counties Championship fixtures for Berkshire.
The thirty grounds that Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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 Church Road Reading 28 April 1965v Somerset 29 June 1983v Yorkshire 11 August 1948v Hertfordshire 16 August 1983v Cheshire – – A combined Minor Counties cricket team played one first-class match against the touring Sri Lankans in 1981. A combined Minor Counties cricket team also played a single List A match here against Hampshire in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Berkshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Courages Cricket Ground Reading only match:25 June 1986v Gloucestershire 9 August 1975v Wiltshire 31 July 1983v Wiltshire only match:20 May 1984v Buckinghamshire Finchampstead Park Finchampstead 22 June 1988v Yorkshire 29 August 2002v Ireland 11 June 1982v Buckinghamshire 20 July 2014v Herefordshire 18 May 1997v Shropshire 14 July 2013v Northumberland Sonning Lane Reading 26 June 1991v Hampshire 3 May 2005v Gloucestershire 31 July 1988v Cornwall 20 August 2006v Oxfordshire – –
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Berkshire 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 Reading School Ground Reading School 20 August 1895v Hertfordshire 7 July 1996v Cornwall 5 June 1987v Staffordshire 28 June 1987v Buckinghamshire County Ground Reading 17 August 1896v Wiltshire 13 August 1986v Devon – – Wargrave Cricket Club Ground Wargrave 11 August 1922v Wiltshire 21 August 1925v Cornwall only match:11 May 2014v Staffordshire HM Martineau's Ground Holyport 22 June 1927v Hertfordshire 19 August 1932v Wiltshire – – Sutton's Seeds, Cintra Ground Reading 22 July 1930v Oxfordshire 16 August 1954v Dorset – – Royal Ordnance Depot Ground Didcot only match:27 August 1947v Oxfordshire – – Bartholomew's Grammar School Ground Newbury 23 August 1948v Dorset 20 July 1973v Wiltshire – – The Brakspear Ground Remenham 6 August 1952v Oxfordshire 8 June 2014v Cornwall 27 April 2008v Herefordshire 22 April 2012v Wales Minor Counties Oxfordshire played twelve Minor Counties Championship matches here between 1964–1978. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Berkshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Reading University Ground Reading 14 August 1959v Devon 29 May 1983v Shropshire – – Atomic Energy Research Establishment Ground Harwell 3 August 1960v Oxfordshire 17 August 1964v Wiltshire – – Home Park Windsor 14 August 1963v Devon 30 July 1974v Dorset – – Hales Meadow Abingdon 13 August 1962v Wiltshire 14 August 1975v Oxfordshire – – Boyne Grove Maidenhead 7 August 1967v Buckinghamshire 18 July 1982v Oxfordshire – – Bray Ground Bray 26 August 1968v Cornwall 29 May 1994v Oxfordshire – – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst only match:11 August 1972v Oxfordshire – – War Memorial Ground Hungerford 19 July 1974v Wiltshire 21 May 2000v Wales Minor Counties only match:16 May 1999v Buckinghamshire Ibis Cricket Club Ground Reading 6 August 1977v Wiltshire 29 July 1981v Oxfordshire – – Gallowstree Common Kidmore End 2 August 1981v Cornwall 20 August 1996v Oxfordshire 26 May 2013v Buckinghamshire 25 May 2014v Herefordshire Bradfield College Ground Bradfield 5 August 1982v Wiltshire 9 August 1990v Devon – – Large's Lane Bracknell 11 August 1987v Cheshire 29 May 1988v Buckinghamshire 2 June 1985v Shropshire 9 June 1986v Buckinghamshire Enborne Lodge Newbury 2 July 1985v Wiltshire 6 July 2014v Wiltshire 19 June 1994v Buckinghamshire 16 June 2013v Cornwall Wellington College Ground Crowthorne – – only match:3 June 1990v Buckinghamshire Wokingham Road Hurst 23 June 1996v Wales Minor Counties 2 July 2010v Cornwall 31 May 1987v Oxfordshire 21 May 2001v Sussex Cricket Board Chalvey Road Slough – – only match:9 June 1999v Sussex Cricket Board Buckinghamshire have played Minor Counties Championship matches here between 1904–1998, as well as a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Oxfordshire in 1992. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Berkshire at the ground is recorded in the table. Browns Sports Field Thatcham – – 4 June 2000v Sussex Cricket Board 29 April 2007v Wales Minor Counties The Memorial Ground Burnham – – only match:5 May 2013v Dorset The Memorial Ground is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire have played Minor Counties Championship matches here from 2006 onward, as well as a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Herefordshire in 2014. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy match played by Berkshire at the ground is recorded in the table.
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