Bedfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 3 November 1899; prior to that a county club had existed before, with Bedfordshire competing in the first Minor Counties Championship in 1895. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1900 and played List A cricket from 1967 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against HertfordshireatBedford School, while their first home List A match came 72 years later against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette CupatWardown Park, Luton. Bedfordshire have played the majority of their minor counties fixtures at Bedford School and Wardown Park.
The eighteen grounds that Bedfordshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Bedfordshire 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 | |||||||||
Wardown Park |
Luton | 26 April 1967 vNorthamptonshire |
4 May 2005 vSussex |
13 | 6 August 1906 vBuckinghamshire |
8 June 2014 vSuffolk |
127 | 9 June 1996 vOxfordshire |
20 June 2004 vCornwall |
4 | [1][2][3][4][n 1] |
Goldington Bury |
Bedford | 25 May 1968 vHampshire |
26 June 1991 vWorcestershire |
3 | 11 August 1967 vHertfordshire |
27 July 2003 vNorthumberland |
32 | 31 May 1998 vSurrey Cricket Board |
25 June 2000 vLeicestershire Cricket Board |
3 | [5][6][7][8][n 2] |
Lancot Park |
Totternhoe | only match: 29 August 2001 vDerbyshire Cricket Board |
1 | 17 July 1994 vNorthumberland |
8 July 2012 v Northumberland |
14 | 21 July 1996 vWales Minor Counties |
4 May 2014 vNorfolk |
8 | [9][10][11][12] | |
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Bedfordshire 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 | |||||||
| Bedford School Ground | Bedford | 5 August 1895 vHertfordshire |
21 July 2013 v Hertfordshire |
181 | 6 June 1993 vCambridgeshire |
17 May 2009 vCumberland |
5 | [13][14][15][n 3] |
| Dunstable Grammar School Ground | Dunstable | 19 August 1895 vWiltshire |
27 June 1905 vNorthumberland |
6 | – | – | 0 | [16][17] |
| Bell Close | Leighton Buzzard | 29/30 July 1891 vBuckinghamshire |
31 July 1994 vCumberland |
5 | – | – | 0 | [18][19] |
| Bedford County School Ground | Bedford | 21 June 1900 vStaffordshire |
24 June 1914 vSuffolk |
13 | – | – | 0 | [20][21] |
| Luton Hoo Park | Luton | 17 August 1900 vOxfordshire |
9 August 1901 v Oxfordshire |
2 | – | – | 0 | [22][23] |
Bedford Modern School Ground |
Bedford | 10 June 1901 vSurrey Second XI |
20 July 2014 vCambridgeshire |
10 | only match: 9 May 2010 vOxfordshire |
1 | [24][25][26] | |
| WH Allen's Sports Ground | Biddenham | only match: 21 July 1920 vNorfolk |
1 | – | – | 0 | [27][28] | |
| Goldington Road | Bedford | only match: 9 June 1930 vBuckinghamshire |
1 | – | – | 0 | [29][30] | |
| Southill Park | Southill | 22 July 1972 vHertfordshire |
13 August 2000 vCambridgeshire |
20 | 18 June 1989 vHertfordshire |
9 June 2002 v Hertfordshire |
4 | [31][32][33] |
| Bull Pond Lane | Dunstable | 24 July 1972 vShropshire |
9 June 1991 vStaffordshire |
15 | – | – | 0 | [34][35] |
| Vauxhall Motors Ground | Luton | 15 July 1973 vCambridgeshire |
12 July 1975 v Cambridgeshire |
3 | – | – | 0 | [36][37] |
| The Pyghties | Henlow | 23 July 1973 vShropshire |
5 July 1998 vNorthumberland |
22 | only match: 4 June 1989 vCambridgeshire |
1 | [38][39][40] | |
| Grange Lane | Cople | – | – | 0 | 19 May 1991 vBuckinghamshire |
18 May 2014 vHertfordshire |
4 | [41][42] |
| The Vale | Westoning | 4 June 2000 vNorthumberland |
15 July 2001 vStaffordshire |
2 | 16 June 2002 vEssex Cricket Board |
18 May 2008 vShropshire |
4 | [43][44][45] |
Ampthill Park |
Ampthill | 9 June 2013 vBuckinghamshire |
17 August 2014 vLincolnshire |
2 | 14 May 2006 vLincolnshire |
8 May 2011 vHertfordshire |
6 | [46][47][48] |
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