Northamptonshire County Cricket Club was established on 31 July 1878. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed in the competition until 1904, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1905 season. It has since played first-class cricket from 1905, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. The County Ground in Northampton has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1905 against Leicestershire; in List A cricket in 1963 against Warwickshire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Somerset in 2003. Northamptonshire have played home matches at sixteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at the County Ground, which has also held One Day Internationals.
The sixteen grounds that Northamptonshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Grounds Minor county Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1905. Name Location First Last Matches Refs Minor Counties Championship County Ground Northampton 7 August 1895v Staffordshire 22 August 1904v Durham
First-class county Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1905. Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs First-class List A Twenty20 County Ground Northampton 5 June 1905v Leicestershire 23 September 2014v Sussex 22 May 1963v Warwickshire 21 August 2014v Essex 20 June 2003v Somerset 23 July 2014v Nottinghamshire Only the first-class and List A matches played by Northamptonshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Town Ground Peterborough 7 June 1906v Warwickshire 18 June 1966v Essex – – – – Town Ground Kettering 7 July 1923v Glamorgan 21 August 1971v Surrey 21 June 1970v Sussex 10 June 1973v Glamorgan – – Town Ground Rushden 28 June 1924v Dublin University 18 May 1963v Lancashire – – – – Ideal Clothiers Ground Wellingborough only match:22 June 1929v Oxford University – – – – Wellingborough School Ground Wellingborough 10 August 1946v Hampshire 19 July 1991v Nottinghamshire 9 August 1970v Worcestershire 21 July 1991v Nottinghamshire – – Baker Perkins Sports Ground Peterborough 24 June 1967v Kent 14 June 1969v Warwickshire 15 June 1969v Lancashire 23 June 1974v Warwickshire – – Westminster Road Brackley – – 18 July 1971v Gloucestershire 7 September 1975v Nottinghamshire – – Bedford School Ground Bedford – – 1 August 1971v Essex 23 May 1982v Lancashire – – Bedford School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire. Wardown Park Luton 21 June 1986v Yorkshire 26 June 1997v Gloucestershire 24 June 1973v Nottinghamshire 21 May 1996v Indians only match:5 July 2004v Worcestershire Wardown Park is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire played List A matches here between 1967–2005, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A match here as the home team against Northamptonshire in the 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire in which they were the home team are recorded in the table. London Road Tring – – 9 June 1974v Middlesex 7 July 1991v Surrey – – London Road is located two counties to the south of Northamptonshire in Hertfordshire. Denton Road Horton – – 24 May 1976v Essex 7 May 1977v Minor Counties East – – Manor Fields Bletchley 17 May 1980v West Indians 13 June 1987v Pakistanis 22 August 1976v Lancashire 28 August 1983v Middlesex – – Manor Fields is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire. Dolben Cricket Ground Finedon – – 13 July 1986v Derbyshire 23 July 1989v Nottinghamshire – – Campbell Park Milton Keynes – – 8 June 1997v Nottinghamshire 29 July 2014v Worcestershire 22 June 2005v Gloucestershire 29 June 2011v Worcestershire Campbell Park is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire. A First-Class Counties Select XI played one first-class match here against New Zealand A in 2000. The touring New Zealanders and Sri Lanka A played a List A match here in 1999. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire are recorded in the table. Stowe School Ground Stowe – – only match:19 June 2005v Gloucestershire – – Stowe School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire.
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