Grace Road

Leicester, England

The County Ground Grace Road Leicester LE2 8AD (Phone: 0116 2832128)

Also or formerly known as County Ground
Established 1878
Unused since 1901-1945
Capacity 6000
Floodlights Temporary
End names Pavilion End, Bennett End
Home team Leicestershire
Current local time 19:13, Mon Mar 20, 2023 (UTC +0000)

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Records and statistics

First ODI	India v Zimbabwe - Jun 11, 1983	Scorecard
Last ODI	Scotland v West Indies - May 27, 1999	Scorecard
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Profile

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

2023
Thu Apr 13 - Sun Apr 16 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Derbyshire
Thu Apr 27 - Sun Apr 30 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Glamorgan
Wed May 10 (50 ovs)	Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Blaze v Western Storm
Thu May 11 - Sun May 14 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Sussex
Fri May 26 (20 ovs)	Charlotte Edwards Cup Southern Vipers v Western Storm
Fri May 26 (20 ovs)	Charlotte Edwards Cup The Blaze v Central Sparks
Fri May 26 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Tue Jun 6 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Fri Jun 9 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Durham
Fri Jun 16 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Worcestershire v Warwickshire
Sun Jun 18 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Worcestershire
Mon Jun 19 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast South Group - Essex v Somerset
Tue Jun 20 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
Thu Jun 22 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire
Fri Jun 23 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Sun Jun 25 - Wed Jun 28 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Durham
Fri Jun 30 (20 ovs)	Vitality Blast North Group - Worcestershire v Durham
Fri Aug 4 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group A - Worcestershire v Glamorgan
Tue Aug 8 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group B - Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
Thu Aug 10 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group A - Worcestershire v Gloucestershire
Sun Aug 13 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group A - Worcestershire v Warwickshire
Tue Aug 15 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group B - Leicestershire v Essex
Fri Aug 18 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group B - Leicestershire v Middlesex
Sun Aug 20 (50 ovs)	One-Day Cup Group B - Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Sun Sep 3 - Wed Sep 6 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Thu Sep 14 (50 ovs) 12:30 local \| 11:30 GMT 07:30 EDT \| 06:30 CDT \| 04:30 PDT	1st ODI - England Women v Sri Lanka Women
Tue Sep 19 - Fri Sep 22 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division Two Leicestershire v Yorkshire
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