It is located near the centre of King William's Town, at the southern corner of the intersection of Buffalo Road and Cathcart Street, about 250 metres east of the Buffalo River.
The ground's first recorded cricket match took place in February 1889, when the touring English team played two matches there against the team of the Cape Mounted Riflemen.
[3] Border won three, lost one, and drew three of the first-class matches.
[6] Border's best bowling figures were 6 for 16 (22–16–16–6) by Dudley Phillips in the victory over Rhodesia in 1929–30.
[7] The highest score in a List A match at the ground was 151 (retired hurt) by Kevin Robinson for Natal against Border Country Districts in 1990–91.