List of Worcestershire County Cricket Club grounds
# List of Worcestershire County Cricket Club grounds

Worcestershire County Cricket Club was established on 4 March 1865. The county entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1895 and competed in the competition until 1898, after which it was elevated to first-class status for the 1899 season. It has since played first-class cricket from 1899, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003, using a different number of home grounds during that time. New Road in Worcester has played host to the club's first home fixtures in all three formats of the game; in first-class cricket in 1899 against Yorkshire; in List A cricket in 1963 against Surrey; and in Twenty20 cricket against Northamptonshire in 2003. Worcestershire have played home matches at twelve grounds, but have played the majority of their home fixtures at New Road, which has also held One Day Internationals.

The twelve grounds that Worcestershire have used for home matches since 1895 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 Worcestershire County Cricket Club in Minor Counties Championship matches before its elevation to first-class status in 1899.

| Name | Location | First | Last | Matches |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Refs |||
| War Memorial Athletic Ground | Amblecote | 5 August 1895 v Staffordshire | 18 June 1896 v Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Malvern College Ground | Malvern | only match: 9 August 1895 v Hertfordshire | | 1 |
| Boughton Park | Worcester | 19 August 1895 v Cheshire | 12 August 1896 v Norfolk | 3 |
| Chester Road North | Kidderminster | 28 August 1895 v Durham | 23 August 1897 v Glamorgan | 3 |
| New Road | Worcester | 28 July 1897 v Berkshire | 8 August 1898 v Buckinghamshire | 8 |

### First-class county

Below is a complete list of grounds used by Worcestershire County Cricket Club in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches following its elevation to first-class status in 1899.

| Name | Location | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches | First | Last | Matches |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name | Location | First-class | First-class | First-class | List A | List A | List A | Twenty20 | Twenty20 | Twenty20 | Refs |
| New Road | Worcester | 4 May 1899 v Yorkshire | 9 September 2014 v Surrey | 1,112 | 22 May 1963 v Surrey | 13 August 2014 v Gloucestershire | 451 | 13 June 2003 v Northamptonshire | 25 July 2014 v Derbyshire | 50 |
| War Memorial Athletic Ground | Amblecote | 26 June 1905 v Leicestershire | 29 July 1981 v Northamptonshire | 61 | 17 August 1969 v Glamorgan | 8 August 1982 v Leicestershire | 3 | – | – | 0 |
| Bournville Cricket Ground | Bournville | 30 June 1910 v Essex | 18 May 1911 v Surrey | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| Tipton Road | Dudley | 28 August 1911 v Gloucestershire | 24 July 1971 v Yorkshire | 88 | 6 July 1969 v Kent | 31 July 1977 v Nottinghamshire | 14 | – | – | 0 |
| Racecourse Ground | Hereford | 14 July 1919 v HK Foster's XI | 13 July 1983 v Leicestershire | 5 | 10 July 1983 v Nottinghamshire | 30 August 1987 v Surrey | 3 | – | – | 0 |
| Chester Road North | Kidderminster | 9 July 1921 v Glamorgan | 17 September 2008 v Middlesex | 68 | 1 June 1969 v Middlesex | 7 May 2012 v Netherlands | 6 | 29 June 2007 v Northamptonshire | 1 July 2007 v Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Evesham Cricket Club Ground | Evesham | only match: 18 July 1951 v Gloucestershire | | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| Seth Somers Park | Halesowen | 17 June 1964 v Cambridge University | 21 June 1969 v Cambridge University | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| Chain Wire Club Ground | Stourport-on-Severn | only match: 12 July 1980 v Lancashire | | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| Flagge Meadow | Worcester | – | – | 0 | only match: 14 July 2007 v Sri Lankan A | | 1 | – | – | 0 |
