The ground has hosted touring teams since the 19th century.

Some of his best performances came against touring international teams.

In the 1850s and 1860s, Ireland was visited for the first time by touring professional teams.

A spectator stand was built with regular matches played against local and touring teams there until the late 1980s.

The university's cricket team had been active since the school's foundation in 1948, and from the 1970s regularly played against touring international teams.

Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians.

However, touring teams sometimes felt that there was a natural bias towards the home team which led to some acrimony.

During 1926 the Giants also provided opposition for touring European teams.

James took 27 five-wicket hauls in his career, two of which came against touring international teams.

Chalmers appeared in two friendly matches against touring teams during this year.