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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club was established on 31 July 1878. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed in the competition until 1904, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1905 season. It has since played first-class cricket from 1905, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. The County Ground in Northampton has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1905 against Leicestershire; in List A cricket in 1963 against Warwickshire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Somerset in 2003. Northamptonshire have played home matches at sixteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at the County Ground, which has also held One Day Internationals.

The sixteen grounds that Northamptonshire 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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Minor county

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1905.

Name Location First Last Matches Refs
Minor Counties Championship
County Ground
 Northampton 7 August 1895
v Staffordshire		 22 August 1904
v Durham		 49 [1][2]

First-class county

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1905.

Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
First-class List A Twenty20
County Ground
 Northampton 5 June 1905
v Leicestershire		 23 September 2014
v Sussex		 1,019 22 May 1963
v Warwickshire		 21 August 2014
v Essex		 376 20 June 2003
v Somerset		 23 July 2014
v Nottinghamshire		 55 [1][3][4][5][n 1]
Town Ground Peterborough 7 June 1906
v Warwickshire		 18 June 1966
v Essex		 46 – – 0 – – 0 [6][7]
Town Ground Kettering 7 July 1923
v Glamorgan		 21 August 1971
v Surrey		 65 21 June 1970
v Sussex		 10 June 1973
v Glamorgan		 4 – – 0 [8][9][10]
Town Ground Rushden 28 June 1924
v Dublin University		 18 May 1963
v Lancashire		 22 – – 0 – – 0 [11][12]
Ideal Clothiers Ground Wellingborough only match:
22 June 1929
v Oxford University		   1 – – 0 – – 0 [13][14]
Wellingborough School Ground Wellingborough 10 August 1946
v Hampshire		 19 July 1991
v Nottinghamshire		 43 9 August 1970
v Worcestershire		 21 July 1991
v Nottinghamshire		 17 – – 0 [15][16][17]
Baker Perkins Sports Ground Peterborough 24 June 1967
v Kent		 14 June 1969
v Warwickshire		 3 15 June 1969
v Lancashire		 23 June 1974
v Warwickshire		 5 – – 0 [18][19][20]
Westminster Road Brackley – – 0 18 July 1971
v Gloucestershire		 7 September 1975
v Nottinghamshire		 4 – – 0 [21][22]
Bedford School Ground Bedford – – 0 1 August 1971
v Essex		 23 May 1982
v Lancashire		 2 – – 0 [23][24][n 2]
Wardown Park
 Luton 21 June 1986
v Yorkshire		 26 June 1997
v Gloucestershire		 11 24 June 1973
v Nottinghamshire		 21 May 1996
v Indians		 24 only match:
5 July 2004
v Worcestershire		   1 [25][26][27][28][n 3]
London Road Tring – – 0 9 June 1974
v Middlesex		 7 July 1991
v Surrey		 16 – – 0 [29][30][n 4]
Denton Road Horton – – 0 24 May 1976
v Essex		 7 May 1977
v Minor Counties East		 2 – – 0 [31][32]
Manor Fields
 Bletchley 17 May 1980
v West Indians		 13 June 1987
v Pakistanis		 3 22 August 1976
v Lancashire		 28 August 1983
v Middlesex		 7 – – 0 [33][34][35][n 5]
Dolben Cricket Ground
 Finedon – – 0 13 July 1986
v Derbyshire		 23 July 1989
v Nottinghamshire		 3 – – 0 [36][37]
Campbell Park
 Milton Keynes – – 0 8 June 1997
v Nottinghamshire		 29 July 2014
v Worcestershire		 3 22 June 2005
v Gloucestershire		 29 June 2011
v Worcestershire		 4 [38][39][40][n 6]
Stowe School Ground
 Stowe – – 0 only match:
19 June 2005
v Gloucestershire		   1 – – 0 [41][42][n 7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the first-class and List A matches played by Northamptonshire at the ground are recorded in the table.
  2. ^ Bedford School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire.
  3. ^ Wardown Park is located in the adjacent county of Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire played List A matches here between 1967–2005, while a combined Minor Counties cricket team played one List A match here as the home team against Northamptonshire in the 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire in which they were the home team are recorded in the table.
  4. ^ London Road is located two counties to the south of Northamptonshire in Hertfordshire.
  5. ^ Manor Fields is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire.
  6. ^ Campbell Park is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire. A First-Class Counties Select XI played one first-class match here against New Zealand A in 2000. The touring New Zealanders and Sri Lanka A played a List A match here in 1999. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Northamptonshire are recorded in the table.
  7. ^ Stowe School Ground is located in the adjacent county of Buckinghamshire.

References

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  1. ^ a b "County Ground, Northampton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (49)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (1,019)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "List A Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (376)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played on County Ground, Northampton (55)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Town Ground, Peterborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Peterborough (46)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Town Ground, Kettering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  9. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering (65)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  10. ^ "List A Matches played on Town Ground, Kettering (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Town Ground, Rushden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  12. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Town Ground, Rushden (22)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Ideal Clothiers Ground, Wellingborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  14. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Ideal Clothiers Ground, Wellingborough (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  16. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough (43)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  17. ^ "List A Matches played on Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough (17)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Baker Perkins Sports Ground, Peterborough". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  19. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Baker Perkins Sports Ground, Peterborough (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  20. ^ "List A Matches played on Baker Perkins Sports Ground, Peterborough (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Westminster Road, Brackley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  22. ^ "List A Matches played on Westminster Road, Brackley (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  23. ^ "Bedford School Ground, Bedford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  24. ^ "List A Matches played on Bedford School Ground, Bedford (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  25. ^ "Wardown Park, Luton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  26. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Wardown Park, Luton (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  27. ^ "List A Matches played on Wardown Park, Luton (24)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  28. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played on Wardown Park, Luton (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  29. ^ "London Road, Tring". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  30. ^ "List A Matches played on London Road, Tring (16)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  31. ^ "Denton Road, Horton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  32. ^ "List A Matches played on Denton Road, Horton (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  33. ^ "Manor Fields, Bletchley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  34. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Manor Fields, Bletchley (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  35. ^ "List A Matches played on Manor Fields, Bletchley (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  36. ^ "Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  37. ^ "List A Matches played on Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  38. ^ "Campbell Park, Milton Keynes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  39. ^ "List A Matches played on Campbell Park, Milton Keynes (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  40. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played on Campbell Park, Milton Keynes (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  41. ^ "Stowe School Ground, Stowe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  42. ^ "List A Matches played on Stowe School Ground, Stowe (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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