Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club was established in 1988, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for the Somerset Second XI who had withdrawn from the Minor Counties Championship at the end of the previous season. The club has played minor counties cricket since, and played List A cricket from 1993 to 2005, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first home minor counties fixture in 1988 was against Shropshire at the Maes-y-Dre Recreation Ground, Welshpool, while their first home List A match came six years later against Middlesex in the 1994 NatWest Trophy at Smithy Lane, Northop Hall.
The 23 grounds that Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club have used for home matches since 1988 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
Grounds Map
List A Below is a complete list of grounds used by Wales Minor Counties 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 Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy Smithy Lane Northop Hall only match:21 June 1994v Middlesex only match:18 August 1993v Oxfordshire 17 May 1992v Staffordshire 11 June 1995v Cumberland Penrhyn Avenue Colwyn Bay only match:24 June 1998v Nottinghamshire 12 June 1988v Shropshire 5 June 2005v Shropshire – – Glamorgan and Wales have played first-class cricket matches here. Glamorgan and the Unicorns have also played List A matches here. Only the List A match played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Denbighshire played Minor Counties Championship matches here between 1930–1935. St Helen's Swansea 23 June 1999v Somerset 4 May 2005v Nottinghamshire 21 August 1989v Devon 26 May 2008v Dorset 20 May 1990v Oxfordshire 4 April 2004v Berkshire Glamorgan have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches here. Only the List A matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Prior to becoming a first-class county in 1921, Glamorgan played Minor Counties Championship matches here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Pontarddulais Park Pontarddulais only match:2 May 2000v Buckinghamshire 30 August 1992v Devon 8 June 2014v Shropshire 20 May 2001v Herefordshire 2 May 2010v Wiltshire Sophia Gardens Cardiff 16 May 2000v Buckinghamshire 29 May 2002v Durham 2 August 1988v Cheshire 8 July 2001v Devon – – Home ground of Glamorgan for first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches. Only the List A matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Burnham Avenue Sully only match:12 September 2002v Cornwall – – – – Pen-y-Pound Abergavenny only match:28 August 2003v Denmark 29 July 2001v Herefordshire 3 August 2014v Dorset 9 May 1999v Herefordshire 1 May 2011v Cornwall Glamorgan have played first-class and List A matches here. Only the List A match played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground is recorded in the table. Monmouthshire and the Glamorgan Second XI have previously Minor Counties Championship matches here. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Lamphey Cricket Club Ground Lamphey only match:5 May 2004v Middlesex only match:30 June 2002v Berkshire – –
Minor Counties Below is a complete list of grounds used by Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. Name Location First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy Maes-y-Dre Recreation Ground Welshpool – – only match:22 May 1988v Shropshire Lower Mill Street Usk 9 August 1988v Wiltshire 22 June 2014v Berkshire 6 June 1993v Shropshire 20 May 2014v Devon The Glamorgan Second XI played one Minor Counties Championship match here in 1949. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Eugene Cross Park Ebbw Vale 16 August 1988v Dorset 20 August 1992v August only match:15 May 2011v Devon Glamorgan have played first-class and List A matches at the ground. Both Monmouthshire and the Glamorgan Second XI have played Minor Counties Championship matches at the ground. Only the Minor Counties Championship matches played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Ammanford Park Ammanford only match:6 June 1989v Buckinghamshire only match:17 May 1998v Warwickshire Cricket Board Recreation Ground Penarth 24 July 1990v Cheshire 11 August 1996v Dorset only match:7 July 2002v Gloucestershire Cricket Board Stradey Park Llanelli only match:26 May 1991v Oxfordshire – – Glamorgan have played first-class and List A cricket at the ground. Carmarthenshire previously played Minor Counties Championship matches at the ground. Only the Minor Counties Championship match played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Hoover's Sports Ground Merthyr Tydfil only match:30 May 1993v Herefordshire – – Glamorgan have played two List A matches at the ground in the 1988 and 1989 Refuge Assurance League. Marchwiel Hall Cricket Ground Marchwiel 17 July 1994v Cornwall 18 June 1995v Wiltshire – – Denbighshire previously played Minor Counties Championship matches at the ground. Only the Minor Counties Championship match played by Wales Minor Counties at the ground are recorded in the table. Panteg House Griffithstown – – only match:9 June 1996v Cornwall Monmouthshire played Minor Counties Championship matches at the ground between 1924–1932. Spytty Park Newport only match:1 August 1999v Herefordshire 7 June 1998v Wiltshire 27 April 1914v Cornwall Main Road Aberdulais only match:6 August 2000v Dorset 30 May 1999v Worcestershire Cricket Board 25 June 2000v Worcestershire Cricket Board Croft-y-Genau Road St Fagans only match:22 August 1999v Berkshire 9 July 2000v Shropshire 27 April 2008v Dorset Marespool Mumbles – – 4 June 2006v Berkshire 2 June 2013v Berkshire Sports Complex Tanyfron – – only match:6 May 2012v Buckinghamshire Denbighshire played Minor Counties Championship matches at the ground in 1930 and 1935. Cresselly Cricket Club Ground Cresselly – – only match:5 May 2013v Staffordshire Glamorgan played a List A match here against Surrey in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy.
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