List of Kent County Cricket Club grounds
This is a list of grounds that Kent County Cricket Club have used since the formation of the first county club in August 1842. The club has used 29 grounds for first-class, List A and Twenty20 home matches. Prior to the formation of the first county club an informal county team had appeared in first-class matches from 1773 and cricket had been played in the county from at least the 17th century.
White Hart Field in Bromley played host to the clubs first home fixture in first-class cricket against an All England cricket team in 1842. The county was based at the Beverley Ground in Canterbury until 1846 and the Canterbury Cricket Week was first established at this ground. From 1847 the base for the county moved to the St Lawrence Ground, also in Canterbury. This is still the main ground for the county and hosts the majority of home matches. The ground is famous for having a tree, the St Lawrence Lime, on the playing area.
Unusually for a first-class county, Kent have played over 100 home fixtures at seven grounds. The out-grounds still in use as of 2016 are the Nevill Ground in Tunbridge Wells, which hosts the annual Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week, and the County Cricket Ground, Beckenham.
The 29 grounds that Kent have used for home matches since 1842 are listed below. Not recorded as a home ground is The Oval in London, which is the home ground of Surrey. Kent hired The Oval for a match against Essex in the 2010 Friends Provident t20.[1][2]
Grounds
Below is a list of grounds used by Kent County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches. Grounds are listed in order of their first use by the county. The count only includes matches where Kent were the home team. Many grounds have been used by other teams, including for international matches.[n 1]
Updated 30 May 2016
Notes
- ↑ Matches known to have been abandoned without a ball being bowled are excluded from the count.
- ↑ A first-class match between Kent and England was played on the ground in 1841 prior to the official formation of Kent County Cricket Club in August 1842.
- ↑ Three first class matches were played on the ground by Kent sides prior to the official formation of Kent County Cricket Club in August 1842. The Gentlemen of Kent played five first-class matches at the ground. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent after the formation of the county cricket club are recorded in the table.
- ↑ The North v South first-class fixture was played at the ground five times between 1854–1883. Additionally, one Married v Single first-class match was played here, as well as a first-class fixture involving a combined Kent and Sussex cricket team against an All-England Eleven. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent are recorded in the table.
- ↑ A number of other matches have taken place at the St Lawrence Ground. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent County Cricket Club are recorded in the table.
- ↑ The South played two first-class matches here against the touring Australians in 1884 and 1886. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent are recorded in the table.
- ↑ The Kent Cricket Board played five List A matches here between 1999–2002. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Kent County Cricket Club are recorded in the table.
- ↑ Crystal Palace Park later served as the home ground for London County Cricket Club in first-class matches from 1900–1904. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent are recorded in the table.
- ↑ Prior to the formation of Kent County Cricket Club in August 1842, a team representative of Kent played ten first-class matches here between 1836–1841. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent after the formation of the county cricket club are recorded in the table.
- ↑ The Royal Navy played two first-class matches here in 1929 against the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Royal Air Force. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent are recorded in the table.
- ↑ Several teams have played first-class cricket at Cheriton Road, including a single List A match played by The Kent Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Hampshire. Only the matches played at the ground by Kent County Cricket Club are recorded in the table. Only the List A matches played at the ground by Kent are recorded in the table.
- ↑ The Combined Services cricket team played two first-class matches here in 1949 against Kent and the touring New Zealanders. Only the first-class matches played at the ground by Kent where they were the home team are recorded in the table.
References
- ↑ Kent to stage home T20 Cup clash at the Brit Oval, Kent Online, 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ Kent play host at The Oval but home from home no help against Essex, The Guardian, 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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- ↑ Foxglove Road, Beckenham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ First-Class Matches played on The Rectory Field, Blackheath, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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