Grace Road        

Leicester, England

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Leicestershire Cricket Ground Co bought 16 acres of land from the Duke of Rutland in 1877 and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club, athletic track and hotel. The first match was played on April 22, 1878 and three months later the venue staged a game against the touring Australians. In 1898, Leicestershire actually beat the Australians. In 1901, the county decided that the ground was too far from the town centre to be economically viable, and they switched to the more central Aylestone Road. They moved out in the war and never returned, instead reverting to Grace Road in 1946, but as tennants of the City Boys Grammar School who by then owned the land. Leicestershire finally reacquired the ground in 1966 and throughout the 1970s and 1980s the venue was improved. so much so that it was awarded two ODIs during the 1999 World Cup. The record attendance was not then, however, but the 16,000 who watched the match against the touring 1948 Australians.
Martin Williamson

Notes

Travel
Train - Leicester is the nearest train station, 2 miles from the ground
Car - Leave the M1 at Junction 21. There is a large car park at the Bennett End of the ground, entrance at Curzon Road, which can accommodate 300 cars and is signposted from both Saffron Lane and Aylestone Road.
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Fixtures

2014
Sun Apr 6 - Wed Apr 9 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Sun Apr 27 - Wed Apr 30 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Glamorgan
Tue May 6 - Thu May 8 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	Second Eleven Championship North Division - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI
Fri May 16 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Division - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Sun May 18 - Wed May 21 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Hampshire
Mon May 26 (20 ovs)	Second Eleven Twenty20 Group C - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Middlesex 2nd XI
Mon May 26 (20 ovs)	Second Eleven Twenty20 Group C - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Middlesex 2nd XI
Tue May 27 (20 ovs)	Second Eleven Twenty20 Group C - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Unicorns
Tue May 27 (20 ovs)	Second Eleven Twenty20 Group C - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Unicorns
Sun Jun 1 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Mon Jun 2 - Thu Jun 5 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Fri Jun 6 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Sun Jun 15 - Wed Jun 18 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Thu Jun 19 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
Thu Jun 26 - Sat Jun 28 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	Leicestershire v Indians
Tue Jul 1 (50 ovs) 12:00 local | 11:00 GMT 07:00 EDT | 06:00 CDT | 04:00 PDT	Second Eleven Trophy North Division - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Worcestershire 2nd XI
Fri Jul 4 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Mon Jul 7 - Thu Jul 10 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Kent
Fri Jul 11 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Lancashire
Mon Jul 14 (50 ovs) 12:00 local | 11:00 GMT 07:00 EDT | 06:00 CDT | 04:00 PDT	Second Eleven Trophy North Division - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Durham 2nd XI
Fri Jul 18 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Leicestershire v Durham
Sun Jul 27 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Tue Jul 29 (50 ovs) 12:00 local | 11:00 GMT 07:00 EDT | 06:00 CDT | 04:00 PDT	Second Eleven Trophy North Division - Leicestershire 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI
Fri Aug 8 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Sun Aug 10 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Thu Aug 14 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group A - Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Fri Aug 15 - Mon Aug 18 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Surrey
Wed Aug 20 (50 ovs)	4th Youth ODI - England Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s
Mon Sep 15 - Thu Sep 18 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Essex
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Latest Photos

Jul 22, 2012

Looking towards the pavilion end at Grace Road
© PA Photos

Jul 14, 2007

Friends of Grace Road protest against the pending closure of their shop
© Jon Hall/Cricinfo

1964

A general view of Leicester in 1964
© Playfair Cricket Monthly