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List of Dorset County Cricket Club grounds

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List of Dorset County Cricket Club grounds is located in Dorset
Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum
Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum
St Mary's Field
St Mary's Field
Day's Park
Day's Park
Royal Army Corps Ground
Royal Army Corps Ground
Earl of Shaftebury's Ground
Earl of Shaftebury's Ground
Bournemouth Sports Club
Bournemouth Sports Club
The Recreation Ground, Dorchester
The Recreation Ground, Dorchester
Redlands Sports Ground
Redlands Sports Ground
Cockram's Ground
Cockram's Ground
The Terrace Playing Fields
The Terrace Playing Fields
Hanhams
Hanhams
Merley Park
Merley Park
Weymouth College Ground
Weymouth College Ground
Locations of grounds used by Dorset

The Dorset County Cricket Club was established in February 1896. Since then, it has played minor counties cricket since 1897 and played List A cricket from 1968 to 2004, using a different number of home grounds during that time. Their first minor counties fixture in 1897 was against Wiltshire at the Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum, while their first List A match came 71 years later against Bedfordshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup at Sherborne School. The club is based at Dean Park, Bournemouth, which also held first-class and List A cricket for Hampshire from 1897 to 1992.

The seventeen grounds that Dorset have used for home matches since 1897 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2012 season.

Grounds

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List A

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by Dorset 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 Location First Last Matches First Last Matches First Last Matches Refs
List A Minor Counties Championship MCCA Trophy
Sherborne School
Sherborne only match:
8 June 1992
v Bedfordshire
  1 5 August 1902
v Devon
25 May 1997
v Herefordshire
69 3 June 1984
v Wiltshire
still in use 14 [1][2][3][4]
Dean Park
Bournemouth 29 June 1983
v Essex
5 May 2004
v Yorkshire
8 13 August 1982
v Devon
still in use 60 2 June 1985
v Cornwall
still in use 22 [5][6][7][8][n 1]

Minor Counties

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Below is a complete list of grounds used by the Dorset County 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
Recreation Ground Blandford Forum 16 August 1897
v Wiltshire
18 August 1981
v Wiltshire
38 0 [9][10]
St Mary's Field Bridport 21 July 1902
v Wiltshire
7 August 1939
v Cornwall
25 0 [11][12]
Weymouth College Ground Weymouth 23 August 1902
v Surrey Second XI
5 August 1935
v Cornwall
12 0 [13][14]
Poole Park Poole 15 July 1903
v Staffordshire
26 August 1981
v Oxfordshire
60 0 [15][16]
Recreation Ground
Dorchester 1 July 1908
v Surrey Second XI
30 July 1996
v Cheshire
59 2 May 2010
v Bedfordshire
5 June 2011
v Hertfordshire
2 [17][18][19]
Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground Wimborne St Giles 18 August 1909
v Wiltshire
19 August 1914
v Wiltshire
5 0 [20][21]
Merley Park Wimborne 27 July 1934
v Oxfordshire
21 August 1939
v Wiltshire
7 0 [22][23]
Canford School Ground
Canford Magna 16 August 1937
v Oxfordshire
12 June 1994
v Oxfordshire
14 0 [24][25]
Redlands Sports Ground Weymouth 15 August 1951
v Cornwall
11 June 2000
v Shropshire
59 24 July 1988
v Cambridgeshire
15 May 2011
v Herefordshire
4 [26][27][28]
Royal Army Corps Ground Bovington only match:
8 June 1992
v Oxfordshire
  1 0 [29][30]
Terrace Ground Sherborne 7 August 1957
v Wiltshire
22 August 1962
v Oxfordshire
7 0 [31][32]
Hanhams Cricket Ground
Wimborne 30 August 1957
v Oxfordshire
24 July 1979
v Berkshire
11 0 [33][34]
Cockram's Ground Shaftesbury 19 August 1960
v Oxfordshire
13 August 1971
v Devon
4 0 [35][36]
Bournemouth Sports Club
Bournemouth 1 August 1962
v Cornwall
10 September 2000
v Cumberland
9 0 [37][38]
Day's Park Swanage 22 August 1969
v Wiltshire
17 August 1970
v Oxfordshire
2 0 [39][40]

Notes

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  1. ^ Hampshire played first-class and List A cricket at Dean Park from 1897 to 1992. Only the List A matches played by Dorset at the ground are recorded in the table.

References

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  1. ^ "Sherborne School". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "List A Matches played on Sherborne School (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Sherborne School (69)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Sherborne School (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Dean Park, Bournemouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  6. ^ "List A Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (8)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (60)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Dean Park, Bournemouth (22)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum (38)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  11. ^ "St Mary's Field, Bridport". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on St Mary's Field, Bridport (25)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  13. ^ "Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth (12)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Poole Park, Poole". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  16. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Poole Park, Poole (60)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  17. ^ "Recreation Ground, Dorset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  18. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Recreation Ground, Dorchester (59)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  19. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Recreation Ground, Dorchester (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  20. ^ "Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  21. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Earl of Shaftesbury's Ground, Wimborne St Giles (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  22. ^ "Merley Park, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  23. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Merley Park, Wimborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  24. ^ "Canford School Ground, Canford Magna". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  25. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Canford School Ground, Canford Magna (14)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  26. ^ "Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  27. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (59)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  28. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Redlands Sports Ground, Weymouth (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  29. ^ "Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  30. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Royal Army Corps Ground, Bovington (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  31. ^ "Terrace Ground, Sherborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  32. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Terrace Ground, Sherborne (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  33. ^ "Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  34. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Hanhams Cricket Ground, Wimborne (11)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  35. ^ "Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  36. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Cockram's Ground, Shaftesbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  37. ^ "Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  38. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Bournemouth Sports Club, Bournemouth (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  39. ^ "Day's Park, Swanage". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  40. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Day's Park, Swanage (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2012.