The first recorded match on the ground was in 1861, when Lincolnshire played an All-England Eleven.

[1] Lincolnshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground in 1907 against Staffordshire.

[3] The ground has held a single first-class match, when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring New Zealanders in 1969.

In 1979, Minor Counties North used the ground as a home venue against Kent in the Benson and Hedges Cup.

The final List-A match held on the ground came in the 2nd round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy when Lincolnshire played Glamorgan.