Banbury Cricket Club Ground
History
Banbury Cricket Club originally played in Banbury at Grange Road, but the Banbury Recreational Trust sold the ground to a housing developer. The Trust moved the cricket club to a new ground close by at White Post Road in the neighbouring village of Bodicote, with the new ground being ready for the 1996 season. Oxfordshire first played minor counties cricket there against Dorset in the 1997 Minor Counties Championship. Oxfordshire later played two List A one-day matches there against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (played in 2002) and the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (played in 2003). As of 2024, Oxfordshire continues to play national counties (formerly minor counties) fixtures at the ground, having also played NCCA Knockout Trophy and National Counties T20 matches there.
Records
List A
- Highest team total: 267 for 9 (50 overs) by Herefordshire v Oxfordshire, 2003
- Lowest team total: 141 all out (31.4 overs) by Oxfordshire v Herefordshire, as above
- Highest individual innings: 67 not out by Stephen Dearden for Lancashire Cricket Board v Oxfordshire, 2002
- Best bowling in an innings: 5-19 by Franklyn Rose for Herefordshire v Oxfordshire, 2003
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Grange Road played host to four Minor Counties Championship matches for Oxfordshire, and was also a host venue for a match in the 1979 ICC Trophy between Argentina and Papua New Guinea.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "ICC Trophy Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Recent History". www.banburycricketclub.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "List A Matches played on List A Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "White Post Road, Bodicote - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Oxfordshire v Herefordshire, Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2004 (1st Round)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Oxfordshire v Lancashire Cricket Board, Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003 (1st Round)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "White Post Road, Bodicote - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.