List of Devon County Cricket Club grounds explained

Devon County Cricket Club was established on 26 November 1899. It has since played minor counties cricket from 1901 and played List A cricket from 1969 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1901 was against Wiltshire at Gras Lawn, Exeter, while their first home List A match came 77 years later against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup at the Recreation Ground, Torquay.

The twenty grounds that Devon have used for home matches since 1901 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 Devon 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 LocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
List AMinor Counties ChampionshipMCCA Trophy
Recreation Ground
8 June 2014
v Cheshire
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
County Ground, Exeter
  [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
The Maer Ground
17 August 2014
v Berkshire
[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Minor Counties

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Devon County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.

Name LocationFirstLastMatchesFirstLastMatchesRefs
Minor Counties ChampionshipMCCA Trophy
Gras Lawn  -  - [16] [17] [18]
United Services Ground  -  - [19] [20]
Kelly College Ground
 -  - [21] [22]
Cricketfield Road
   -  - [23] [24]
Fortfield Road
[25] [26] [27]
The Newton Abbot and District Recreational Ground
 -  - [28] [29]
 -  - [30] [31]
Sandhills
[32] [33] [34]
  [35] [36] [37]
Queen's Park
 -  - [38] [39]
Court Lane  -  - [40] [41]
Pilton Ground    -  - [42] [43]
St Thomas Cricket Club Ground  -  - [44] [45]
The Ring
   -  - [46] [47]
Kate Brook 31 July 1979
v Dorset
 -  - [48] [49]
Recreation Ground
[50] [51] [52]
Ottermouth
[53] [54] [55]
The War Memorial Playing Fields
 -  -   [56] [57]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Recreation Ground, Torquay . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  2. Web site: List A Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Torquay (5) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  3. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Torquay (68) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  4. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Recreation Ground, Torquay (9) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  5. Twelve first-class cricket matches have been played on the ground: firstly during the 1950s the ground was used by the South of England cricket team in the North v South fixture on five occasions, and the ground also saw use by an England XI against the Commonwealth XI cricket team on four occasions during the same period. A combined Minor Counties cricket team later played three first-class matches there against touring international sides in the 1970s. Somerset played five List A matches there between 1969 and 1975. Minor Counties West also played one List A match here in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. Only the List A matches played by Devon at the ground are recorded in the table.
  6. Web site: County Ground, Exeter . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  7. Web site: List A Matches played on County Ground, Exeter (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  8. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on County Ground, Exeter (149) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  9. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on County Ground, Exeter (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  10. Two first-class cricket matches have been played at the ground. The first was between the West of England cricket team and the touring New Zealanders in 1927; the second was between a combined Minor Counties cricket team and the touring West Indians in 1928.
  11. Web site: The Maer Ground, Exmouth . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  12. Web site: List A Matches played on The Maer Ground, Exmouth (16) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  13. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Maer Ground, Exmouth (54) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  14. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Maer Ground, Exmouth (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  15. The Unicorns cricket team also played two List A matches at the ground in the 2010 and 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. Only the List A matches played by Devon at the ground are recorded in the table.
  16. Web site: Gras Lawn, Exeter . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  17. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Gras Lawn, Exeter (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  18. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Racecourse Ground, Hereford (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-17.
  19. Web site: United Services Ground, Plymouth . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  20. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on United Services Ground, Plymouth (17) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  21. Web site: Kelly College Ground, Tavistock . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  22. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Kelly College Ground, Tavistock (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  23. Web site: Cricketfield Road, Torquay . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  24. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cricketfield Road, Torquay (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  25. Web site: Fortfield Road, Sidmouth . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  26. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Fortfield Road, Sidmouth (39) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  27. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Fortfield Road, Sidmouth (7) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  28. Web site: The Newton Abbot and District Recreational Ground, Newton Abbot . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  29. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Newton Abbot and District Recreational Ground, Newton Abbot (12) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  30. Web site: Peverell Park, Plymouth . CricketArchive . 2 August 2023. subscription.
  31. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Peverell Park, Plymouth (20) . CricketArchive . 2 August 2023. subscription.
  32. Web site: Sandhills, Instow . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  33. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sandhills, Instow (18) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  34. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Sandhills, Instow (9) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  35. Web site: Blundell's School, Tiverton . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  36. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Blundell's School, Tiverton (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  37. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Blundell's School, Tiverton (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  38. Web site: Queen's Park, Paignton . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  39. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Queen's Park, Paignton (16) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  40. Web site: Court Lane, Seaton . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  41. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Court Lane, Seaton (8) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  42. Web site: Pilton Ground, Barnstaple . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  43. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Pilton Ground, Barnstaple (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  44. Web site: St Thomas Cricket Club Ground, Exeter . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  45. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Thomas Cricket Club Ground, Exeter (7) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  46. Web site: The Ring, Tavistock . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  47. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Ring, Tavistock (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  48. Web site: Kate Brook, Chudleigh . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  49. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Kate Brook, Chudleigh (2) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  50. Web site: Recreation Ground, Bovey Tracey . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  51. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Bovey Tracey (27) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  52. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Recreation Ground, Bovey Tracey (9) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  53. Web site: Ottermouth, Budleigh Salterton . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  54. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Ottermouth, Budleigh Salterton (4) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  55. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Ottermouth, Budleigh Salterton (3) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  56. Web site: The War Memorial Playing Fields, Chagford . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.
  57. Web site: Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The War Memorial Playing Fields, Chagford (1) . CricketArchive . 2015-01-18.