The first recorded match on the ground was in 1844, when Petworth Cricket Club played the Marylebone Cricket Club in the first first-class match held at the ground.

From 1844–1845, the ground held two further first-class matches when Petworth Cricket Club played Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Sussex played a single first-class match at the ground against Surrey in 1849.

[1] Despite the final recorded match on the ground being in 1961 when Petworth played South Hampstead,[2] the ground continues to be used to this day and in local domestic cricket is the home venue of Petworth Park Cricket Club.

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