The club was founded in 1859 and the Men's 1st XI compete in the West of England Premier League, which is an accredited ECB Premier League, the highest level for recreational club cricket in England and Wales.

Bath CC Men’s 1st XI won the ECB National Club Championship in 2021.

The ground had previously been the venue for two women's Twenty20 internationals in 2007, when England played New Zealand.

[2] The men's first XI at the club was successful throughout the 1990s and 2000s, never finishing lower than fifth from 1991 onwards, and being champions in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003,[3] 2005,[4] 2006,[5] 2008,[6] and 2010.

[9] A partnership started in 2001 with Somerset Wanderers Ladies Cricket Club, and this led to a merger which places the Club at the leading edge of female community cricket development.