The earliest beginnings are not known precisely. It is reputed that the
first ground, within Knebworth Park, was given to the club around 1850
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, the first Baron Knebworth, distinguished novelist,
dramatist and statesman.

Other historical evidence comes in the form of an old team photograph
dated 1871 which confirms that Knebworth Park is one of the oldest cricket
clubs in Hertfordshire being at least 137 years old.

Over the years various members of the Lytton family have played for the
club and the link continues with the current President, Lord Cobbold,
who is in his 71st year in office.

Historic records show that during the 1914-18 War the pavilion was
destroyed by cattle and as a replacement a hut was converted into a simple
pavilion comprising two small changing rooms. This building was used as
the groundsman's shed until more recent times, and was located in the corner
of the ground near St. Mary's Church.

The club moved to its present location in the mid-1920s, this being the third
ground within the Park which the club has occupied since its foundation.

Like all clubs Knebworth Park has its ups and downs. After allegedly
dying out at the end of the 1920s it blossomed again and is recorded as
being "the finest village club in Hertfordshire" in the mid-1930s,
running two sides and with an impressive list of fixtures.

The club survived the Second World War when the ground was kept in good
order by being used for cricket and hockey by a girls educational establishment.

In the 1960s the club's strength began to advance once more and the
emergence of league cricket gave Knebworth Park fresh challenges and
successes which attracted growing numbers of new players.

In the late 1960s a group of players were determined to match the club's
beautiful setting with comparible facilities with a pavilion in classical English
style to suit the atmosphere of the ground. This new pavilion saw the club
gather in strength from which they have never looked back. The club went
from running just one team each Saturday and Sunday, to two.   A second
adjacent ground was built together with a pavilion extension to house dressing
rooms and showers. 

The club now runs five teams on Saturdays and two on Sundays.  Added to this the
club has launched a youth policy for boys and girls cricket which now sees the
club maintain encouragement for the game of cricket in perfect surroundings.