List of Suffolk County Cricket Club grounds

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Suffolk County Cricket Club was originally established on 27 July 1864, and competed in the Minor Counties Championship from 1904 to 1914, though without success. The present club was founded in August 1932, and has since played minor counties cricket from that year, as well as playing in List A cricket from 1966 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1904 was against Norfolk at the Town Ground, Felixstowe, while their first home List A match came 62 years later against Kent in the 1966 Gillette Cup at Ipswich School Ground.

The fourteen grounds that Suffolk have used for home matches since 1904 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 Suffolk 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
The Victory Ground Bury St Edmunds 11 July 1981
v Derbyshire		 4 May 2005
v Glamorgan		 10 22 July 1935
v Surrey Second XI		 22 June 2014
v Cumberland		 56 14 June 1987
v Norfolk		 15 June 2014
v Devon		 7 [1][2][3][4][n 1]
Ipswich School Ground
Ipswich School library - geograph.org.uk - 1294470.jpg
 Ipswich only match:
30 April 1966
v Kent		   1 7 August 1935
v Hertfordshire		 6 July 2014
v Buckinghamshire		 37 6 May 2007
v Staffordshire		 27 April 2014
v Hertfordshire		 4 [5][6][7][8]
Wamil Way
Behind the sightscreen - geograph.org.uk - 922545.jpg
 Mildenhall 2 May 2000
v Lancashire Cricket Board		 27 June 2001
v Nottinghamshire		 3 17 August 1977
v Norfolk		 26 June 2011
v Cumberland		 31 1 June 2008
v Staffordshire		 31 May 2009
v Northumberland		 2 [9][10][11][12]
Old London Road
Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC 228.jpg
 Copdock only match:
29 August 2001
v Denmark		   1 30 August 1992
v Norfolk		 17 August 2014
v Hertfordshire		 7 9 June 1996
v Cambridgeshire		 16 May 2006
v Norfolk		 8 [13][14][15][16]

Minor Counties[]

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Suffolk 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
Town Ground Felixstowe 20 July 1904
v Norfolk		 26 July 1983
v Hertfordshire		 101 – – 0 [17][18]
Cemetry Road Bury St Edmunds 28 July 1904
v Cambridgeshire		 19 August 1914
v Lincolnshire		 8 – – 0 [19][20][n 2]
Portman Road Ipswich 5 July 1905
v Norfolk		 3 August 1914
v Cambridgeshire		 14 – – 0 [21][22]
Woodbridge School Woodbridge 29 July 1908
v Bedfordshire		 21 June 1909
v Norfolk		 2 20 May 2001
v Essex Cricket Board		 10 May 2009
v Hertfordshire		 6 [23][24][25]
Denes Oval Lowestoft 4 July 1934
v Lincolnshire		 18 August 1971
v Norfolk		 31 – – 0 [26][27]
Churchman's Ground Ipswich 29 July 1949
v Hertfordshire		 24 August 1951
v Middlesex Second XI		 3 – – 0 [28][29]
Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground Ipswich 2 August 1972
v Hertfordshire		 7 June 2009
v Bedfordshire		 48 12 June 1983
v Cambridgeshire		 23 May 2010
v Berkshire		 2 [30][31][32][n 3]
Manor Road Haverhill only match:
25 August 1974
v Lincolnshire		   1 – – 0 [33][34]
Guardian Royal Exchange Ground Ipswich 3 August 1979
v Buckinghamshire		 23 July 1985
v Hertfordshire		 8 – – 0 [35][36]
Chilton Fields Stowmarket only match:
1 June 1993
v Hertfordshire		   1 – – 0 [37][38]
Exning Park Exning – – 0 17 May 1998
v Northamptonshire Cricket Board		 26 May 2002
v Cambridgeshire		 5 [39][40]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Unicorns cricket team played a single List A cricket match here against Essex in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 Only the List A matches played at the ground by Suffolk are recorded in the table.
  2. ^ An informal Suffolk team played two first-class matches here against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1830 and 1847.
  3. ^ Minor Counties East played a single List A match here against Middlesex in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  2. ^ "List A Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (10)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (56)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Victory Ground, Bury St Edmunds (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  5. ^ "Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  6. ^ "List A Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (37)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  9. ^ "Wamil Way, Mildenhall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  10. ^ "List A Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  11. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  12. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Wamil Way, Mildenhall (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  13. ^ "Old London Road, Copdock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  14. ^ "List A Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  15. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  16. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Old London Road, Copdock (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  17. ^ "Town Ground, Felixstowe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  18. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Town Ground, Felixstowe (101)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  19. ^ "Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  20. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cemetry Road, Bury St Edmunds (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  21. ^ "Portman Road, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  22. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Portman Road, Ipswich (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  23. ^ "Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  24. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  25. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Woodbridge School Ground, Woodbridge (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  26. ^ "Denes Oval, Lowestoft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  27. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Denes Oval, Lowestoft (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  28. ^ "Churchman's Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  29. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Churchman's Ground, Ipswich (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  30. ^ "Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  31. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich (48)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  32. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  33. ^ "Manor Road, Haverhill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  34. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Manor Road, Haverhill (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  35. ^ "Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  36. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Guardian Royal Exchange Ground, Ipswich (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  37. ^ "Chilton Fields, Stowmarket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  38. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Chilton Fields, Stowmarket (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  39. ^ "Exning Park, Exning". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  40. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Exning Park, Exning (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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