Butt's Way
Ground information
LocationAston Rowant, Oxfordshire
Coordinates51°41′15″N 0°56′16″W / 51.6876°N 0.9378°W / 51.6876; -0.9378
Establishment1880
International information
Only WODI7 July 2011:
 India v  New Zealand
Team information
Oxfordshire (1987–2022)
As of 2 June 2022
Source: Ground profile

Butt's Way is a cricket ground between the villages of Aston Rowant and Kingston Blount in Oxfordshire.

History

The cricket ground was established in 1880 on land on Aston Moors lent by a T. Taylor.[1] Having been used in club cricket by Aston Rowant Cricket Club for over a century, the ground hosted its first minor counties fixture for Oxfordshire in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.[2] Oxfordshire later played two List A one-day matches there against first-class opponents Somerset in the 1994 NatWest Trophy and Lancashire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy.[3] Oxfordshire played minor counties cricket there until 1999, after which followed a hiatus of seven years before they returned. Up until 2023, Oxfordshire have played seven Minor Counties Championship and six NCCA Knockout Trophy matches at the ground.[2][4] In 2011, the ground played host to a Women's One Day International between India women and New Zealand women.[5]

Records

List A

  • Highest team total: 349 for 4 (60 overs) by Somerset v Oxfordshire, 1994[6]
  • Lowest team total: 130 all out (43 overs) by Oxfordshire v Somerset, as above[7]
  • Highest individual innings: 116 by Marcus Trescothick for Somerset v Oxfordshire, as above[8]
  • Best bowling in an innings: 5-22 by Andre van Troost for Somerset v Oxfordshire, as above[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Aston Rowant. The Oxford Times. 21 August 1880. p. 7
  2. 1 2 "Minor Counties Championship Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (7)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "List A Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (6)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Women's ODI Matches played on The Butts Way, Kingston Blount (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Butts Way, Kingston Blount - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Oxfordshire v Somerset, National Westminster Bank Trophy 1994 (1st Round)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Butts Way, Kingston Blount - Centuries in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Butts Way, Kingston Blount - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

51°41′15″N 0°56′16″W / 51.6876°N 0.9378°W / 51.6876; -0.9378


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