Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground

Hitchin Cricket Club Ground
Blueharts
Ground information
Location	Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Establishment	1877 (first recorded match)
Team information
Hertfordshire	(1908–1914 & 1951–1998)
	As of 25 July 2010; Source: Ground profile

Hitchin Cricket Club Ground is a

MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.^[2]

The ground has also hosted

List-A matches, the first of which came in the 1966 Gillette Cup between Hertfordshire and Berkshire. From 1966 to 1989, the ground held 8 List-A matches, the last of which was between Hertfordshire and Nottinghamshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy.^[3] The most famous List-A match on the ground saw Hertfordshire defeat first-class county Essex in the 1976 Gillette Cup

In local domestic cricket, Hitchin Cricket Club Ground is the home ground of Hitchin Cricket Club.[4] They play in the Hertfordshire Cricket League, their best position being in 1976 and in 2009 when they came second. The club shares their ground with the Blueharts Hockey Club and Hitchin Lacrosse Club. In 1988, the club constructed a second pitch at the ground.

Perhaps the biggest claim to fame for the club was in 1994, when the New Zealand cricket team started their tour of England with a match against Hitchin. The ground was also the scene of Hertfordshire County Cricket Club's victory over Essex County Cricket Club in the 1976 Gillette Cup - the first time a minor county had defeated a first class county in a major competition.

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