[1] The ground built after the Ashby Road ground ceased the host cricket matches shortly before World War II, leaving Hinckley without a venue for first-class cricket.
Local businessmen subsequently joined forces to raise funds for construction of a new ground, with a Mr. Arthur Tansey donating three fields along the Coventry Road, upon which a pitch and pavilion was built.
[1] First-class cricket returned to Hinckley in 1951, when Leicestershire played Derbyshire in the County Championship.
The final two first-class matches to be held at the ground came in 1964, with Leicestershire playing Somerset and Kent.
[2] Seventeen first-class matches were played in total, with Leicestershire winning just once, losing eleven and drawing five.