Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in England}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground

| nickname =

| country = England

| image = Trowbridge Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 556029.jpg

| location = Trowbridge, Wiltshire

| establishment = 1856 (first recorded match)

| seating_capacity =

| end1 = Palmer Road End

| end2 = Hospital End

| year3 = 1990-1991

| club3 = Minor Counties

| year2 = 1989

| club2 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1895-present

| club1 = Wiltshire

| date = 10 August

| year = 2010

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799.html Ground profile

}}

Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The ground is the main home ground of Wiltshire County Cricket Club. The ground is made up of 2 full size cricket pitches, 2 huts used for scoring, artificial pitches with cricket nets, a car park and a pavilion.

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1856, when Trowbridge played an All England Eleven.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799_misc.html Other matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground] The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Wiltshire played Bedfordshire in 1895. From 1895 to present, the ground has hosted 121 Minor Counties Championship matches[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground] and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799_mint.html Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground]

The ground has hosted a single first-class match, which came in 1990 when a combined Minor Counties side played the touring Indians.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799_f.html First-Class Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground] The Indian team contained the likes of Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar.

The ground has also hosted List-A matches. The first List-A match played on the ground was between Wiltshire and Yorkshire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. The ground has hosted 2 further List-A matches involving Wiltshire, against Surrey in the 1990 NatWest Trophy and Durham in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. Gloucestershire used the ground for a single List-A match against Hampshire in 1989. In 1991, a combined Minor Counties team used the ground for 2 matches in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/799_a.html List-A Matches played on Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground]

In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Trowbridge Cricket Club whose

1st XI play in the West of England Premier League Wiltshire division.[http://www.trowbridge.cc/ Trowbridge Cricket Club] The ground has undergone a raft of improvements over the last 10 years leading to much improved changing facilities and improvements to bar areas and stages.