List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club grounds

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 clubs 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 1895 v Staffordshire	22 August 1904 v Durham	7001490000000000000♠49	[1][2]

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 1905 v Leicestershire	23 September 2014 v Sussex	7003101900000000000♠1,019	22 May 1963 v Warwickshire	21 August 2014 v Essex	7002376000000000000♠376	20 June 2003 v Somerset	23 July 2014 v Nottinghamshire	7001550000000000000♠55	[1][3][4][5][n 1]
Town Ground	Peterborough	7 June 1906 v Warwickshire	18 June 1966 v Essex	7001460000000000000♠46	17 August 1969 v Glamorgan	8 August 1982 v Leicestershire	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[6][7]
Town Ground	Kettering	7 July 1923 v Glamorgan	21 August 1971 v Surrey	7001650000000000000♠65	21 June 1970 v Sussex	10 June 1973 v Glamorgan	7000400000000000000♠4	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[8][9][10]
Town Ground	Rushden	28 June 1924 v Dublin University	18 May 1963 v Lancashire	7001220000000000000♠22	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[11][12]
Ideal Clothiers Ground	Wellingborough	only match: 22 June 1929 v Oxford University		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[13][14]
Wellingborough School Ground	Wellingborough	10 August 1946 v Hampshire	19 July 1991 v Nottinghamshire	7001430000000000000♠43	9 August 1970 v Worcestershire	21 July 1991 v Nottinghamshire	7001170000000000000♠17	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[15][16][17]
Baker Perkins Sports Ground	Peterborough	24 June 1967 v Kent	14 June 1969 v Warwickshire	7000300000000000000♠3	15 June 1969 v Lancashire	23 June 1974 v Warwickshire	7000500000000000000♠5	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[18][19][20]
Westminster Road	Brackley	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	18 July 1971 v Gloucestershire	7 September 1975 v Nottinghamshire	7000400000000000000♠4	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[21][22]
Bedford School Ground	Bedford	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	1 August 1971 v Essex	23 May 1982 v Lancashire	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[23][24][n 2]
Wardown Park	Luton	21 June 1986 v Yorkshire	26 June 1997 v Gloucestershire	7001110000000000000♠11	24 June 1973 v Nottinghamshire	21 May 1996 v Indians	7001240000000000000♠24	only match: 5 July 2004 v Worcestershire		7000100000000000000♠1	[25][26][27][28][n 3]
London Road	Tring	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	9 June 1974 v Middlesex	7 July 1991 v Surrey	7001160000000000000♠16	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[29][30][n 4]
Denton Road	Horton	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	24 May 1976 v Essex	7 May 1977 v Minor Counties East	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[31][32]
Manor Fields	Bletchley	17 May 1980 v West Indians	13 June 1987 v Pakistanis	7000300000000000000♠3	22 August 1976 v Lancashire	28 August 1983 v Middlesex	7000700000000000000♠7	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[33][34][35][n 5]
Dolben Cricket Ground	Finedon	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	13 July 1986 v Derbyshire	23 July 1989 v Nottinghamshire	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[36][37]
Campbell Park	Milton Keynes	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	8 June 1997 v Nottinghamshire	29 July 2014 v Worcestershire	7000300000000000000♠3	22 June 2005 v Gloucestershire	29 June 2011 v Worcestershire	7000400000000000000♠4	[38][39][40][n 6]
Stowe School Ground	Stowe	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 19 June 2005 v Gloucestershire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[41][42][n 7]

Notes

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