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List of Oxfordshire County Cricket Club grounds

Oxfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 14 December 1921; prior to that a county club had existed before, with Oxfordshire competing in the first two Minor Counties Championship's in 1895 and 1896, and an Oxfordshire side also appeared in the competition from 1900 to 1906. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1922 and played List A cricket from 1967 to 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Worcestershire at Christ Church Ground, Oxford, while their first home List A match came 75 years later, also against Worcestershire, in the 1970 Gillette Cup at Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley.

The thirty grounds that Oxfordshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

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List A

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by Oxfordshire 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
Christ Church Ground
 
 Oxford 11 July 1981
v Glamorgan		 29 August 2001
v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board		 5 24 June 1895
v Worcestershire		 23 July 2000
v Devon		 73 12 June 1982
v Dorset		 10 June 2001
v Surrey Cricket Board		 16 [1][2][3][4][n 1]
Morris Motors Sports Ground Cowley 25 April 1970
v Worcestershire		 25 June 1975
v Cornwall		 2 30 July 1954
v Buckinghamshire		 7 July 1991
v Berkshire		 32 – – 0 [5][6][7]
Butt's Way
 
 Kingston Blount 21 June 1984
v Somerset		 25 June 1996
v Lancashire		 2 19 July 1987
v Buckinghamshire		 9 August 1998
v Herefordshire		 5 28 June 1998
v Leicestershire Cricket Board		 6 May 2007
v Buckinghamshire		 4 [8][9][10][11]
Vicarage Hill
 
 East Challow only match:
1 May 2001
v Huntingdonshire		   1 27 June 1993
v Wiltshire		 12 June 2011
v Wiltshire		 17 7 June 1998
v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board		 11 May 2014
v Buckinghamshire		 15 [12][13][14][15]
White Post Road Bodicote 29 August 2002
v Lancashire Cricket Board		 31 August 2003
v Herefordshire		 2 29 June 1997
v Dorset		 22 June 2014
v Devon		 17 16 June 2002
v Northamptonshire Cricket Board		 13 July 2008
v Berkshire		 3 [16][17][18][19]

Minor Counties

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by Oxfordshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[n 2]

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Oxford County School Ground Thame 17 July 1895
v Buckinghamshire		 5 August 1898
v Buckinghamshire		 4 – – 0 [20][21]
Britannia Works Ground Banbury 2 August 1895
v Bedfordshire		 1 August 1898
v Berkshire		 4 – – 0 [22][23]
Hertford College Ground
 
 Oxford 26 August 1895
v Norfolk		 17 August 1904
v Suffolk		 13 – – 0 [24][25]
New College Ground
 
 Oxford 14 August 1896
v Wiltshire		 25 August 1939
v Bedfordshire		 13 – – 0 [26][27][n 3]
Merton College Ground Oxford 16 August 1897
v Berkshire		 18 August 1937
v Bedfordshire		 20 – – 0 [28][29]
Burford Road
 
 Shipton-under-Wychwood 26 July 1922
v Berkshire		 13 June 1999
v Shropshire		 9 – – 0 [30][31]
Blenheim
 
 Blenheim only match:
4 August 1922
v Buckinghamshire		   1 – – 0 [32][33][n 4]
St John's College Ground Oxford 27 July 1923
v Cambridgeshire		 30 August 1961
v Berkshire		 8 – – 0 [34][35]
Trinity College Ground Oxford only match:
20 August 1923
v Buckinghamshire		   1 – – 0 [36][37]
Northern Aluminium Company Ground Banbury 1 July 1930
v Monmouthshire		 10 August 1960
v Devon		 13 – – 0 [38][39]
Grange Road Banbury 23 August 1935
v Berkshire		 7 July 2013
v Shropshire		 8 only match:
15 May 2011
v Bedfordshire		   1 [40][41][42]
Lincoln College Ground Oxford 21 August 1936
v Berkshire		 3 August 1938
v Devon		 3 – – 0 [43][44]
St Edward's School Ground Oxford 6 August 1948
v Cornwall		 18 July 1993
v Dorset		 29 – – 0 [45][46]
Smith's Industries Ground Witney 25 August 1950
v Buckinghamshire		 25 August 1967
v Berkshire		 12 – – 0 [47][48]
Roman Way Sports Ground Oxford 8 August 1955
v Cornwall		 31 July 1968
v Wiltshire		 30 – – 0 [49][50]
Pressed Steel Fisher Sports Ground Cowley 10 August 1962
v Wiltshire		 3 August 1997
v Cheshire		 12 only match:
4 June 1994
v Berkshire		   1 [51][52][53]
The Brakspear Ground
 
 Remenham 6 August 1964
v Oxfordshire		 8 June 2014
v Cornwall		 17 27 April 2008
v Herefordshire		 22 April 2012
v Wales Minor Counties		 6 [54][55][56]
Witney Mills Ground Witney 25 August 1969
v Berkshire		 16 August 1979
v Wiltshire		 11 – – 0 [57][58]
Abingdon War Memorial Field
 
 Abingdon 2 August 1980
v Dorset		 10 August 1981
v Devon		 2 – – 0 [59][60]
Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground Banbury 13 August 1980
v Devon		 27 August 1995
v Berkshire		 11 – – 0 [61][62]
Church Meadow
 
 Thame 30 May 1995
v Shropshire		 28 July 2002
v Wiltshire		 8 11 June 1995
v Berkshire		 19 May 1999
v Huntingdonshire		 3 [63][64][65]
University Parks
 
 Oxford only match:
4 July 2000
v Cornwall		   1 – – 0 [66][67][n 5]
Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground
 
 Chesterton 27 July 2003
v Dorset		 17 July 2005
v Berkshire		 3 6 May 2012
v Hertfordshire		 13 July 2014
v Wiltshire		 5 [68][69][70]
Radley College
 
 Abingdon – – 0 3 June 2007
v Wiltshire		 16 May 2010
v Herefordshire		 2 [71][72]
Ledwell Road
 
 Great Tew 7 June 2009
v Dorset		 3 August 2014
v Berkshire		 7 only match:
11 May 2008
v Cheshire		   1 [73][74][75]

Notes

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  1. ^ Oxford University played 37 first-class matches here between 1878–1961. A combined Minor Counties cricket team played two List A matches here in the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Oxfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table. Cambridgeshire and Cheshire played the final of the 1987 MCCA Knockout Trophy here. Only the MCCA Knockout Trophy matches played by Oxfordshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  2. ^ Oxfordshire played 42 Minor Counties Championship matches in Oxford, for which the location upon which the matches were played is not recorded. The venue is given the conjectural name of Oxford.
  3. ^ Oxford University played two first-class matches here in 1906 and 1907.
  4. ^ The exact name and location of the ground used in Blenheim is not known.
  5. ^ Oxford University have played first-class and List A matches.

References

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  1. ^ "Christ Church Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ "List A Matches played on Christ Church Ground, Oxford (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Christ Church Ground, Oxford (73)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Christ Church Ground, Oxford (15)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. ^ "List A Matches played on Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley (32)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  8. ^ "The Butts Way, Kingston Blount". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. ^ "List A Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Vicarage Hill, East Challow". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  13. ^ "List A Matches played on Vicarage Hill, East Challow (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Vicarage Hill, East Challow (17)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Vicarage Hill, East Challow (15)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  16. ^ "White Post Road, Bodicote". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  17. ^ "List A Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (17)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Oxford County School Ground, Thame". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  21. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Oxford County School Ground, Thame (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Britannia Works Ground, Banbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  23. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Britannia Works Ground, Banbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  24. ^ "Hertford College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  25. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Hertford College Ground, Oxford (13)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  26. ^ "New College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  27. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on New College Ground, Oxford (13)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  28. ^ "Merton College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  29. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Merton College Ground, Oxford (20)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  30. ^ "Burford Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  31. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Burford Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  32. ^ "Blenheim, Blenheim". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  33. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Blenheim, Blenheim (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  34. ^ "St John's College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  35. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St John's College Ground, Oxford (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  36. ^ "Trinity College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  37. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Trinity College Ground, Oxford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  38. ^ "Northern Aluminium Company Ground, Banbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  39. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Northern Aluminium Company Ground, Banbury (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  40. ^ "Grange Road, Banbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  41. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  42. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (1)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  43. ^ "Lincoln College Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  44. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Lincoln College Ground, Oxford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  45. ^ "St Edward's School Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  46. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Edward's School Ground, Oxford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  47. ^ "Smith's Industries Ground, Witney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  48. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Smith's Industries Ground, Witney (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  49. ^ "Roman Way Sports Ground, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  50. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Roman Way Sports Ground, Oxford (20)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  51. ^ "Pressed Steel Fisher Sports Ground, Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  52. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Pressed Steel Fisher Sports Ground, Cowley (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  53. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Pressed Steel Fisher Sports Ground, Cowley (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  54. ^ "The Brakspear Ground, Remenham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  55. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Brakspear Ground, Remenham (17)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  56. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Brakspear Ground, Remenham (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  57. ^ "Witney Mills Ground, Witney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  58. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Witney Mills Ground, Witney (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  59. ^ "Abingdon War Memorial Field, Abingdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  60. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Abingdon War Memorial Field, Abingdon (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  61. ^ "Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground, Banbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  62. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground, Banbury (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  63. ^ "Church Meadow, Thame". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  64. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Church Meadow, Thame (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  65. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Church Meadow, Thame (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  66. ^ "University Parks, Oxford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  67. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on University Parks, Oxford (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  68. ^ "Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground, Chesterton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  69. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground, Chesterton (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  70. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground, Chesterton (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  71. ^ "Radley College Bigside Ground, Abingdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  72. ^ "Minor Trophy Championship Matches played on Radley College Bigside Ground, Abingdon (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  73. ^ "Ledwell Road, Great Tew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  74. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ledwell Road, Great Tew (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  75. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ledwell Road, Great Tew (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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