List of Dorset County Cricket Club grounds
The Dorset County Cricket Club was established in February 1896. Since then, it has played minor counties cricket since 1897 and played List A cricket from 1968 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first minor counties fixture in 1897 was against Wiltshire at the Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum, while their first List A match came 71 years later against Bedfordshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup at Sherborne School. The club is based at Dean Park, Bournemouth, which also held first-class and List A cricket for Hampshire from 1897 to 1992.
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The seventeen grounds that Dorset have used for home matches since 1897 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2012 season.
Grounds
List A
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Dorset 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 |
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List A | Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||||
Sherborne School![]() | Sherborne | only match: 8 June 1992 v Bedfordshire | 1 | 5 August 1902 v Devon | 25 May 1997 v Herefordshire | 69 | 3 June 1984 v Wiltshire | still in use | 14 | [1][2][3][4] | |
Dean Park![]() | Bournemouth | 29 June 1983 v Essex | 5 May 2004 v Yorkshire | 8 | 13 August 1982 v Devon | still in use | 60 | 2 June 1985 v Cornwall | still in use | 22 | [5][6][7][8][n 1] |
Minor Counties
Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Dorset County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | Refs |
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Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||
Recreation Ground | Blandford Forum | 16 August 1897 v Wiltshire | 18 August 1981 v Wiltshire | 38 | – | – | 0 | [9][10] |
St Mary's Field | Bridport | 21 July 1902 v Wiltshire | 7 August 1939 v Cornwall | 25 | – | – | 0 | [11][12] |
Weymouth College Ground | Weymouth | 23 August 1902 v Surrey Second XI | 5 August 1935 v Cornwall | 12 | – | – | 0 | [13][14] |
Poole Park | Poole | 15 July 1903 v Staffordshire | 26 August 1981 v Oxfordshire | 60 | – | – | 0 | [15][16] |
Recreation Ground | Dorchester | 1 July 1908 v Surrey Second XI | 30 July 1996 v Cheshire | 59 | 2 May 2010 v Bedfordshire | 5 June 2011 v Hertfordshire | 2 | [17][18][19] |
Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground | Wimborne St Giles | 18 August 1909 v Wiltshire | 19 August 1914 v Wiltshire | 5 | – | – | 0 | [20][21] |
Merley Park | Wimborne | 27 July 1934 v Oxfordshire | 21 August 1939 v Wiltshire | 7 | – | – | 0 | [22][23] |
Canford School Ground | Canford Magna | 16 August 1937 v Oxfordshire | 12 June 1994 v Oxfordshire | 14 | – | – | 0 | [24][25] |
Redlands Sports Ground | Weymouth | 15 August 1951 v Cornwall | 11 June 2000 v Shropshire | 59 | 24 July 1988 v Cambridgeshire | 15 May 2011 v Herefordshire | 4 | [26][27][28] |
Royal Army Corps Ground | Bovington | only match: 8 June 1992 v Oxfordshire | 1 | – | – | 0 | [29][30] | |
Terrace Ground | Sherborne | 7 August 1957 v Wiltshire | 22 August 1962 v Oxfordshire | 7 | – | – | 0 | [31][32] |
Hanhams Cricket Ground![]() | Wimborne | 30 August 1957 v Oxfordshire | 24 July 1979 v Berkshire | 11 | – | – | 0 | [33][34] |
Cockram's Ground | Shaftesbury | 19 August 1960 v Oxfordshire | 13 August 1971 v Devon | 4 | – | – | 0 | [35][36] |
Bournemouth Sports Club![]() | Bournemouth | 1 August 1962 v Cornwall | 10 September 2000 v Cumberland | 9 | – | – | 0 | [37][38] |
Day's Park | Swanage | 22 August 1969 v Wiltshire | 17 August 1970 v Oxfordshire | 2 | – | – | 0 | [39][40] |
Notes
- Hampshire played first-class and List A cricket at Dean Park from 1897 to 1992. Only the List A matches played by Dorset at the ground are recorded in the table.
References
- "Sherborne School". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- "List A Matches played on Sherborne School (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sherborne School (69)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Sherborne School (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Dean Park, Bournemouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "List A Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (60)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (22)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum (38)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "St Mary's Field, Bridport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Mary's Field, Bridport (25)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Poole Park, Poole". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Poole Park, Poole (60)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Recreation Ground, Dorset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Dorchester (59)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Recreation Ground, Dorchester (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Merley Park, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Merley Park, Wimborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Canford School Ground, Canford Magna". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Canford School Ground, Canford Magna (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (59)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Terrace Ground, Sherborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Terrace Ground, Sherborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Day's Park, Swanage". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Day's Park, Swanage (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-03.