It was associated with the Bullingdon Club and was an important site in the early history of cricket in Oxford.

[2] The ground was located 2 miles (3.2 km) from the centre of Oxford, with players and spectators alike reaching it by horseback, which was described by Thomas Case in Ranjitsinhji's 1897 Jubilee Book of Cricket.

[3] Bullingdon Green would go on to host first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1843, due to flooding at the Magdalen Ground.

[3] The ground remained in use until the 1870s, at which point the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces were set in motion.

[5] The location of the cricket ground was subsequently chosen for the construction of the Cowley Barracks,[3] which were completed in 1876.