List of Bedfordshire County Cricket Club grounds
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Bedfordshire County Cricket Club was established on 3 November 1899. Prior to that a county club had existed, with the team competing in the first Minor Counties Championship in 1895. The newly established team has competed in the Minor Counties Championship since 1900, in the Minor Counties Trophy since it was established in 1983, and in the Minor Counties Twenty20 Competition sine its establishment in 2015.[a] It also played List A cricket between 1967 and 2005. The county has used a number of home grounds during this period.
The county's first home minor counties fixture in 1895 was against Hertfordshire at Bedford School. Their first home List A match came 72 years later against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup at Wardown Park, Luton. The team have played the majority of their minor counties fixtures at Bedford School and Wardown Park.
The 18 grounds that Bedfordshire have used for home matches since 1895 are listed below.
- As of 20 September 2025
| Name | Location | List A | NCCA Champ | NCCA Trophy | NCCA T20 | First match | Last match | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford School Ground | Bedford | 0[b] | 183 | 6 | 2 | 5 August 1895 v Hertfordshire |
23 July 2023 v Northumberland |
[1] |
| Dunstable Grammar School Ground | Dunstable | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 August 1895 v Wiltshire |
27 June 1905 v Northumberland |
[2] |
| Bell Close | Leighton Buzzard | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 1895 v Buckinghamshire |
31 July 1994 v Cumberland |
[3] |
| Bedford County School Ground | Bedford | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 June 1900 v Staffordshire |
24 June 1914 v Suffolk |
[4] |
| Luton Hoo Park | Luton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 August 1900 v Oxfordshire |
9 August 1901 v Oxfordshire |
[5] |
| Bedford Modern School Ground | Bedford | 0[c] | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 June 1901 v Surrey Second XI |
7 July 2019 v Hertfordshire |
[6] |
| Wardown Park | Luton | 13[d] | 131[e] | 7 | 2 | 6 August 1906 v Buckinghamshire |
29 June 2025 v Oxfordshire |
[7] |
| Goldington Bury | Bedford | 3[f] | 33 | 3 | 0 | 30 July 1913 v Buckinghamshire |
27 July 2003 v Northumberland |
[8] |
| WH Allen's Sports Ground | Biddenham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 1920 v Norfolk |
– | [9] |
| Goldington Road | Bedford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 June 1925 v Kent Second XI |
9 June 1930 v Buckinghamshire |
[10] |
| Southill Park | Southill | 0[g] | 20 | 8 | 2 | 22 July 1972 v Hertfordshire |
25 May 2025 v Wales National Counties |
[11] |
| Bull Pond Lane | Dunstable | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 1972 v Shropshire |
9 June 1991 v Staffordshire |
[12] |
| Vauxhall Motors Ground | Luton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 July 1973 v Cambridgeshire |
12 July 1975 v Cambridgeshire |
[13] |
| The Pyghties | Henlow | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 23 July 1973 v Shropshire |
5 July 1998 v Northumberland |
[14] |
| Grange Lane | Cople | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1[h] | 19 May 1991 v Buckinghamshire |
28 June 2015 v Cambridgeshire |
[15] |
| Lancot Park | Totternhoe | 1[i] | 17 | 15 | 8 | 17 July 1994 v Northumberland |
20 July 2025 v Cumbria |
[16] |
| The Vale | Westoning | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 June 2000 v Northumberland |
10 August 2025 v Norfolk |
[17] |
| Ampthill Park | Ampthill | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 May 2006 v Lincolnshire |
6 May 2024 v Berkshire |
[18] |
Notes
- ↑ The Minor Counties were renamed the National Counties ahead of the 2020 cricket season.
- ↑ Northants played two List A fixtures on the ground, one in 1971 and one in 1982. The county has also played Second XI matches on the ground.
- ↑ Women's Twenty20 cricket has been played on the ground.
- ↑ Northants played 11 first-class, 24 List A, and one Twenty20 match on the ground between 1973 and 2004. The Minor Counties cricket team played a single List A match on the ground in 1998, with Northants as the opposition and a women's first-class match was played on the ground in 1963. The ground has also been used by Northants, Minor Counties under-25s, and Unicorns for Second XI cricket.
- ↑ The Minor County Championship final was held on the ground three times, in 1990, 1991 and 1997. The 1997 final saw Bedfordshire play as the home team. This match is included in the count.
- ↑ Minor Counties South also played a List A match on the ground in 1975.
- ↑ Women\s List A cricket has been played on the ground.
- ↑ The only Twenty20 match played on the ground was a 2015 play off match between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
- ↑ Women's Twenty20 cricket has been played on the ground which has also been used for Second XI cricket by Northants and Minor Counties under-25.
References
- ↑ Bedford School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Dunstable Grammar School, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Bell Close, Leighton Buzzard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Bedford County School Ground, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Luton Hoo Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Bedford Modern School, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Wardown Park, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Goldington Bury, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ WH Allen's Sports Ground, Biddenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Goldington Road, Bedford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Southill Park, Southill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Vauxhall Motors Ground, Luton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ The Pyghties, Henlow, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Grange Lane, Cople, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Lancot Park, Totternhoe, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ The Vale, Westoning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ↑ Ampthill Park, Ampthill, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2025. (subscription required)
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