List of Derbyshire County Cricket Club grounds

Derbyshire County Cricket Club was established on 4 November 1870. It has since played first-class cricket from 1871, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. The County Ground in Derby has played host to the clubs first home fixtures in all two of the three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1871 against Lancashire; and in Twenty20 cricket against Nottinghamshire in 2003. Queen's Park in Chesterfield played host the clubs first home game List A cricket in 1964 against Essex. Derbyshire have played home matches at 21 grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at the County Ground, which has also held One Day International cricket matches.

The 21 grounds that Derbyshire have used for home matches since 1894 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Derbyshire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
County Ground	Derby	17 August 1871 v Lancashire	23 September 2014 v Leicestershire	7002758000000000000♠758	18 May 1969 v Essex	21 August 2014 v Gloucestershire	7002313000000000000♠313	19 June 2003 v Nottinghamshire	27 June 2014 v Warwickshire	7001470000000000000♠47	[1][2][3][4][n 1]
The Recreation Ground	Wirksworth	only match: 13 July 1874 v Kent		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[5][6]
Saltergate	Chesterfield	3 August 1874 v Lancashire	30 August 1875 v United North of England Eleven	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[7][8]
Recreation Ground	Long Eaton	only match: 7 July 1887 v Lancashire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[9][10]
Queen's Park	Chesterfield	30 June 1898 v Surrey	7 July 2014 v Essex	7002402000000000000♠402	21 May 1966 v Essex	22 July 2012 v Yorkshire	7001860000000000000♠86	15 June 2008 v Yorkshire	13 July 2014 v Yorkshire	7000800000000000000♠8	[11][12][13][14][n 2]
North Road	Glossop	13 July 1899 v Lancashire	12 May 1910 v Lancashire	7001140000000000000♠14	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[15][16]
Miners Welfare Ground	Blackwell	21 June 1909 v Hampshire	21 June 1913 v Northamptonshire	7000700000000000000♠7	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[17][18]
The Town Ground	Burton-on-Trent	7 August 1914 v Leicestershire	2 June 1937 v Lancashire	7001130000000000000♠13	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[19][20][n 3]
The Park	Buxton	20 June 1923 v West Indians	9 August 1986 v Lancashire	7001450000000000000♠45	17 August 1969 v Somerset	10 August 1986 v Lancashire	7000900000000000000♠9	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[21][22][23]
Rutland Recreation Ground	Ilkeston	25 July 1925 v Nottinghamshire	26 May 1994 v Nottinghamshire	7001930000000000000♠93	10 June 1970 v Hampshire	29 May 1994 v Nottinghamshire	7001160000000000000♠16	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[24][25][26]
Ind Coope Ground	Burton-upon-Trent	18 June 1938 v Gloucestershire	2 July 1980 v Leicestershire	7001380000000000000♠38	6 July 1969 v Gloucestershire	5 September 1976 v Worcestershire	7000500000000000000♠5	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[27][28][29][n 4]
Abbeydale Park	Sheffield	20 July 1946 v Sussex	5 July 1947 v Kent	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[30][31][n 5]
Bass Worthington Ground	Burton-upon-Trent	28 June 1975 v Oxford University	23 June 1976 v Cambridge University	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[32][33][n 6]
Trent College Cricket Ground	Long Eaton	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	6 July 1975 v Kent	1 July 1979 v Northamptonshire	7000500000000000000♠5	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[34][35]
Station Road	Darley Dale	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 7 September 1975 v Hampshire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[36][37]
Town Ground	Heanor	only match: 4 July 1987 v Hampshire		7000100000000000000♠1	11 July 1976 v Somerset	3 July 1989 v Glamorgan	7000800000000000000♠8	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[38][39][40][n 7]
Tunstall Road	Knypersley	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	7 July 1985 v Worcestershire	15 July 1990 v Leicestershire	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[41][42][n 8]
Highfield	Leek	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	18 May 1986 v Warwickshire	9 June 2013 v Essex	7000500000000000000♠5	only match: 26 June 2011 v Warwickshire		7000100000000000000♠1	[43][44][45][n 9]
Tean Road Sports Ground	Cheadle	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 12 July 1987 v Glamorgan		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[46][47][n 10]
Repton School Ground	Repton	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 3 July 1988 v Middlesex		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[48][49]
Four Trees	Checkley	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 18 August 1991 v Glamorgan		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[50][51][n 11]

Notes

References

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