The first recorded match on the ground was in 1961, when Lincolnshire Colts played Derbyshire Juniors.
[1] In 1969, Lincolnshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground against Staffordshire.
[3] The ground has hosted a number of first-class matches, the first of which came in the 1980 County Championship when Nottinghamshire played Worcestershire.
A combined Minor Counties team played a single first-class match at the ground in 1985 against the touring Zimbabweans.
The first List-A match saw Minor Counties North play Nottinghamshire in the 1972 Benson and Hedges Cup.