Bulls Head Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Bulls Head Ground

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = Coventry & North Warwickshire Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 2476287.jpg

| location = Coventry, West Midlands

| establishment = 1848 (first recorded match)

| seating_capacity =

| end1 =

| end2 =

| year2 = 2001-2002

| club2 = Warwickshire Cricket Board

| year1 = 1903-1919 & 1990-1992

| club1 = Warwickshire

| date = 28 August

| year = 2010

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/434.html Ground profile

}}

Bulls Head Ground is a cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1848, when Coventry played an All-England Eleven.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_misc.html Other matches played on Bulls Head Ground] It hosted its first first-class match in 1903, which was between Warwickshire and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. From 1909 to 1919, the ground played host to 12 first-class matches. First-class cricket returned to the Bulls Head in 1990, and from 1990 to 1992 it hosted a further 3 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Middlesex.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_f.html First-Class Matches played on Bulls Head Ground]

The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first of which was between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. The ground has held 2 further List-A matches, between the Warwickshire Cricket Board and Leicestershire in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and between the Board and Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_a.html List-A Matches played on Bulls Head Ground]

Additionally, between 1961 and 2009, the ground has played host to a number of Warwickshire Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 32 Second XI matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_sec.html Second XI Championship Matches played on Bulls Head Ground][https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_set.html Second XI Trophy Matches played on Bulls Head Ground]

The Bulls Head has also hosted ICC Trophy matches, starting in the 1979 ICC Trophy when it held a single match which was contested between Argentina and East Africa and in the 1986 ICC Trophy when it hosted a single match between Bangladesh and East Africa.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/433_icct.html ICC Trophy Matches played on Bulls Head Ground]

In local domestic cricket, the Bulls Head is the home venue of Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club, who played in the Birmingham and District Premier League Division One.[http://cnwcc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp? Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club]