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 Hertfordshire at Bedford School, while their first home List A match came 72 years later against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup at Wardown 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.
Grounds
List A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List A | Minor Counties Championship | MCCA Trophy | |||||||||
Wardown Park | Luton | 26 April 1967 v Northamptonshire | 4 May 2005 v Sussex | 13 | 6 August 1906 v Buckinghamshire | 8 June 2014 v Suffolk | 127 | 9 June 1996 v Oxfordshire | 20 June 2004 v Cornwall | 4 | [1][2][3][4][n 1] |
Goldington Bury | Bedford | 25 May 1968 v Hampshire | 26 June 1991 v Worcestershire | 3 | 11 August 1967 v Hertfordshire | 27 July 2003 v Northumberland | 32 | 31 May 1998 v Surrey Cricket Board | 25 June 2000 v Leicestershire Cricket Board | 3 | [5][6][7][8][n 2] |
Lancot Park | Totternhoe | only match: 29 August 2001 v Derbyshire Cricket Board | 1 | 17 July 1994 v Northumberland | 8 July 2012 v Northumberland | 14 | 21 July 1996 v Wales Minor Counties | 4 May 2014 v Norfolk | 8 | [9][10][11][12] | |
Minor Counties
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 v Hertfordshire | 21 July 2013 v Hertfordshire | 181 | 6 June 1993 v Cambridgeshire | 17 May 2009 v Cumberland | 5 | [13][14][15][n 3] |
| Dunstable Grammar School Ground | Dunstable | 19 August 1895 v Wiltshire | 27 June 1905 v Northumberland | 6 | – | – | 0 | [16][17] |
| Bell Close | Leighton Buzzard | 29/30 July 1891 v Buckinghamshire | 31 July 1994 v Cumberland | 5 | – | – | 0 | [18][19] |
| Bedford County School Ground | Bedford | 21 June 1900 v Staffordshire | 24 June 1914 v Suffolk | 13 | – | – | 0 | [20][21] |
| Luton Hoo Park | Luton | 17 August 1900 v Oxfordshire | 9 August 1901 v Oxfordshire | 2 | – | – | 0 | [22][23] |
Bedford Modern School Ground | Bedford | 10 June 1901 v Surrey Second XI | 20 July 2014 v Cambridgeshire | 10 | only match: 9 May 2010 v Oxfordshire | 1 | [24][25][26] | |
| WH Allen's Sports Ground | Biddenham | only match: 21 July 1920 v Norfolk | 1 | – | – | 0 | [27][28] | |
| Goldington Road | Bedford | only match: 9 June 1930 v Buckinghamshire | 1 | – | – | 0 | [29][30] | |
| Southill Park | Southill | 22 July 1972 v Hertfordshire | 13 August 2000 v Cambridgeshire | 20 | 18 June 1989 v Hertfordshire | 9 June 2002 v Hertfordshire | 4 | [31][32][33] |
| Bull Pond Lane | Dunstable | 24 July 1972 v Shropshire | 9 June 1991 v Staffordshire | 15 | – | – | 0 | [34][35] |
| Vauxhall Motors Ground | Luton | 15 July 1973 v Cambridgeshire | 12 July 1975 v Cambridgeshire | 3 | – | – | 0 | [36][37] |
| The Pyghties | Henlow | 23 July 1973 v Shropshire | 5 July 1998 v Northumberland | 22 | only match: 4 June 1989 v Cambridgeshire | 1 | [38][39][40] | |
| Grange Lane | Cople | – | – | 0 | 19 May 1991 v Buckinghamshire | 18 May 2014 v Hertfordshire | 4 | [41][42] |
| The Vale | Westoning | 4 June 2000 v Northumberland | 15 July 2001 v Staffordshire | 2 | 16 June 2002 v Essex Cricket Board | 18 May 2008 v Shropshire | 4 | [43][44][45] |
Ampthill Park | Ampthill | 9 June 2013 v Buckinghamshire | 17 August 2014 v Lincolnshire | 2 | 14 May 2006 v Lincolnshire | 8 May 2011 v Hertfordshire | 6 | [46][47][48] |