List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds

Glamorgan County Cricket Club was established on 6 July 1888. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1896 and competed in the competition until 1920, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1921 season, and has played first-class cricket since. Following their elevation to first-class status, Glamorgan alternated their home matches between Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff and St Helen's in Swansea. It wasn't until 1966 that Glamorgan began playing at their current home ground, the SWALEC Stadium (known more commonly as Sophia Gardens) in Cardiff. Cardiff Arms Park played host to Glamorgan's first home fixture in first-class cricket against Sussex in 1921, as well as its first home List A fixture against Worcestershire in 1963. Forty years later Sophia Gardens played host to the clubs first Twenty20 fixture against Northamptonshire. Glamorgan have played home matches at nineteen grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures since 1966 at the SWALEC Stadium, which also holds Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

The nineteen grounds that Glamorgan have used for home matches since 1896 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.

Grounds

Minor county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		Minor Counties Championship
Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	13 July 1896 v Worcestershire	2 August 1920 v Surrey Second XI	7001590000000000000♠59	[1][2]
St Helen's	Swansea	9 July 1897 v Monmouthshire	20 June 1920 v Cheshire	7001290000000000000♠29	[3][4][n 1]
The Gnoll	Neath	24 June 1908 v Carmarthenshire	28 July 1920 v Devon	7000700000000000000♠7	[5][6][n 2]

First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1921.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A			Twenty20
Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	18 May 1921 v Sussex	13 August 1966 v Somerset	7002241000000000000♠241	only match: 22 May 1963 v Somerset		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[7][8][9][n 3]
St Helen's	Swansea	28 May 1921 v Leicestershire	15 August 2014 v Essex	7002411000000000000♠411	21 May 1966 v Warwickshire	14 August 2014 v Warwickshire	7002138000000000000♠138	only match: 25 June 2005 v Warwickshire		7000100000000000000♠1	[10][11][12][13][n 4]
Ynysangharad Park	Pontypridd	3 July 1926 v Derbyshire	29 June 1996 v Pakistanis	7001430000000000000♠43	6 September 1970 v Essex	25 July 1999 v Surrey	7000900000000000000♠9	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[14][15][16]
Cowbridge Ground	Cowbridge	25 July 1931 v Northamptonshire	23 July 1932 v Somerset	7001100000000000000♠10	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[17][18]
Stradey Park	Llanelli	24 June 1933 v Worcestershire	1 September 1965 v Essex	7001230000000000000♠23	28 August 1988 v Leicestershire	11 July 1993 v Sussex	7000900000000000000♠9	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[19][20][21][n 5]
The Gnoll	Neath	14 July 1934 v Essex	8 July 1995 v Young Australia	7001430000000000000♠43	12 June 1963 v Worcestershire	28 August 1994 v Leicestershire	7001120000000000000♠12	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[22][23][24]
Rodney Parade	Newport	6 July 1935 v Leicestershire	5 May 1965 v Warwickshire	7001270000000000000♠27	25 April 1964 v Worcestershire	7 May 1989 v Gloucestershire	7000300000000000000♠3	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[25][26][27][n 6]
Eugene Cross Park	Ebbw Vale	22 June 1946 v Worcestershire	22 August 1990 v Sri Lankans	7001250000000000000♠25	10 August 1969 v Derbyshire	29 July 2007 v Middlesex	7001270000000000000♠27	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[28][29][30]
Steel Company of Wales Ground	Margam	23 May 1953 v Ireland	15 June 1963 v Cambridge University	7000500000000000000♠5	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[31][32]
Penrhyn Avenue	Colwyn Bay	27 August 1966 v Derbyshire	6 July 2014 v Surrey	7001300000000000000♠30	3 September 1972 v Worcestershire	5 May 2013 v Yorkshire	7001230000000000000♠23	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[33][34][35][n 7]
SWALEC Stadium	Cardiff	24 May 1967 v Indians	23 September 2014 v Hampshire	7002274000000000000♠274	1 June 1969 v Somerset	8 August 2014 v Durham	7002231000000000000♠231	16 June 2003 v Northamptonshire	25 July 2014 v Gloucestershire	7001530000000000000♠53	[36][37][38][39][n 8]
The Oval	Llandudno	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 22 June 1969 v Leicestershire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[40][41][n 9]
BP Oil Refinery Ltd Ground	Llandarcy	only match: 7 July 1971 v Oxford University		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[42][43]
Vicarage Field	Aberystwyth	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	31 July 1977 v Essex	27 August 1989 v Warwickshire	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[44][45][n 10]
Pen-y-Pound	Abergavenny	22 June 1983 v Worcestershire	26 July 2005 v Bangladesh A	7001150000000000000♠15	10 May 1981 v Worcestershire	5 September 1982 v Northamptonshire	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[46][47][48][n 11]
Hoover's Sports Ground	Merthyr Tydfil	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	5 June 1988 v Kent	11 June 1989 v Middlesex	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[49][50]
Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground	Pentyrch	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 23 May 1993 v Northamptonshire		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[51][52]
Christ College Ground	Brecon	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 5 September 1993 v Zimbabweans		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[53][54][n 12]
Cresselly Cricket Club Ground	Cresselly	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	only match: 28 May 2007 v Surrey		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[55][56][n 13]

Notes

References

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