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Cricket at Ascott House
Cricket has always played an important part of life at Ascott. The first cricket match was held at Ascott House on 28th August 1880, and the tradition has been upheld with 30-40 matches played at Ascott each season.
The Coronation Cup
The Coronation Cup, founded in 1953, is a midweek competition for local village clubs. Both the semi-finals and the final are staged at Ascott Park Cricket Ground.
The competition was one of the first limited-overs competitions to be played in the country. Stewkley Vicarage and Long Marston Cricket Club hold the record for the most trophy wins. Edlesborough Cricket Club won the 50th Anniversary competition in 2003.
Cricket at Ascott
Surrounded by trees, Ascott Park’s Cricket Ground is among the most attractive private grounds in England. It is one of a group of similar cricket fields, including Arundel Castle in West Sussex and Torry Hill in Kent, where the late Victorian tradition of country-house cricket continues to flourish.
The cricket ground was laid out by Leopold de Rothschild in 1889, and the Rothschild family played a prominent role in the formation of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club in 1891.
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club first played at the Ascott Park Cricket Ground in the 1905 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire and continued to play there regularly once a season until 1979. The County first team returned to Ascott Park in 1998 to play a one-day fixture and subsequently held a three-day match in June 2002. It is now the host to County junior age-groups from U11 to U18 teams.
Today, Ascott Park Cricket Ground is home to the village cricket team from Great Brickhill, who play in the Cherwell Cricket League, as well as other teams from all over the UK and some overseas touring teams.