The first recorded match on the ground was in 1937, when the Lancashire Second XI played Durham in the Minor Counties Championship.
The Lancashire Second XI used the ground on 4 occasions in Minor counties cricket.
Cumberland first used the ground in the Minor Counties Championship when it played Northumberland in 1984.
[2] The ground has hosted 2 List-A matches, the first of which saw Cumberland play Northamptonshire in the 1997 NatWest Trophy.
The home county lost both of these matches against their professional, first-class opponents.