Editing Cardiff Arms Park (section)

=== Cricket ===
In 1819, [[Cardiff Cricket Club]] was formed and by 1848 they had moved to their new home at the Arms Park.<ref name="Cricket History">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Early_Cricket.html |publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club & CricketArchive |title=Cardiff Arms Park – a short History – Early Cricket in Cardiff |access-date=7 May 2008 |archive-date=4 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304123805/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Early_Cricket.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club]], at the time not a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] county, played their first match at the ground in June 1869 against [[Monmouthshire County Cricket Club|Monmouthshire Cricket Club]].<ref name="Early Cricket">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Early_County_Cricket.html |publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club & CricketArchive |title=Cardiff Arms Park – a short History – Early County Cricket at the Arms Park |access-date=7 May 2008 |archive-date=4 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304123800/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Early_County_Cricket.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county club played their first [[County Championship]] match on the ground in 1921,<ref name="Championship cricket">{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Glamorgan_First_Win.html|publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club & CricketArchive|title=Cardiff Arms Park – a short History – Championship cricket at the Arms Park|access-date=7 May 2008|archive-date=4 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304123916/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/Glamorgan_First_Win.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> competing there every season (except while first-class cricket was suspended during the Second World War) until their final match on the ground against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in August 1966.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Cardiff Cricket Club played their final game at the ground against Lydney Cricket Club on 17 September 1966. Both Cardiff Cricket Club and Glamorgan then moved to a new ground at [[Sophia Gardens]] on the opposite bank of the River Taff to the Arms Park following work on the creation of the national rugby stadium.<ref name="County End">{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/County_End.html|publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club & CricketArchive|title=Cardiff Arms Park – a short History – The end of county cricket at the Arms Park|access-date=7 May 2008|archive-date=4 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304123755/http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Cardiff_Arms_Park/County_End.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The first first-class cricket match to be held on the ground was between West of England and East of England, on 20 June 1910. In all more than 240 first-class matches were played on the ground, all but two involving Glamorgan as the home team.<ref name="Grounds">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/90/381_f.html|website=CricketArchive|title=First-Class Matches played on Cardiff Arms Park|access-date=7 May 2008|archive-date=5 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305061000/http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Grounds/90/381_f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Only one [[List A cricket]] match was played on the ground, Glamorgan's [[Gillette Cup (England)|Gillette Cup]] fixture against Somerset on 22 May 1963.<ref name="Gillette">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Grounds/381_a.html |publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club & CricketArchive |title=Glamorgan List A Matches played on Cardiff Arms Park |access-date=6 May 2008 |archive-date=15 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515133810/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/Grounds/381_a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>