Wiltshire County Cricket Club was established in January 1893. It has played minor counties cricket from 1895 and played List A cricket from 1964 to 2005, using a varying number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Bedfordshire at the County Ground, Trowbridge, while their first home List A match came 69 years later against Hampshire in the 1964 Gillette CupatHardenhuish Park, Chippenham.
The thirteen grounds that Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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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Hardenhuish Park![]() |
Chippenham | 2 May 1964 vHampshire |
1 May 2001 vDerbyshire Cricket Board |
2 | 26 June 1902 vDorset |
25 July 1989 vShropshire |
47 | 5 May 2002 vSomerset Cricket Board |
8 June 2003 vBuckinghamshire |
2 | [1][2][3][4][n 1] |
The County Ground![]() |
Swindon | 29 June 1983 vNorthamptonshire |
4 July 1984 vLeicestershire |
2 | 3 August 1897 vGlamorgan |
24 May 1998 vWales Minor Counties |
84 | 25 June 2000 vGloucestershire Cricket Board |
16 June 2002 vDorset |
3 | [5][6][7][8][n 2] |
County Ground![]() |
Trowbridge | 24 June 1987 vYorkshire |
22 June 1993 vDurham |
3 | 1 July 1895 vBedfordshire |
4 August 2013 vWales Minor Counties |
123 | 12 August 1983 vShropshire |
29 May 2011 vWales Minor Counties |
11 | [9][10][11][12][n 3] |
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club![]() |
Salisbury | 2 May 2000 vScotland |
3 May 2005 vKent |
3 | 4 July 1905 vHertfordshire |
7 September 2014 vStaffordshire |
86 | only match: 17 May 1998 vHerefordshire |
1 | [13][14][15][16] |
Below is a complete list of grounds used by Wiltshire 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 | |||||||
British Rail Ground | Swindon | 29 May 1901 vGlamorgan |
21 June 1992 vOxfordshire |
28 | – | – | 0 | [17][18] |
Wellhead Lane![]() |
Westbury | 7 August 1912 vSurrey Second XI |
3 August 2003 vBerkshire |
15 | 15 August 2004 vNorthumberland |
30 April 2006 vOxfordshire |
3 | [19][20][21][n 4] |
Melksham | Melksham | 26 August 1912 vBuckinghamshire |
28 July 1922 vBerkshire |
5 | – | – | 0 | [22][23][n 5] |
Marlborough College Ground![]() |
Marlborough | 6 August 1920 vGlamorgan |
8 July 1993 vHerefordshire |
20 | only match: 7 August 1983 vNorfolk |
1 | [24][25][26] | |
London Road | Devizes | 20 August 1965 vBerkshire |
20 July 2014 vDevon |
27 | 31 May 1992 vDorset |
13 May 2013 vSuffolk |
7 | [27][28][29] |
The Worthys | Malmesbury | 26 July 1972 vOxfordshire |
19 August 1976 vDorset |
3 | – | – | 0 | [30][31] |
Savernake Forest Ground | Marlborough | 7 August 1994 vDorset |
16 July 2000 vOxfordshire |
7 | – | – | 0 | [32][33] |
Station Road![]() |
Corsham | 14 June 1998 vBerkshire |
22 June 2014 vDorset |
17 | 1 June 1997 vNorfolk |
15 June 2014 v Norfolk |
11 | [34][35][36] |
Sambourne Road | Warminster | only match: 11 June 2000 vBerkshire |
1 | 27 June 1999 vWarwickshire Cricket Board |
25 May 2014 vWales Minor Counties |
3 | [37][38][39] |
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