The earliest recorded match on the ground was in 1889 between the Gentlemen of Devon and Somerset.

[1] In 1902, Devon played their first Minor Counties Championship match on the ground, which was against Wiltshire.

[4] The ground has hosted two first-class matches, the first of which came in 1927, when the West played the touring New Zealanders.

The second and final first-class match played on the ground came the following year, when a combined Minor Counties cricket team played the touring West Indians.

The Devon Dumplings,[8] a wandering club with no fixed abode, has hired the County Ground on a regular basis since its formation in 1902.