"Headingley Cricket Ground Headingley Cricket Ground, usually shortened to Headingley and known as Emerald Headingley Cricket Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket ground in the Headingley Stadium complex in Leeds, England. It adjoins the Headingley Rugby Stadium through a shared main stand, although the main entrance to the cricket ground is at the opposite Kirkstall Lane end. It has hosted Test cricket since 1899 and has a capacity of 17,500. In 1902, Yorkshire beat the touring Australians by five wickets, after dismissing them for 23 in their second innings with George Herbert Hirst and Stanley Jackson taking five wickets"
"Headingley Stadium Headingley Stadium in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. There are two separate grounds, Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium, with a two-sided stand housing common facilities. Initially owned by the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company, the ground is now managed jointly by Yorkshire C.C.C. and Leeds Rugby. From 2006 until 2017, the stadium was officially known as the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University, whose sports faculty is known as the"
"Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley Stadium. Headingley was mentioned in the ""Domesday Book"" in 1086 as ""Hedingelei"" or ""Hedingeleia"" when it was recorded that Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates (about 840 acres) of land. The name is thought to derive from Old English ""Head(d)inga"" 'of the descendants of Head(d)a' + ""lēah"" 'open ground', thus meaning ""the clearing of Hedda's people"". Headda has sometimes"
"Higher Common Ground Higher Common Ground is a cricket ground on Tunbridge Wells Common in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It was used as a ground by Kent County Cricket Club in the 19th century and is the home ground of Linden Park Cricket Club. The ground is located in the central area of Tunbridge Wells Common, close to the Wellington Rocks, an outcrop of Ardingly Sandstone laid down in the Lower Cretaceous period. It is on Fir Tree Road, around from the A264 road to the north and from the A26 road to the south and"
"home game of the season: the new South Stand will be a two-tier structure similar to the Carnegie Stand with an expanded terrace, while the North Stand's replacement will feature additional executive boxes and state-of-the-art facilities for players, staff and media, as well as thousands of new seats for the cricket ground. Headingley Stadium Headingley Stadium in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. There are two separate grounds, Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium, with a two-sided stand housing common facilities."
"Hellingly Cricket Club Hellingly Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Hellingly, East Sussex, England. The club was formed in 1758, and 2008 marked the 250th anniversary. The club dates back to 1758 when a newspaper contained the following article - On 21 June 1758, the gentlemen of Hellingly joined the gentlemen of the nearby villages Chiddingly and Chalvington to a game of cricket against the gentlemen of Firle and Ringmer, to be played at The Broil in Ringmer. This match is still commemorated each year with an annual cricket game played in the form of the Chalvington Cup"
"County and also the National strategy under the ECB strategy plan. Old Hill Cricket Club Old Hill Cricket Club is an cricket club in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, England. Founded in 1884 as Haden Hill Victoria, the club has played on Haden Hill ground in Cradley Heath since founding, having purchased it in 1934, with the ground placed owned by a Trust and shared with Old Hill Tennis Club. The club was originally part of the Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis which is now the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. Historically the club has been situated in the County of Staffordshire"
"Headingley Rugby Stadium Headingley Rugby Stadium, (known as Emerald Headingley Stadium due to sponsorship), shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground and is home to both Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby teams. Headingley is also the 5th largest rugby league stadium in England. Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Headingley hosted rugby league's first ever Challenge Cup Final in 1897. In the 1930s, major developments took place on two sides of the rugby ground. The South Stand was completed"
"Horntye Park Sports Complex Horntye Park Sports Complex is a sports complex and conference centre in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The complex contains a large indoor sports hall, an all-weather pitch used for football and hockey and a county standard cricket pitch. The complex also has a series of rooms used for meetings and conferences. Horntye Park became the town's premier cricket venue after the Priory Meadow cricket pitch became Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. Horntye Park is home to Hastings Priory Cricket Club, Hastings Town Youth 2000 Football Club and South Saxons Hockey Club. County cricket was due to return"
"as the hosts. Brunton Memorial Ground Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and, since 2013, has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club. It was used occasionally by Hertfordshire County Cricket Club between 1975 and 2008 for Minor Counties Championship matches. The ground is located south of Radlett to the east of the A5183 road, Watling Street. The Midland Main Line railway which links London St Pancras and Sheffield, runs along the ground's eastern edge. Radlett Cricket Club was established in 1884 and"
"Addington Hills Addington Hills is a park in Upper Shirley, London, England. It is managed by the London Borough of Croydon. It was part of the old parish of Addington before the suburb of Shirley was developed in the 1930s. The site consists largely of woodland on a gravel bed, with London's largest area of heathland at its heart. It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance. In the mid-18th century, it was a noted cricket venue used by the then-prominent Addington Cricket Club. It is a peaceful area with many pathways close to central Croydon. There is a viewpoint with"
"also held in the Playing Field. Hadlow Down Cricket Club merged in 2007 with a Brighton-based club, Moulsecoomb Wanderers, to form Hadlow Down and Moulsecoomb Wanderers Cricket Club, or HDMWCC. The club as HDMWCC play friendly cricket matches only on the Hadlow Down Playing Field. Two Sites of Special Scientific Interest are located within the parish. Hastingford Cutting is of geological interest, the cutting exposing a sequence of rocks indicating a lake/lagoon shoreface once existed at the site and the saint marks school. Stockland Farm Meadows is a site of biological importance, consisting of two meadows, the grassland providing habitat"
"Racecourse Ground, Hereford The Racecourse Ground is a cricket ground in Hereford, England. The two ends are known as the Pavilion End and the Racecourse End. Worcestershire County Cricket Club played five first-class matches here between 1919 and 1983, and one other first-class game (between HK Foster's XI and the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team) was also staged in 1919. Worcestershire also played three List A games at the ground between 1983 and 1987. (A further List A match in 1988 was abandoned without a ball being bowled.) One game of the 1986 ICC Trophy was played here: Bangladesh beat"
"Leicester Road The Leicester Road Ground is a cricket ground based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 11 first class games in total. The first game took place in 1981 against Nottinghamshire and the last in 1991 against Gloucestershire. There is also a football stadium on Leicester Road Hinckley which is host to Leicester Road Football Club and Leicester Falcons American Football Club. Part of this stadium was acquired by former HUFC directors under dubious circumstances. The majority of the site is owned by Downes"
"eight years later than it hosted its inaugural first-class match when Yorkshire played Kent in 1891, the year in which the club's headquarters moved there. The ""out grounds"" in Hull, Sheffield, Bradford, Middlesbrough and Harrogate were used with great success until the 1970s. On 31 December 2005, Yorkshire purchased the Headingley cricket ground for £12 million from the ""Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company"", parent company of the Leeds rugby league club, with the help of a £9 million loan from Leeds City Council. This purchase ensures that Test cricket continues at the venue with a 15-year staging agreement. On"
"Argentina by seven wickets. Racecourse Ground, Hereford The Racecourse Ground is a cricket ground in Hereford, England. The two ends are known as the Pavilion End and the Racecourse End. Worcestershire County Cricket Club played five first-class matches here between 1919 and 1983, and one other first-class game (between HK Foster's XI and the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team) was also staged in 1919. Worcestershire also played three List A games at the ground between 1983 and 1987. (A further List A match in 1988 was abandoned without a ball being bowled.) One game of the 1986 ICC Trophy was"
"Hesketh Park (cricket ground) Hesketh Park is a cricket ground in Dartford in Kent. The ground is the home of Dartford Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in the United Kingdom. The ground was established at the beginning of the 20th century and has been used as a first-class cricket venue by Kent County Cricket Club. The ground is located around south-east of Dartford town centre and is one f the few open spaces which remain on what was once the Dartford Brent. The A296 road runs along the western side of the ground with the A225 road"
"Luctonians Cricket Club Ground The Luctonians Cricket Club Ground in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England is the home ground of Luctonians Cricket Club. It has been used for senior cricket on only one occasion, when it staged the C&G Trophy match between Herefordshire and Middlesex in June 2001. The game was the scene of a remarkable three-wicket win for the minor county, achieved from the penultimate ball of the match. Herefordshire opening batsman Harshad Patel's 68 won him the man-of-the-match award. The ground has also been used by Herefordshire on a number of occasions for games in the Minor Counties Championship, MCC"
"between 1996 and 1997, being replaced by Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. The shopping centre has a 10-foot sculpture entitled ""The Spirit of Cricket"" by Allan Sly, with an inscription about the location of the ground there for 130 years. Central Recreation Ground The Central Recreation Ground was a cricket ground in Hastings, East Sussex, used for first-class and List A cricket between 1864 and 1996. The ground was frequently used by Sussex County Cricket Club as one of their outgrounds from 1865; in total, Sussex played 143 first-class and 17 List A matches at the ground. Between 1887 and the"
"Hambledon, Hampshire Hambledon is a small village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire in England, situated about north of Portsmouth. Hambledon is best known as the 'Cradle of Cricket'. It is thought that Hambledon Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs known, was formed about 1750. Hambledon was England's leading cricket club from about 1765 until the formation of MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) in 1787. The famous ""Bat and Ball Inn"" in Hyden Farm Lane is next to the historic cricket ground at Broadhalfpenny Down where the Hambledon club originally played. The inn was run by Richard Nyren,"
"Goldington Bury Goldington Bury is a cricket ground in the Goldington area of Bedford, in England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1941, when Bedford Town played London Counties. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Bedfordshire played Hertfordshire in 1967. From 1967 to 2003, the ground played host to 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties Championship match played at the ground seeing Bedfordshire host Northumberland. The ground has also hosted 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first played between Bedfordshire and Hampshire"
"50 runs scored by Bev Wilson. Hesketh Park is the home of Dartford bowls club. Grass and hard tennis courts are also available in the wider park. Hesketh Park (cricket ground) Hesketh Park is a cricket ground in Dartford in Kent. The ground is the home of Dartford Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in the United Kingdom. The ground was established at the beginning of the 20th century and has been used as a first-class cricket venue by Kent County Cricket Club. The ground is located around south-east of Dartford town centre and is one f the"
"West Hendford Cricket Ground, Yeovil West Hendford Cricket Ground was a first-class cricket ground located in Yeovil, Somerset. The land for the ground was first leased by Yeovil Cricket Club in 1874, and was also used for a range of other sports, most significantly hosting Yeovil Rugby Club in the 1890s, and then again from 1935 until the ground was closed. Significant improvements were made to the ground during the 1930s, including the opening of a new pavilion, jointly funded by the Rugby and Cricket clubs. The ground was demolished in 1944 when Westland Aircraft extended their factory, and both"
"(which Hellingly currently hold in 2010). In a sponsored walk in March and April 2008, to celebrate the anniversary, members hit a cricket ball the 140 miles from Lords to their ground and back again. The club's old minute books show that the present cricket club was reformed on May 10, 1904 and that cricket was played at the turn of the century on the field that is now Horsebridge Recreation Ground. Several years later Hellingly moved cricket grounds around the village until in 1953 a new cricket pitch was laid and a pavilion was erected back at Horsebridge Recreation"
"Midland Bank Sports Ground Midland Bank Sports Ground is a sports ground in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. The ground is owned by HSBC bank and is now known as the HSBC Sports and Social Club. The ground was used for one First XI cricket match by Kent County Cricket Club and hosted one match in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup. It is located around north-west of Beckenham town centre on Lennard Road. The Mid-Kent railway line runs along the eastern edge of the ground with New Beckenham railway station adjacent to the south-east corner. The River"
"eleven and drawing five. Subsequently demolished, the site was used for a leisure centre. Coventry Road Coventry Road Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was located along Coventry Road to the south, Trinity Lane to the east, with Trinity Vicarage Road to the north. Established in 1946, the ground had a capacity of 3,500. The ground built after the Ashby Road ground ceased the host cricket matches shortly before World War II, leaving Hinckley without a venue for first-class cricket. Local businessmen subsequently joined forces to raise funds for construction of a new ground, with a"
"a one day match, the first of their tour, against an England Amateur XI on the ground in 1993 and it was the venue for a match between the England Academy Women and Australia Women during the Australian's 2013 tour of England. In local cricket it is the home ground of Radlett Cricket Club who play in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League. The club has been in existence since 1884. As of September 2018, a total of eight List A cricket matches have been held on the ground, two with Hertfordshire as the home team and six with Middlesex"
"Edgbaston Cricket Ground Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. It is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club, and is also used for Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. Edgbaston has also hosted the T20 domestic finals day more than any other cricket ground. Edgbaston was the first English ground outside Lord's to host a major international one day tournament final when it hosted the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2013. With permanent seating for approximately 25,000 spectators, it is the fourth-largest"
"Ground. 1972 saw six local clubs get together to form the East Sussex Cricket League. Hellingly in 1975 were the tenth team to join the league. Today the league has grown and now has twelve divisions with over 110 teams playing in it. In 2007, Hellingly made the decision to join the Sussex Cricket League, and 2008 saw them join the new 'Division 3 East' of the league. The Club plays its home games at Horsebridge Recreation Ground and Ninfield. Ninfield is used for third and fourth eleven games, and Horsebridge is used for all other home matches. Horsebridge Recreation"
"modern descendent of the Beverley Club. A total of 15 first-class cricket matches were held on the ground. Beverley Ground The Beverley Ground was a cricket ground in Canterbury in Kent. It was in use in the mid-19th century, with recorded matches taking place between 1839 and 1846. It was the home ground of Beverley Cricket Club and was where the first Kent County Cricket Club was formed in August 1842 during Canterbury Cricket Week which was held at the ground until 1846. The ground was on the Sturry Road in east Canterbury. The name may also refer to the"
"host to various international touring teams from 1911–2015. Headingley has hosted 5 games of the World Club Challenge / Championship / Series between 1997–2016. Headingley Rugby Stadium Headingley Rugby Stadium, (known as Emerald Headingley Stadium due to sponsorship), shares the same site as Headingley Cricket Ground and is home to both Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby teams. Headingley is also the 5th largest rugby league stadium in England. Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds Rugby League Football Club then Leeds Rhinos, moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Headingley hosted rugby league's first ever"
"Seddon Park Seddon Park is a cricket ground in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is the fourth-largest cricket ground in the country, and is renowned for its ""village green"" setting, affording a picnic atmosphere for spectators. Seddon Park was named after Richard Seddon, the longest-serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. Hamilton Borough Council named it in July 1906 before it was developed. It was first used for a major cricket match in February 1914, when the touring Australians played a South Auckland XVIII in a two-day match. It has been in constant use since. Due to sponsorship from Trust Bank and"
"The Oval The Oval, currently known under naming rights as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there. In addition to cricket, The Oval has hosted a number of other historically significant sporting events. In 1870, it staged England's first international football match, versus"