List of Worcestershire County Cricket Club grounds

Worcestershire County Cricket Club was established on 4 March 1865. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed in the competition until 1898, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1899 season. It has since played first-class cricket from 1899, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. New Road in Worcester has played host to the clubs first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1899 against Yorkshire; in List A cricket in 1963 against Surrey; and in Twenty20 cricket against Northamptonshire in 2003. Worcestershire have played home matches at twelve grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at New Road, which has also held One Day Internationals.

The twelve grounds that Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1899.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		Minor Counties Championship
War Memorial Athletic Ground	Amblecote	5 August 1895 v Staffordshire	18 June 1896 v Northamptonshire	7000200000000000000♠2	[1][2]
Malvern College Ground	Malvern	only match: 9 August 1895 v Hertfordshire		7000100000000000000♠1	[3][4]
Boughton Park	Worcester	19 August 1895 v Cheshire	12 August 1896 v Norfolk	7000300000000000000♠3	[5][6]
Chester Road North	Kidderminster	28 August 1895 v Durham	23 August 1897 v Glamorgan	7000300000000000000♠3	[7][8]
New Road	Worcester	28 July 1897 v Berkshire	8 August 1898 v Buckinghamshire	7000800000000000000♠8	[9][10]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Worcestershire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1899.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
New Road	Worcester	4 May 1899 v Yorkshire	9 September 2014 v Surrey	7003111200000000000♠1,112	22 May 1963 v Surrey	13 August 2014 v Gloucestershire	7002451000000000000♠451	13 June 2003 v Northamptonshire	25 July 2014 v Derbyshire	7001500000000000000♠50	[11][12][13][14][n 1]
War Memorial Athletic Ground	Amblecote	26 June 1905 v Leicestershire	29 July 1981 v Northamptonshire	7001610000000000000♠61	17 August 1969 v Glamorgan	8 August 1982 v Leicestershire	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[15][16][17]
Bournville Cricket Ground	Bournville	30 June 1910 v Essex	18 May 1911 v Surrey	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[18][19]
Tipton Road	Dudley	28 August 1911 v Gloucestershire	24 July 1971 v Yorkshire	7001880000000000000♠88	6 July 1969 v Kent	31 July 1977 v Nottinghamshire	7001140000000000000♠14	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[20][21][22]
Racecourse Ground	Hereford	14 July 1919 v HK Foster's XI	13 July 1983 v Leicestershire	7000500000000000000♠5	10 July 1983 v Nottinghamshire	30 August 1987 v Surrey	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[23][24][25][n 2]
Chester Road North	Kidderminster	9 July 1921 v Glamorgan	17 September 2008 v Middlesex	7001680000000000000♠68	1 June 1969 v Middlesex	7 May 2012 v Netherlands	7000600000000000000♠6	29 June 2007 v Northamptonshire	1 July 2007 v Gloucestershire	7000200000000000000♠2	[26][27][28][29][n 3]
Evesham Cricket Club Ground	Evesham	only match: 18 July 1951 v Gloucestershire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[30][31]
Seth Somers Park	Halesowen	17 June 1964 v Cambridge University	21 June 1969 v Cambridge University	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[32][33]
Chain Wire Club Ground	Stourport-on-Severn	only match: 12 July 1980 v Lancashire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[34][35]
Flagge Meadow	Worcester	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 14 July 2007 v Sri Lankan A		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[36][37]

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