List of Middlesex County Cricket Club grounds

Lord's opened in 1869 and is often referred to as "the home of cricket".

Middlesex County Cricket Club was established on 2 February 1864; prior to that an informal county team had existed before, and had appeared in first-class cricket from 1787. It has since played first-class cricket from 1864, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003,^[A] using a number of home grounds during that time. The Cattle Market Ground in Islington played host to the clubs first home fixture in first-class cricket against Sussex in 1864; Lord's in St John's Wood played host to the clubs first home fixture in List A cricket against Northamptonshire in 1963; while the Old Deer Park in Richmond played host to the clubs first home fixture in Twenty20 cricket against Kent in 2003. Middlesex have played home matches at fourteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at Lord's, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

The county of Middlesex effectively ceased to exist in 1965 when its county council was dissolved,^[1] and the majority of the county club's grounds are now officially in London.

Grounds

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Middlesex County Cricket Club for first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches. Statistics are complete through to the end of the 2014 season. Only matches played by MIddlesex CCC at the grounds are recorded in the table. Matches abandoned without any play occurring are not included.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
Cattle Market Ground	Islington	000000001864-06-06-00006 June 1864 v Sussex	000000001868-08-20-000020 August 1868 v Surrey	7001160000000000000♠16	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[2][3][n 1]
Lord's	St John's Wood	000000001869-07-12-000012 July 1869 v Surrey	000000002014-09-09-00009 September 2014 v Durham	7003133200000000000♠1,332	000000001963-06-12-000012 June 1963 v Northamptonshire	000000002014-08-14-000014 August 2014 v Nottinghamshire	7002441000000000000♠441	000000002004-07-15-000015 July 2004 v Surrey	000000002014-07-24-000024 July 2014 v Surrey	7001320000000000000♠32	[4][5][6][7][n 2]
Lillie Bridge	West Brompton	000000001871-05-18-000018 May 1871 v Surrey	000000001871-05-18-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[8][9][n 3]
Prince's Cricket Ground	Chelsea	000000001872-05-23-000023 May 1872 v Yorkshire	000000001876-07-10-000010 July 1876 v Nottinghamshire	7001180000000000000♠18	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[10][11][n 4]
Chiswick Park	Chiswick	000000001887-06-23-000023 June 1887 v Oxford University	000000001887-06-23-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[12][13][n 5]
Tivoli Road	Hornsey	000000001959-07-08-00008 July 1959 v Hampshire	000000001959-07-08-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[14][15]
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground	Uxbridge	000000001980-08-20-000020 August 1980 v Derbyshire	000000002014-07-07-00007 July 2014 v Somerset	7001450000000000000♠45	000000001983-05-17-000017 May 1983 v Glamorgan	000000002012-08-05-00005 August 2012 v Worcestershire	7001200000000000000♠20	000000002003-06-23-000023 June 2003 v Hampshire	000000002013-07-07-00007 July 2013 v Kent	7001120000000000000♠12	[16][17][18][19]
Woodside	Watford	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	000000001981-06-25-000025 June 1981 v Sri Lankans	000000001981-06-25-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[20][21][n 6]
Lincoln Road	Enfield	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	000000001982-07-03-00003 July 1982 v Cheshire	000000001982-07-03-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[22][23]
John Walker's Ground	Southgate	000000001998-06-26-000026 June 1998 v Essex	000000002009-04-28-000028 April 2009 v Leicestershire	7001200000000000000♠20	000000001991-06-02-00002 June 1991 v Kent	000000002009-05-03-00003 May 2009 v Kent	7001200000000000000♠20	000000002004-07-12-000012 July 2004 v Essex	000000002011-07-10-000010 July 2011 v Somerset	7000500000000000000♠5	[24][25][26][27][n 7]
Old Deer Park	Richmond	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	000000002000-08-28-000028 August 2000 v Nottinghamshire	000000002004-07-05-00005 July 2004 v Scotland	7000400000000000000♠4	000000002003-06-19-000019 June 2003 v Kent	000000002014-07-03-00003 July 2014 v Glamorgan	7000900000000000000♠9	[28][29][30][n 8]
Denis Compton Oval	Shenley	000000002002-05-11-000011 May 2002 v Sri Lankans	000000002003-05-30-000030 May 2003 v Zimbabweans	7000200000000000000♠2	000000002002-09-15-000015 September 2002 v Lancashire	000000002003-05-25-000025 May 2003 v Northamptonshire	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[31][32][33][n 9]
Merchant Taylors' School	Northwood	000000002012-03-31-000031 March 2012 v Durham MCCU	000000002012-03-31-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	000000002014-05-25-000025 May 2014 v Hampshire	000000002014-05-25-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	[34][35][36]
Brunton Memorial Ground	Radlett	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	000000002013-05-27-000027 May 2013 v Yorkshire	000000002013-05-27-0000no other matches to date	7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[37][38][n 10]

Notes

A. ^ First-class cricket matches are designed to be contested over multiple days, with each team permitted two innings with no limit to the number of overs in an innings. List A matches are intended to be completed in a single day and restrict each team to a single innings of between 40 and 60 overs, depending on the specific competition. Twenty20 matches restrict each team to a single innings of 20 overs.

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