List of Sussex County Cricket Club grounds

Sussex County Cricket Club was established on 1 March 1839.^[1] Since then, they have played first-class and List A cricket at a number of different home grounds. Their first home first-class match was against Kent in 1839 at the Royal New Ground, Brighton. The current headquarters of Sussex County Cricket Club is the County Ground, which located in Hove.^[1] This venue has also has held a single One Day International between India and South Africa in the 1999 World Cup.^[2]

As of 5 August 2012, Sussex have played 3,345 first-class matches and 919 List A matches at seventeen different home grounds. They have also played 97 Twenty20 matches in England, with 45 of their homes games having been played at the County Ground, Hove, and three at Arundel Castle Cricket Ground. The seventeen grounds that Sussex have used for home matches are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2012 season.

Grounds

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A
Royal New Ground	Brighton	1 July 1839 v Kent	27 September 1847 v England	7001230000000000000♠23	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[3][4]
Lillywhite's Ground	Brighton	only match: 29 August 1842 v England		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[5][6]
Royal Brunswick Ground	Hove	13 July 1848 v Nottinghamshire	17 July 1871 v Surrey	7001640000000000000♠64	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[7][8]
Petworth Park New Ground	Petworth	only match: 19 July 1849 v Surrey		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[9][10]
Priory Park	Chichester	7 June 1852 v All-England Eleven	28 June 1950 v Glamorgan	7001190000000000000♠19	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[11][12]
E Tredcroft's Ground	Horsham	11 August 1853 v Marylebone Cricket Club	6 August 1955 v Marylebone Cricket Club	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[13][14]
The Dripping Pan	Lewes	4 September 1854 v United All-England Eleven	9 August 1860 v Marylebone Cricket Club	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[15][16]
East Sussex Cricket Ground	St Leonards-on-Sea	only match: 10 September 1857 v Marylebone Cricket Club		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[17][18]
Central Recreation Ground	Hastings	4 September 1865 v Kent	16 August 1989 v Middlesex	7002228000000000000♠228	8 July 1973 v Yorkshire	20 August 1989 v Middlesex	7001140000000000000♠14	[19][20][21]
Ashford Road	Eastbourne	22 August 1867 v Kent	25 August 1873 v Kent	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[22][23]
County Ground	Hove	6 June 1872 v Gloucestershire	still in use	7003116600000000000♠1,166	12 June 1963 v Yorkshire	still in use	7002372000000000000♠372	[24][25][26]
The Saffrons	Eastbourne	1 July 1897 v Middlesex	16 August 2000 v Northamptonshire	7002226000000000000♠226	19 July 1970 v Essex	20 August 2000 v Northamptonshire	7001320000000000000♠32	[27][28][29]
Cricket Field Road Ground	Horsham	15 June 1908 v Essex	still in use	7002101000000000000♠101	16 May 1971 v Leicestershire	still in use	7001320000000000000♠32	[30][31][32]
Manor Sports Ground	Worthing	26 June 1935 v Oxford University	10 June 1964 v Nottinghamshire	7001430000000000000♠43	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[33][34]
Arundel Castle Cricket Ground	Arundel	25 July 1990 v Hampshire	still in use	7001290000000000000♠29	20 July 1972 v Gloucestershire	still in use	7001190000000000000♠19	[35][36][37]
Pagham Cricket Club Ground	Pagham	23 June 1976 v Oxford University	27 June 1979 v Oxford University	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[38][39]
Horntye Park	Hastings	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	7 May 2000 v Zimbabweans	26 May 2008 v Essex	7000500000000000000♠5	[40][41]

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