White Post Road (also known as Banbury Cricket Club Ground) is a cricket ground in Bodicote, Oxfordshire.

White Post Road
Banbury Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
LocationBodicote, Oxfordshire
Coordinates52°02′24″N 1°20′01″W / 52.0399°N 1.3337°W / 52.0399; -1.3337
Establishment1996
Team information
Oxfordshire (1996-present)
As of 16 August 2010
Source: Ground profile

History edit

Banbury Cricket Club originally played in Banbury at Grange Road,[n 1] but the Banbury Recreational Trust sold the ground to a housing developer. The Trust moved the cricket club to a new ground close by at White Post Road in the neighbouring village of Bodicote, with the new ground being ready for the 1996 season.[3] Oxfordshire first played minor counties cricket there against Dorset in the 1997 Minor Counties Championship.[4] Oxfordshire later played two List A one-day matches there against Herefordshire in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (played in 2002) and the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (played in 2003).[5] As of 2024, Oxfordshire continues to play national counties (formerly minor counties) fixtures at the ground,[4] having also played NCCA Knockout Trophy and National Counties T20 matches there.

Records edit

List A edit

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Grange Road played host to four Minor Counties Championship matches for Oxfordshire,[1] and was also a host venue for a match in the 1979 ICC Trophy between Argentina and Papua New Guinea.[2]
  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (4)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  2. ^ "ICC Trophy Matches played on Grange Road, Banbury (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Recent History". www.banburycricketclub.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ "List A Matches played on List A Matches played on White Post Road, Bodicote (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ "White Post Road, Bodicote - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Oxfordshire v Herefordshire, Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2004 (1st Round)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Oxfordshire v Lancashire Cricket Board, Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003 (1st Round)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  9. ^ "White Post Road, Bodicote - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

External links edit

52°02′24″N 1°20′01″W / 52.0399°N 1.3337°W / 52.0399; -1.3337