"first first-class match at the ground on 5 June 1905. Northamptonshire drew with Leicestershire in a rain-hit match that only permitted 75 overs of play. The County Ground hosted two 1999 Cricket World Cup matches: South Africa's victory over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh's first ever World Cup victory against eventual finalists Pakistan by 62 runs. Northampton Town F.C., also known as 'the Cobblers', played their home games for 97 years at the County Ground between 1897 and 1994. The ground only had three sides with an open side due to the size of the cricket field. The team began in"
"Wantage was nominated for the Government's Great British High Street Award whereby Wantage won the award for Britain's Best Town Centre beating several other towns nominated for the award. Wantage has a non-League football club: Wantage Town F.C., who play at Alfredian Park in the Southern Football League. Grove is also the home to Formula One constructor Williams Martini Racing. Wantage & Grove Cricket Club's first recorded match was in 1863. The club has three thriving teams and play in Charlton, Wantage. On 12 September 2014, cyclists competing in the 2014 Tour of Britain passed through Wantage during Stage 6"
"of the event. The participants entered Wantage via the B4494 road and left via the A417 towards Harwell and then on towards the end of the stage at Hemel Hempstead. White Horse Harriers AC is an athletics club based in Wantage and Grove. They organise the annual White Horse Half Marathon, which starts and finishes in Grove. Corallian Cycling Club was founded in 2016 and organises regular sociable cycle rides from Wantage Market Place. Wantage is twinned with: Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. Historically part of Berkshire,"
"Alfredian Park Alfredian Park is a football ground in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, and the home of Wantage Town Football Club. With a capacity of about 1,500. The ground was built in 1892, it was named after King Alfred the Great, who was born in Wantage. The ground is on the southern side of Wantage in Manor Road on the A338, around half a mile from the town centre (Market Place). The capacity of the ground is probably 1,500. The record attendance for the ground is 550 for a friendly match against Oxford United. The average attendance at the ground is"
"by 77 runs. Since 2001, the ground has played host to one Minor Counties Championship match each season, as well as several MCCA Knockout Trophy matches since 2000. The ground is home to Challow & Childrey Cricket Club. Vicarage Hill Vicarage Hill is a cricket ground located in East Challow, Oxfordshire. Situated on the site of a park which has been in existence since the 1890s, the ground is surrounded to the west by the road from which it gets its name, to the south by the Ickleton Road and to the north and east by farmland. Oxfordshire first used"
"Watford Town Cricket Club Ground Watford Town Cricket Club Ground, at Woodside Playing Fields, is a cricket ground on the northern outskirts of Watford, Hertfordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1944, when the Combined Services played Northamptonshire. In 1976, the ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Hertfordshire played Norfolk. From 1976 to 1991, the ground played host to 11 Minor Counties Championship matches and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match. The ground has also hosted List-A matches. The first List-A match held on the ground came in the 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup"
"Vicarage Hill Vicarage Hill is a cricket ground located in East Challow, Oxfordshire. Situated on the site of a park which has been in existence since the 1890s, the ground is surrounded to the west by the road from which it gets its name, to the south by the Ickleton Road and to the north and east by farmland. Oxfordshire first used the ground in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire, playing a single Minor Counties Championship match in their season, with the exception of 1997, when two matches were played there. No Minor Counties Championship match was played"
"in the Minor Counties Championship and Second XI Championship. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Lytham Cricket Club who play in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition. Church Road Ground Church Road Ground is a cricket ground in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1844, when Lytham played Kirkham. In 1985, the ground held its first first-class match when Lancashire played Nottinghamshire in the County Championship. From 1985 to 1998, the ground played host to 10 first-class matches, the last of which came in the 1998 County Championship"
"Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England. Historically part of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about south-west of Abingdon, north-west of Reading, south-west of Oxford and north north-west of Newbury. It is notable as the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849. Wantage was a small Roman settlement but the origin of the toponym is somewhat uncertain. It is generally thought to be from an Old English phrase meaning"
"of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy with Oxfordshire playing Herefordshire. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Banbury Cricket Club who play in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League. Banbury Cricket Club Ground Banbury Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bodicote, Oxfordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1997, when Oxfordshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match on the ground against Dorset. From 1997 to present, the ground hosted 14 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has held 2 List-A matches, the first of"
"Rural District, which had its headquarters in Belmont, Wantage and Wantage Urban District, which had its headquarters in Portway. These bodies were both abolished as part of the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the Vale of White Horse District Council. The Wantage constituency is currently represented by Conservative MP Ed Vaizey. Vaizey was first elected in the 2005 general election and was re-elected again in 2010 and 2015. The nearby towns of Didcot, Faringdon and Wallingford are also part of the Wantage constituency. At the time of the 2010 general election, the Wantage constituency had a total"
"Counties Premier Cricket League. Wilton Park, Beaconsfield Wilton Park is a cricket ground in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1942, when Beaconsfield played Captain Alan Parker's XII. The first Minor Counties Championship match played on the ground came when Buckinghamshire played Norfolk in 1967. From 1967 to 1975 and 1989 to 2005 the ground has hosted 26 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Staffordshire. The ground has also held four MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Wiltshire in 2005. The ground has also held"
"London Road, High Wycombe London Road is a cricket ground in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1891, when High Wycombe played the House of Commons. The first Minor Counties Championship match held on the ground came in 1895 when Buckinghamshire played Bedfordshire. From 1895 to 2001 the ground has hosted 115 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Northumberland. Buckinghamshire returned to the ground in 2010 to play the first MCCA Knockout Trophy match held at the ground, against Wiltshire. The ground has also held List-A matches. The first"
"List-A match held on the ground was between Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in the 1970 Gillette Cup. A Minor Counties South team played Worcestershire in the 1979 Benson and Hedges Cup at London Road. The ground held 2 further List-A matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Somerset in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of High Wycombe Cricket Club who play in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League. London Road, High Wycombe London Road is a cricket ground in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in"
"the club. Gary Ackling, Andy Lyne and their coaching team followed Woodward out of the club, along with a number of the first team players. Reserve team Manager Daniel Barry and his Assistant Ian Lovegrove were promoted to undertake the rebuilding job at the top. On 18 April, despite a narrow defeat at home to Wimborne Town FC, a loss at AFC Totton for Bishops Cleeve FC mathematically secured Wantage's place in Step 4 of the English Football ladder; a fine achievement following a difficult season. Wantage Town play their home games at Alfredian Park, Manor Road, Wantage. Floodlights were"
"Wantage (UK Parliament constituency) Wantage ( is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 by Ed Vaizey, a Conservative. In terms of electorate, at the time of the 2015 general election, Wantage was the 37th largest of 650 UK seats. 1983-2010: The District of Vale of White Horse wards of Appleton, Craven, Drayton, Faringdon and Littleworth, Greendown, Grove, Harwell and Chilton, Hendred, Icknield, Island Villages, Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor, Longworth, Marcham, Segsbury, Shrivenham, Stanford, Steventon, Sutton Courtenay, The Coxwells, and Upton and Blewbury, and the District of South Oxfordshire wards"
"are the county's largest and most successful Rugby Union team, having been promoted to the Premiership in 2004. The Warriors were relegated to the RFU Championship in 2010 but rebounded back to the Premiership in 2011. Worcester Warriors play at the Sixways Stadium on the outskirts of Worcester, holding over 12,000 spectators, thus making it the largest stadium in the county. Sixways has hosted the final of the LV Cup on three occasions. The village of Broadheath, about northwest of the city of Worcester, is the birthplace of the composer Edward Elgar. It is claimed that the county was the"
"home matches of Oxfordshire County Cricket Club. East Challow East Challow is a village and civil parish about west of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. Historically it was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Letcombe Regis, but since 1852 East and West Challow have formed their own single ecclesiastical parish. East Challow was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Challow's toponym was ""Ceueslaue"" in the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. 13th century variants included ""Chaulea"", ""Chaulauhe"", ""Chawelawe"" and ""Shawelawe"". The Church of England parish church of"
"Vicarage Road Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford of the Premier League. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 23,700 following the completion of the new Sir Elton John Stand in 2014, and expansion work in 2015 and again throughout 2016 and 2017; this included expansion of the football pitch. It has been the home of Watford since 1922, when the club moved from Cassio Road. The ground was officially opened by Col. Charles Healey of Benskins Brewery for the visit of Millwall on 30 August 1922. In addition to"
"Wantage Road railway station Wantage Road railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire. The station was actually at the village of Grove, Oxfordshire (then part of Berkshire), more than two miles north of Wantage. The station closed in December 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts. Wantage Road station was opened in 1846, six years after the section of the GWR main line that served it. In 1873 the independent Wantage Tramway was formed to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage;"
"Norfolk County Cricket Club Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county cricket clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Norfolk. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the Championship, the MCCA Knockout Trophy and, from 2018, in the MCCA T20 competition. Norfolk took part in limited overs competitions which included first-class counties between 1965 and 2004. The club's main home venue is Manor Park, Horsford to the north of Norwich, although it has used other locations throughout the county."
"Manor Sports Ground The Manor Sports Ground, is a cricket venue in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It is home to Worthing Cricket Club. One of the earliest recorded cricket matches at the Manor Sports Ground was on 17 July 1902 when Sussex Second XI took on Essex Second XI. Since 1924 it has been owned by Worthing Borough Council (formerly Worthing Corporation) and the ground was laid out in consultation with Sussex County Cricket Club. A special local appeal was held and it led to a substantial increase in the number of Worthing members. The sports ground is named after"
"Club Ground is the home ground of the March Town Cricket Club who play in the Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League Division 1 and Rutland League Division 2. The Avenue Sports Club Ground The Avenue Sports Club Ground is a cricket ground in March, Cambridgeshire. The ground was established in 1939, when Cambridgeshire played Suffolk in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. From 1935 to the present day, it has hosted 69 Minor Counties matches. The first List-A match played on the ground came in the 1975 Gillette Cup between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. From 1975 to 2003, the ground"
"at their Welbeck Abbey ground in Market Warsop. Fretwell identified a site on farmland off Sookholme Road where the new complex was constructed in 2006. Welbeck Colliery began to play at the ground from the beginning of the 2007 season. Part of Fretwell's vision for the ground was to bring county cricket back to the north of Nottinghamshire, which was achieved in 2015. Prior to then, Nottinghamshire had not played a home match anywhere other than Trent Bridge since 2004, and not at another ground in their own county since 1998. The inaugural ""Welbeck Weekender"" took place in July 2015,"
"John Fretwell Sporting Complex The John Fretwell Sporting Complex is a cricket ground located at Nettleworth near Market Warsop in Warsop parish, Nottinghamshire, England. The ground, which also has facilities for football and bowls, is the home of Welbeck Cricket Club and has been used by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for some List A fixtures since 2015. The ground was developed by retired local businessman John Fretwell, a former Welbeck cricketer who wanted to develop a new facility for the local community. Welbeck Colliery Cricket Club — as they were then known — were felt to have outgrown the facilities"
"Wilton Park, Beaconsfield Wilton Park is a cricket ground in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1942, when Beaconsfield played Captain Alan Parker's XII. The first Minor Counties Championship match played on the ground came when Buckinghamshire played Norfolk in 1967. From 1967 to 1975 and 1989 to 2005 the ground has hosted 26 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Staffordshire. The ground has also held four MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire play Wiltshire in 2005. The ground has also held List-A matches. The first"
"in Wenny Road. Chatteris Cricket Ground Chatteris Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1832, when Cambridge Town Club played the Marylebone Cricket Club in the ground's only first-class match. The ground was first used for Minor Counties Championship cricket when Cambridgeshire played Lincolnshire in 1967. From 1967 to 1971, the ground hosted 4 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Cambridgeshire play Bedfordshire Chatteris CC was formed in 1879 and it is uncertain if the field used in 1832 is the same one currently used by"
"Walton Lea Road Walton Lea Road is a cricket ground in Warrington. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1881, when Warrington played Huyton. The first Minor Counties Championship match held on the ground came in 1978 when Cheshire played the Lancashire Second XI. From 1978 to 1994, the ground hosted 9 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties Championship fixture held on the ground coming in 1994 when Cheshire played Berkshire. Additionally, between 1986 and 1996, the ground held 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, the last of which saw Cheshire play Hertfordshire. The ground has"
"London Road, Sleaford London Road is a cricket club in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. It is the home of Sleaford Cricket Club and an occasional venue for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club. The ground was established in 1851, when Sleaford played an All-England Eleven. In 1860 and 1864, two first-class matches were played on the ground in the North v South fixtures. The first Minor Counties Championship match played on the ground was in 1912 between Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. To date the ground has hosted 45 Minor Counties matches. The first List-A match played on the ground came in 1983 NatWest Trophy between"
"Cheam Road Cheam Road is a cricket ground in Sutton, London (formerly Surrey). The first recorded match on the ground was in 1940, when Sutton United Tramps played London Counties. The ground held a single match in the 1955 Minor Counties Championship when the Surrey Second XI played the Warwickshire Second XI. More recently, the ground has held Surrey Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and the Second XI Trophy. Surrey played a single List-A match against Derbyshire at Cheam Road in the 1969 Player's County League. In local domestic cricket, Cheam Road is the home ground of"
"pitches was the main reason for the selection of an amateur club's ground, thanks to the efforts and expertise of groundsman Peter Southam who was an employee of Watford Borough (which still owns Woodsde) and devoted his time and attention to the Woodside sports pitches, especially cricket and bowls. In local domestic cricket, Watford Town Cricket Club Ground is the home ground of Watford Town Cricket C lub. Watford Town Cricket Club Ground Watford Town Cricket Club Ground, at Woodside Playing Fields, is a cricket ground on the northern outskirts of Watford, Hertfordshire. The first recorded match on the ground"
"the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club plays the majority of its games at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, but has used outlier grounds at Kettering, Wellingborough and Peterborough (formerly part of Northamptonshire, but now in Cambridgeshire) in the past. It has also used grounds outside the county for one-day games: for example, at Luton, Tring and Milton Keynes. During the 2018 season, Northamptonshire played in Division Two of the County Championship, the North Division of the Royal London One-Day Cup and"
"maintains his links with Watford as Honorary Life President. Between 1997 and 2013 the club shared its ground, Vicarage Road, with Saracens Rugby Football Club. Watford has a Non-League football team Sun Sports F.C. who play at The Sun Postal Sports & Social Club. Watford were home to the Watford Cheetahs American Football team who played their home games at Fullerians R.F.C. between 2008 and 2012 and Glen Rovers, who play both Hurling and Gaelic Football. The town also has a cricket team, Watford Town, and several Sunday League football clubs. Watford Watford () is a town and borough in"