Northumberland County Cricket Club was established in December 1895. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1896 and played List A cricket from 1971 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1896 was against Staffordshire at Northumberland Club Ground, Heaton, while their first List A match came 75 years later against Lincolnshire in the 1971 Gillette CupatOsborne Avenue, Jesmond. During the time Northumberland were permitted to play List A cricket, Osborne Avenue played host to all its home fixtures in that format.
The eight grounds that Northumberland have used for home matches since 1896 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northumberland 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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Osborne Avenue![]() |
Jesmond | 15 May 1971 vLincolnshire |
3 May 2005 vMiddlesex |
12 | 7 June 1897 vDurham |
20 July 2014 vSuffolk |
463 | 22 May 1983 vCumberland |
11 May 2014 vShropshire |
28 | [1][2][3][4][n 1][n 2] |
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northumberland 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 | |||||||
Northumberland Club Ground | Heaton | 7 July 1896 vStaffordshire |
12 August 1896 vNorthamptonshire |
4 | – | – | 0 | [5][6] |
Preston Avenue | North Shields | 7 July 1947 vStaffordshire |
8 June 2014 vNorfolk |
3 | 25 June 2000 vCumberland |
21 May 2006 vCheshire |
4 | [7][8][9] |
Roseworth Terrace | Gosforth | 15 July 1957 vCumberland |
22 June 2014 vLincolnshire |
3 | 7 June 1998 vDurham Cricket Board |
22 April 2012 vCheshire |
7 | [10][11][12][n 3] |
Langwell Crescent | Ashington | 24 July 1961 vYorkshire Second XI |
22 August 1966 vCumberland |
3 | – | – | 0 | [13][14] |
Denton Bank | Benwell Hill | 5 June 1983 vCambridgeshire |
24 June 2012 vStaffordshire |
6 | 27 May 2001 vLancashire Cricket Board |
20 May 2007 vHerefordshire |
2 | [15][16][17] |
Longhirst Hall Ground![]() |
near Morpeth | – | – | 0 | 18 May 2008 vNorfolk |
17 May 2009 vStaffordshire |
2 | [18][19] |
Derwenthaugh Park![]() |
Swalwell | only match: 26 June 2011 vLincolnshire |
1 | – | – | 0 | [20][21] |
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