| Ground Name: | Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground |
| Country: | England |
| Location: | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Establishment: | 1856 (first recorded match) |
| End1: | Palmer Road End |
| End2: | Hospital End |
| Year3: | 1990-1991 |
| Club3: | Minor Counties |
| Year2: | 1989 |
| Club2: | Gloucestershire |
| Year1: | 1895-present |
| Club1: | Wiltshire |
| Date: | 10 August |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799.html Ground profile |
Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The ground is the main home ground of Wiltshire County Cricket Club. The ground is made up of 2 full size cricket pitches, 2 huts used for scoring, artificial pitches with cricket nets, a car park and a pavilion.
The first recorded match on the ground was in 1856, when Trowbridge played an All England Eleven.[1] The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Wiltshire played Bedfordshire in 1895. From 1895 to present, the ground has hosted 121 Minor Counties Championship matches[2] and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[3]
The ground has hosted a single first-class match, which came in 1990 when a combined Minor Counties side played the touring Indians.[4] The Indian team contained the likes of Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar.
The ground has also hosted List-A matches. The first List-A match played on the ground was between Wiltshire and Yorkshire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. The ground has hosted 2 further List-A matches involving Wiltshire, against Surrey in the 1990 NatWest Trophy and Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. Gloucestershire used the ground for a single List-A match against Hampshire in 1989. In 1991, a combined Minor Counties team used the ground for 2 matches in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup.[5]
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Trowbridge Cricket Club whose1st XI play in the West of England Premier League Wiltshire division.[6] The ground has undergone a raft of improvements over the last 10 years leading to much improved changing facilities and improvements to bar areas and stages.