List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds

Hampshire County Cricket Club was established in August 1863.^[1] Since then, the club has played first-class and List A cricket at a number of different home grounds. Their first home first-class match was against Sussex in 1864 at the Antelope Ground, Southampton. The current headquarters of Hampshire County Cricket Club is the Rose Bowl, which located on the edge of Southampton.^[1] This venue is also used by England as a Test and One Day International venue.

As of 12 September 2011, Hampshire have played 1,396 first-class matches and 925 List A matches at 12 different home grounds. They have also played 45 Twenty20 matches, all of which have taken place at the Rose Bowl. The 12 grounds that Hampshire have used for home matches are listed below, with statistics complete through the end of the 2011 season.

Grounds

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
		First-class			List A
Antelope Ground	Southampton	7 July 1864 v Sussex	7 August 1884 v Somerset	7001270000000000000♠27	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[2][3]
Green Jackets Ground	Winchester	only match: 1 July 1875 v Sussex		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[4][5]
Winchester College Ground	Winchester	only match: 19 August 1875 v Kent		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[6][7]
United Services Recreation Ground	Portsmouth	28 August 1882 v Sussex	19 July 2000 v Kent	7002316000000000000♠316	22 May 1965 v Kent	23 July 2000 v Middlesex	7001540000000000000♠54	[8][9][10]
County Ground	Southampton	15 June 1885 v Marylebone Cricket Club	13 September 2000 v Yorkshire	7002565000000000000♠565	1 May 1965 v Norfolk	17 September 2000 v Nottinghamshire	7002207000000000000♠207	[11][12][13]
Dean Park	Bournemouth	1 July 1897 v Gentlemen of Philadelphia	18 August 1992 v Middlesex	7002336000000000000♠336	22 May 1963 v Derbyshire	16 August 1992 v Northamptonshire	7001680000000000000♠68	[14][15][16][n 1]
Municipal Ground	Alton	only match: 7 July 1904 v South Africans		7000100000000000000♠1	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[17][18]
Officers Club Services Ground	Aldershot	25 May 1905 v Surrey	16 June 1948 v Combined Services	7000500000000000000♠5	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[19][20]
May's Bounty	Basingstoke	21 May 1906 v Warwickshire	3 August 2010 v Durham	7001460000000000000♠46	29 April 1967 v Lincolnshire	18 June 2000 v Durham	7001300000000000000♠30	[21][22][23]
Victoria Recreation Ground	Newport	20 August 1938 v Northamptonshire	24 June 1939 v Middlesex	7000200000000000000♠2	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[24][25]
J Samuel White's Ground	Cowes	26 May 1956 v Worcestershire	26 May 1962 v Worcestershire	7000700000000000000♠7	–	–	5000000000000000000♠0	[26][27]
Rose Bowl	West End	9 May 2001 v Worcestershire	still in use	7001890000000000000♠89	2 May 2001 v Essex	still in use	7001910000000000000♠91	[28][29][30]

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