108-543: Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley , Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . Linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities, it comprises the two following separate grounds: Headingley Cricket Ground (home of Yorkshire CCC ) and Headingley Rugby Stadium (home of Leeds Rhinos RLFC ). The stadium was initially owned by the Leeds Cricket, Football, and Athletic Company (Leeds CF & A),
216-524: A Match Fund Committee was established to run Yorkshire county matches. The committee was made up from the management committee of the Bramall Lane ground and representatives from clubs willing to pay £1 to the fund. But the committee was unable to persuade other clubs that it was not seeking to promote Sheffield cricket and a lack of funds prevented some matches being played in 1862. By this time, there were several cricketers with good reputations and
324-470: A VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing at Spring House were Olive's two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former Oxford University student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as " head cook " at Gledhow Hall. Another of Olive's sisters-in-law was Caroline Middleton (1876-1961) who worked as a VAD nurse at
432-405: A championship record total of 887 against Warwickshire . Hawke began the practice of paying the professionals over the winter, initially £2 per week; the scheme was later modified to include bonuses. Peel was sacked in 1897 after appearing drunk on the field and was replaced in 1898 by Wilfred Rhodes , who took 141 wickets in his debut season. In the same season, Brown and Tunnicliffe established
540-653: A company secretary for three years. That function has now disappeared under the broader structure and the present secretary as such is the finance director. Like all county clubs, Yorkshire relies heavily on sponsorship and numerous companies have formed deals with the club over many years. Current partners and sponsors can be found on the club website. The following represented England while playing for Yorkshire: Four Yorkshire players – Stanley Jackson, Len Hutton, Ray Illingworth and Michael Vaughan – have captained England to success in The Ashes yet none of them
648-580: A game against Norfolk at the Hyde Park Ground in Sheffield. The name may have arisen from a need to match the status of Norfolk as a county rather than a city. There were some differences in the organisation of the Yorkshire team vis-à-vis those called Sheffield as it included three amateurs while Sheffield teams were entirely professional. Yorkshire, as such, played intermittently over
756-847: A mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a Premier Inn hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for the Otley Run , which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in Far Headingley and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress. Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: Arthur Ransome , best known perhaps for
864-617: A new stand and media centre. Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as Headingley – earlier spelt Headingly. The stadium is home to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club , the Northern Superchargers franchise cricket team , the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. Northern Diamonds play some of their games at Headingley in
972-589: A record opening stand of 555 against Essex at Leyton in 1932. Len Hutton began his career in the 1930s. Large crowds flocked to the cricket after the Second World War with 47,000 people attending the 3 days of the Roses Match at Bramall Lane in 1946. Yorkshire won the first post-war Championship. New players after the war included spinner Johnny Wardle , all-rounder Brian Close and fast bowler Fred Trueman . Another newcomer Bob Appleyard became
1080-617: A record partnership for the first wicket when they scored 554 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Yorkshire won their third Championship in 1898 and narrowly failed in 1899 when only a defeat late in the season by Kent prevented the retention of the title. Between 1900 and 1902, Yorkshire lost only twice in the County Championship, both times to Somerset, and won the County Championship in all three seasons largely thanks to their two outstanding all-rounders Hirst and Rhodes. When Joseph Wolstinholm retired as club secretary after
1188-445: A result, the sporting press proclaimed Yorkshire to be the " Champion County " for the first time. The following year, John Thewlis scored the first century for Yorkshire in first-class cricket , against Surrey at The Oval ; in 1869, Joseph Rowbotham became the first man to score two centuries in a season for Yorkshire. Yorkshire won four games in both 1868 and 1869; one sports publication regarded Yorkshire as equal champions in
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#17327938493351296-603: A school for the blind. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s Arndale Centre . Housing in Headingley is generally Victorian and early 20th century and mostly of little architectural note. The ITV television series Fat Friends was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV Beiderbecke Trilogy was filmed in and around Headingley and Beckett Park , along with Moor Grange and Pudsey . Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in Harrys Game , and A Touch of Frost used locations in
1404-447: A suburb. With exception of Beckett Park and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1911 census the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000. Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into
1512-484: A symbol, Hawke designed a rose which, unlike Lancashire's, was not a real flower. He created a rose with eleven petals, to represent the eleven players of the team, based on the hedge rose. Only players who had received their county cap were allowed to wear the badge. It was not until the 1980s that the committee allowed the design to be placed on merchandise as a marketing device. Yorkshire's club colours are dark blue, light blue and gold; these are knitted in bands forming
1620-542: A team; for many years, this was considered to be start of the County Championship . However, the counties did not organise a formal competition and the "Champion County" was still decided by the press; some publications disagreed. Despite the team containing effective players, Yorkshire did not perform as well as expected over the next seasons. The bowling attack was strong, the team contained some experienced players and critics believed Ephraim Lockwood to be
1728-488: A university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population. Headingley Stadium hosts England test matches and rugby league matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with
1836-479: A usual match fee of £5, from which all travel and accommodation had to be paid. Travel could be arduous, living away from home could be "rough" and sometimes the match fee was not enough to cover expenses, especially if, as was often a problem with early Yorkshire cricketers, "the ale-house was a temptation". The first club President was former player Thomas Barker , who had become Mayor of Sheffield , although he probably never attended any meetings. Michael Ellison
1944-571: A water pumping station. In Headingley Central (formerly the Arndale Centre ) there are large retailers and several other chain shops as well as a small multi-storey car park . Headingley also has a small library on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and ' The Cottage Road Cinema ' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in
2052-499: A year which saw the debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Emmott Robinson , and remained a dominant force in the County Championship until the Second World War. They won every year from 1922 to 1925 and seven more times in the 1930s. The team won 25 games in 1923, for instance, with Rhodes and Roy Kilner doing the double in these matches alone, while four other batsmen scored 1,000 runs and three other bowlers, including George Macaulay , took 100 wickets. Yorkshire's quintessential rivalry
2160-409: A £12.5 million pavilion complex. The club was founded in 1863 to be owned by its members who have elected various officials including the club's general committee, which existed until 2002 when it was replaced by a board of management headed by a chief executive. The office of club President still exists (see list below) and (in 2017) there are seven board members including the chief executive and
2268-522: 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 . The area sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency . Headingley
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#17327938493352376-698: Is a modern building, as is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds . The small Lutheran church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa. The Anglican Bishop of Leeds and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds both live within
2484-686: Is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels . It is a large, grade II* listed , steepled church on the corner of Otley Road and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of Far Headingley , with its parish church of St Chad's (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed). South Parade Baptist church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) and Headingley Methodist Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's United Reformed church
2592-493: Is in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Sobel ( Labour Party ) who has represented the area since the 2017 general election . The ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has two Labour councillors , Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one Green councillor, Tim Goodall. Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants which have been operating since
2700-662: Is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia when Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates, equivalent to about 840 acres, of land. The name is believed to originate from Old English , combining Head(d)inga, meaning 'of the descendants of Head(d)a,' with lēah, signifying 'open ground.' In essence, it translates to "the clearing of Hedda's people". Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint Hædde . A stone coffin found near Beckett Park in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late Roman or post-Roman times. From Viking times, Headingley
2808-540: Is with Lancashire via the Roses Match . The importance of this match reached a peak during the inter-war period when, for many years, Yorkshire and Lancashire were the dominant teams in English cricket. The writings of Neville Cardus at this time were instrumental in emphasising the sense of rivalry between the two teams. Wilfred Rhodes retired in 1930, taking 73 wickets and scoring 478 runs in his final season at
2916-593: The Leeds Mercury in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane. The social reformer, suffragist and writer Isabella Ford was born in Headingley in 1855. Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980. On 24 September that year, he had also attacked Singapore -born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, who survived
3024-668: The Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . Since 2000, the stadium's cricket ground has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain Test match status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from Leeds Beckett University who retain lecture rooms in
3132-642: The Elinor Lupton Centre , Moorfield House in Alma Road and the former St Margaret of Antioch church building on Cardigan Road. The mid-19th century listed building Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley, was the address for VAD nurses during this time; Olive Middleton , great-grandmother of the Princess of Wales , was attached to "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when working at Gledhow Hall and elsewhere as
3240-548: The "Headingley Masterplan". The phased redevelopment costing around £50 million will take place over the next 20 years. The plan sought to cement the future of the cricket ground as a major international venue in the face of competition from rival venues. Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Metropolitan University have collaborated in building the Headingley Carnegie Pavilion, which replaced 'The Shed' (the oldest surviving structure dating from
3348-470: The 1864 season. Consequently, with several important players missing, Yorkshire did not win a game in 1865 and were forced to cancel some matches for the 1866 season. The Yorkshire Committee and the players came to an understanding in early 1867 after the players apologised, but Anderson never represented the county again. With the player dispute resolved, Yorkshire won all seven of their matches in 1867, defeating Surrey, Lancashire and Cambridgeshire . As
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3456-453: The 1902 season, he was succeeded by Frederick Toone who held the post until his death in June 1930 and formed a successful liaison with Hawke. Toone and Hawke worked together to improve the terms and conditions of professional players' contracts. To 1914, they were paid £5 for a home match and £6 for an away match with a £1 win bonus. Players who had received their county cap were obliged to join
3564-456: The 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and the now permanently closed Catch Seafood Headingley (formerly Bryan's and then The Fisherman's Lodge), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane whose parent company entered administration in October of 2022. There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly
3672-530: The 1978 season. Ray Illingworth returned from Leicestershire as team manager and, in 1982 at the age of 50, took over the captaincy. Yorkshire finished bottom of the 17-strong County Championship for the first time in 1983 but won the John Player (later National) League for the first time. There was further controversy when Boycott was not offered a new contract. The outcome of this was that the general committee resigned and Boycott, having already been elected to
3780-502: The 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century. Headingley Castle was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the Lupton family . It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector Frank Harris Fulford , and later used to house
3888-626: The Challenge Cup 14 times and the World Club Challenge 3 times. The venue consists of three stands and an open terrace at one end. One stand is completely seated, and two are a mixture of seating and standing. The stadium has a capacity of 20,112. In 2018, a new, modern South Stand, sponsored by brewer Tetley's, was opened. A new North Stand, the Emerald Stand, was opened in 2019. On 5 June 2014 Yorkshire CCC announced
3996-471: The Championship in his first season. The team included Fred Trueman, all-rounder Ray Illingworth , wicket-keeper Jimmy Binks and Test batsmen Geoffrey Boycott , Doug Padgett , Phil Sharpe and John Hampshire . The team began to break up after winning a third successive title in 1968 and Close was controversially sacked in 1970. There followed a long-running current of unrest in the club. There
4104-399: The County Championship again in 2001 when the captain was David Byas . Yorkshire had mixed success in the first decade of the 21st century but finished a close third in the 2010 championship under Andrew Gale . There had for many years been a controversial issue about the apparent inability of players from Yorkshire's large ethnic minority population to make their way at the club. Tendulkar
4212-532: The Cricketers' Friendly Society and were paid a winter wage of £2 a week. Yorkshire remained a strong championship contender through the 1903 to 1914 seasons and won a further three titles in this period, also finishing as runners-up three times. They won their seventh title in 1905 after being third and second in 1903 and 1904 respectively. In 1906, George Hirst achieved a unique "double-double" by scoring 2,385 runs and taking 208 wickets. The 1906 championship
4320-510: The Eleven into "the best and probably the most united county cricket team in England". Yorkshire to 1883 was widely seen as an idiosyncratic team and, though Hawke's primary task as captain was to lead the team to fulfilment of its potential, his biggest challenge was to unite the club's geographical and social factions. At the end of the 1882 season, in addition to appointing Hawke as captain,
4428-535: The Headingley area. According to one source "Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city. " and has more than 100 listed buildings. Parts of Headingley are included in Conservation areas established by Leeds City Council . Individual listed buildings include St Michael's Church and associated buildings, the Hyde Park Picture House ,
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4536-516: The Kent bowler Edgar Willsher was repeatedly no-balled for using an overarm action by an umpire whom, they claimed, had been appointed by Surrey specifically for that purpose. Anderson stated in 1865 that he "would not play against those who have combined to sweep us from the cricket field altogether if they could". The dispute was about a point of principle and centred on the right of bowlers to use an overarm action, which had been legalised ahead of
4644-641: The North and South Stands were torn down following Leeds' last home game of the season: the new South Stand is a two-tier structure similar to the East Stand with an expanded terrace for 5,500 and seating behind for 2,200, while the North Stand's replacement features 3,800 seats, additional executive boxes and facilities for players, staff and media, as well as 4,200 seats for the cricket ground. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Headingley Headingley
4752-548: The age of 53. J. M. Kilburn wrote in the Yorkshire Post : "He had bowled at W. G. Grace , and he bowled at Don Bradman . At 20, at 30, at 40 and at 50 he had shown himself master of his world, and his kingdom was never usurped". Rhodes was succeeded by Hedley Verity , another skilful slow left armer. In 1932, Verity performed the greatest bowling feat in first-class cricket – ten wickets for ten runs against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Percy Holmes and Sutcliffe had
4860-669: The annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog. In the time of Queen Victoria, Prince Alemayehu of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father King Tewedros , died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, Far Headingley . Edward Baines , editor of
4968-449: The area. Images of Headingley Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales . It represents the historic county of Yorkshire . Yorkshire's first team is the most successful in English cricketing history with 33 County Championship titles, including one shared. The team's most recent Championship title
5076-419: The assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders. The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses. It is a community business that is self-financing and supports. a range of initiatives that benefit
5184-469: The authority of the Sheffield-based county club. Yorkshire played their inaugural first-class match against Surrey at The Oval on 4, 5 and 6 June 1863. Surrey scored 315 runs, to which Yorkshire replied with 257. Surrey were bowled out for 60 before the match was drawn. The team recorded their first win in the following match against the strong Nottinghamshire team and although they lost
5292-546: The best professional batsman in the country. In 1873, Yorkshire won seven games and lost five and for the following season, Luke Greenwood replaced Rowbotham as captain. The team had an improved record, but although second only to Gloucestershire, Yorkshire lost heavily in both encounters between the teams. Greenwood retired, Rowbotham resumed the captaincy for 1875, and Lockwood took over in 1876. The team did not perform particularly well in either season, but their worst performance came in 1877, winning two games – but none of
5400-782: The building. Headingley is also home to an amateur association football team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, but was offered a new ground in 2008 by the University of Bradford . It nows plays in Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds. They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling. There are also two amateur cricket clubs ( Headingley Bramhope CC & St. Chads CC) in Far Headingley . Headingley
5508-456: The centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in Far Headingley . The area's Woolworths closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a bowling alley . The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a Morrisons in Kirkstall , approximately
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#17327938493355616-582: The children's classic Swallows and Amazons , was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the writer and author of The Lord of the Rings , lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in
5724-439: The club's initial reorganisation was completed and was finalised after Ellison died in 1898 and Hawke assumed the club presidency as well as captaincy. When Wostinholm died in 1902 after being club secretary for 38 years, the county offices were moved from Sheffield to the more central location of Leeds. It was in 1893 that the team finally came good and Yorkshire won their first official County Championship. Hodgson wrote that it
5832-432: The committee agreed to reorganise itself for the first time since the club's foundation and began a process which eventually made the club representative of the whole county and not just Sheffield. Hawke succeeded Emmett in 1883 and remained as official captain for 27 years, but at first he was careful to take his time and did not make too many changes. Yorkshire improved in 1883 and finished second behind Nottinghamshire in
5940-482: The county according as arrangements may be made". Other locations in Yorkshire were unable or unwilling to host fixtures in the first years of the club, and Bradford and York continued to attempt to organise games in competition with Yorkshire, sometimes causing confusion among other counties. Attempts to form an alternative Yorkshire team continued intermittently until 1884 although, by 1873, most clubs had accepted
6048-475: The county of Lord Hawke , then aged 21. The team faded again in 1882 and Hawke, who had refused the captaincy earlier, was appointed team captain at the end of the season, the first amateur to hold this position. Previous captains had all been professionals: Roger Iddison (1863–1872), Joseph Rowbotham (1873 and 1875), Luke Greenwood (1874), Ephraim Lockwood (1876–1877) and Tom Emmett (1878–1882). Hawke remained in charge for 28 seasons until 1910, during which time
6156-443: The county team was one of the strongest in England. Consequently, on 8 January 1863, Yorkshire County Cricket Club was formed. Membership was unlimited and cost a minimum of 10s and 6d . Like most first-class cricket clubs of the time, Yorkshire relied on private patronage with administrators "paying to serve" and "moneyed enthusiasts" acting as ready match sponsors. The majority of players were freelance professionals who were paid
6264-422: The cricket ground have been rebuilt. In December 2005, Yorkshire County Cricket Club obtained a loan of £9 million from Leeds City Council towards the cost of purchasing the cricket ground for £12 million. Shortly afterwards, 98.37% of members who participated in a vote backed the deal.In 29 years, the owners of the stadium have renovated 5 times. On 11 January 2006, the club announced plans to rebuild
6372-423: The day comes when we shall have no more amateurs captaining England it will be a thousand pities." In view of this, it is perhaps surprising that, when Arthur Lupton retired at the end of the 1927 season, Hawke was one of the sponsors of the suggestion that Herbert Sutcliffe should become Yorkshire captain . In the event, there was sufficient opposition to the idea amongst the Yorkshire committee and players (some of
6480-410: The director of cricket. In addition to the board members, there are a director of finance and a human resources manager who is also personal assistant (PA) to both the board and chief executive. Among other roles are coaching, groundstaff, physiotherapy, operations, marketing, retail and community development. The once-influential post of club Secretary effectively ceased in 2002 although the club did have
6588-535: The early 1970s) to the northern side of the Cricket Ground. The new pavilion replaces 'The Winter Shed' and 'The Media Centre' at the Kirkstall Lane end of the ground, which had become obsolete, according to Yorkshire County Cricket Club , as they no longer met the requirements of modern broadcasting. The changing facilities have been replaced by new facilities, designed specifically for cricket, while
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#17327938493356696-408: The first bowler to take 200 wickets in his first full season in 1951. The 1950s were dominated by Surrey, who won seven successive championships. Yorkshire had internal problems which were resolved before the 1959 season in which Yorkshire recovered the title under Ronnie Burnet . The 1960s saw a new Yorkshire team emerge that dominated English cricket. Brian Close was made captain in 1963 and won
6804-428: The last ten – and losing seven. This placed them eighth out of nine counties. Tom Emmett then took over as captain, but the following two seasons brought mixed results as the team displayed inconsistency, often losing to teams they should comfortably have beaten. Derek Hodgson, in his official county history, suggests a lack of discipline in the team throughout these years was to blame; contemporary reports suggested
6912-487: The latter year. The team won six out of seven in 1870 to be acclaimed as Champion County again. Much of Yorkshire's success in these years came from the bowling combination of George Freeman and Tom Emmett . Following Freeman's retirement from regular cricket after 1870, Yorkshire declined, winning fewer games in 1871 and 1872 as Gloucestershire rose to a position of dominance in County Cricket, driven by
7020-653: The local community. HDT has over 1,200 members, making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK. In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF). Since 2011, HDT has operated the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART). It also runs several publicly-operated local businesses and a variety of cultural initiatives. Headingley Parish Church
7128-503: The mid 19th century, Far Headingley had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land. Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849,
7236-436: The monaster received the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley from John de Calverley. A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 census , Headingley's population
7344-429: The new committee, was reinstated as a player. Meanwhile, Brian Close became chairman of the cricket committee. Success continued to elude Yorkshire although Phil Carrick led the team to a Benson and Hedges Cup triumph in 1987. Yorkshire put themselves at a self-evident disadvantage from 1968 until 1992 by insisting that all its players must have been born within the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire , while all
7452-469: The new executive boxes will provide the expected level of service. Yorkshire County Cricket Clubs offices will also be relocated into the pavilion, which boasts environmentally friendly features such as a ground source heat pump and solar hot water heating . The rugby ground has also been significantly rebuilt since the 2006 opening of the Carnegie Stand at the east end, which contained both standing and seated areas, private boxes and catering. In 2017 both
7560-493: The next thirty years but was not organised in any formal way. Among their opponents were Sussex in 1835; Manchester in 1844 and 1845; and Kent in 1849. Also in 1849, Yorkshire played against a "Lancashire" team for the first time, though it was really a Sheffield v Manchester match. By 1855, Sheffield and Yorkshire were playing at Bramall Lane . On 7 March 1861, during a meeting at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield,
7668-502: The next two seasons before a recovery in 1912 brought their last title before the First World War . While Hirst, Rhodes and Denton continued to excel, Yorkshire gained much in the last four years before the war from two new all-rounders, Major Booth and Alonzo Drake , both of whom were an outstanding success. Another newcomer was Arthur Dolphin , who replaced the retired David Hunter as first-choice wicketkeeper. In 1913 and
7776-598: The northern side of the complex. It opened in 1891 and has been used for Test matches since 1899. It is the main home ground of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the Yorkshire Vikings Twenty20 cricket team. The venue last hosted The Ashes in 2023. Floodlights were installed at the ground in 2015. It has a seating capacity of 18,350, executive facilities, and opened a new media centre in 2010. Since 2000, all sections of
7884-504: The official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The team play most of their home games at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds . Another significant venue is at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough , which houses the annual Scarborough Festival . Yorkshire have used other grounds in the past including The Fartown Ground , Huddersfield ; Bramall Lane , Sheffield , which
7992-465: The other county teams strengthened themselves by signing overseas Test players. In 1992, the birth qualification rule was first modified to include those who had been educated within the county, a dispensation that allowed Michael Vaughan to play; and was then eventually abandoned altogether. Yorkshire's first ever overseas player that season was 19-year-old Sachin Tendulkar . Yorkshire finally won
8100-528: The other extreme, Wilfred Rhodes is supposed to have been the de facto captain from 1920 to 1930, but it was Major Arthur Lupton who restored discipline to the side when a row erupted between Yorkshire and Middlesex in 1924. Lord Hawke famously said at the Yorkshire Annual General Meeting in 1925: "Pray God, no professional shall ever captain England. I love and admire them all, but we have always had an amateur skipper and when
8208-645: The parent company of Leeds RLFC . Since 2006, the cricket ground has been owned by Yorkshire CCC, with the rugby ground retained by Leeds CF & A. The two organisations jointly manage the complex. 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 Carnegie School of Sport Exercise and Physical Education. Between 1 November 2017 and 3 November 2021,
8316-478: The profits made by the club paid for improvements to be made to the Bramall Lane Ground and increased player wages through the introduction of travelling expenses and talent money where good performances were financially rewarded. An influx of what proved to be effective new players saw Yorkshire finish second to Lancashire in the unofficial Championship for 1881, but more significant was the debut for
8424-496: The return match, won two and lost only one of the four matches played in their first season. In 1864, the team won two and lost four of seven matches. In 1865, the club and players became involved in a dispute. Five players – Roger Iddison, George Anderson , George Atkinson , Joseph Rowbotham and Ned Stephenson – refused to play against Surrey. This concerned a controversy that arose in 1862 when Iddison and Anderson played for an All-England team against Surrey at The Oval and
8532-629: The same teams earlier played a game at Durham . Sheffield Cricket Club was probably formed about this time and there are references to Sheffield matches in Derbyshire in 1757 and home and away matches against Leeds in 1765. A club was formed in Leeds in 1760 and in York in 1784. Bedale in North Yorkshire was a noted centre in the early 19th century. But cricket in most rural areas
8640-468: The sport, while former Yorkshire captain Gary Ballance , who admitted using racist language , was indefinitely suspended from national selection. The ECB wrote in a statement that there were problems with the governance and management of the club. Lord Hawke, in the early days of his captaincy, designed the white rose badge. Copying the idea from Lancashire, who already had adopted the red rose as
8748-497: The stadium was known as the Emerald Headingley Stadium due to the purchase of the naming rights by Emerald Group Publishing . The Emerald Group later withdrew their sponsorship of the ground effective immediately on 3 November 2021 due to Yorkshire County Cricket Club's alleged insufficient response to allegations of racism made by former player Azeem Rafiq . In 2023, Rugby League team Leeds Rhinos announced
8856-492: The stand next to the rugby ground with 3,000 extra seats, taking capacity to 20,000. The club also announced plans to redevelop the Winter Shed (North) stand on 25 August 2006 providing a £12.5 million pavilion complex. The rugby ground sits on the southern side of the complex. Historically a rugby league ground, the home of Leeds Rhinos, it now hosts some rugby union games. The team has also won 11 League Championships,
8964-429: The success of W. G. Grace and his brothers. Conscious of the need to strengthen the club, Yorkshire instituted a Colts team of young players, but replaced Iddison as captain at the end of the 1872 season. Rowbotham, another professional, assumed the position. For the 1873 season, county cricket moved a step closer towards an organised competition when the counties agreed qualification rules for players to be eligible for
9072-431: The team drank too much alcohol to be effective. The players also suffered from public attention, receiving generous hospitality at times which impacted on their performances. In these seasons, the team often began well only to lose form later in the season and the Yorkshire committee was reluctant to replace the experienced cricketers with younger players. However, off the field, Yorkshire became increasingly successful, and
9180-461: The team who made a strong title challenge in 2013, eventually finishing runners-up. Yorkshire improved on that by winning the title in both 2014 and 2015, which was their last to date. In 2020, Yorkshire were accused of institutional racism by former player Azeem Rafiq. In 2021, the ECB suspended Yorkshire from holding Test matches because their handling of the issue was causing reputational damage to
9288-424: The team won eight County Championships. In an obituary tribute, the editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack said that Lord Hawke's "strength of character was tested" when, as a young man on leaving Cambridge University , he undertook the responsibility of captaining the Yorkshire side, composed at that time of "elements that were not entirely harmonious". Owing to Hawke's "tact, judgment and integrity", he moulded
9396-532: The unfinished 1914 season, Yorkshire finished second and fourth. Lord Hawke played only a few matches in 1909 and formally resigned as captain in 1910. He was succeeded by Everard Radcliffe , who held the post until the end of the 1911 season; and then by Sir Archibald White , who led the team until the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. Yorkshire won the first post-war Championship in 1919,
9504-416: The unofficial County Championship. However, the remainder of the 1880s was disappointing for the team and its supporters. Kilburn said that Yorkshire "continued to be an unreliable side, mingling brilliant achievement with miserable performance". The basic problem was that the older players were past their peak while younger replacements did not make the progress expected. A poor season on the field in 1889
9612-475: The v-neck of each player's sweater. As with all county cricket clubs, Yorkshire represents the historic county and not any modern or current administrative unit. In Yorkshire's case, this means the three ridings and the City of York , although the club played some home matches outside the historic borders at Sheffield's Abbeydale Park , which was historically part of Derbyshire , from 1974 to 1996. The club
9720-575: The venue with a 15-year staging agreement. On 11 January 2006, the stadium was officially renamed the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University and the club announced plans on 11 January 2006 to rebuild the stand next to the rugby ground with 3,000 extra seats, taking capacity to 20,000. The club also announced plans to redevelop the Winter shed (North) stand on 25 August 2006 providing
9828-610: 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
9936-613: The zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. The bear pit survives on Cardigan Road. Meanwood Beck , to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds. The Leeds Tramway terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from Leeds city centre , which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into
10044-565: The “biggest commercial deal” in their history with a 15-year partnership with AMT Auto for the naming rights to the rugby stadium. The deal with the Leeds-based vehicle solutions company means the club’s stadium is now known as the AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium since 1 December 2023. It is only the fourth time in the 133-year history of the stadium that the club have allowed naming rights. The cricket ground sits on
10152-512: Was "perhaps ... the first confirmation of Hawke's striving for teamwork and discipline". Yorkshire achieved second and third places in 1894 and 1895. The team continued to develop as Brown and Tunnicliffe established an effective opening partnership backed up by Denton and Jackson while Peel, Wainwright and Hirst carried the bowling attack. Yorkshire historian R. S. Holmes described Yorkshire as "prodigious" in 1896, when they won their second title with some outstanding batting performances including
10260-525: Was appointed U-15 captain. In the summer of 2012, Rafiq stepped in for the injured Andrew Gale to captain the team in six T20 matches, becoming the first player of Asian origin to lead the county, as well as the youngest captain in the club's history. The club were relegated at the end of a disappointing 2011 season, leading to major restructuring in the coaching staff, with former Yorkshire and Australia player Jason Gillespie brought in as coach. After swiftly regaining promotion, Gillespie set about revamping
10368-465: Was club captain at the time (Ray Illingworth had just left Yorkshire for Leicestershire when he became captain of England; he later returned to Yorkshire). From 1883 to 1959 inclusive, Yorkshire always had an amateur club captain. The extent of leadership given by these gentlemen has long been a subject of discussion. Hawke and Sellers are generally held to have been autocratic and decisive, but in fact both relied heavily on sound professional advice. At
10476-455: Was decided on the last day of the season. Yorkshire lost to Gloucestershire by a single run and were overtaken by Kent, who won their last match against Hampshire by an innings. Having finished third in 1907, Yorkshire went through the 1908 season unbeaten and bowled Northamptonshire out for 27 and 15, the aggregate score of 42 being the lowest in English first-class cricket. Yorkshire finished third in 1909 but then dropped to eighth and seventh in
10584-513: Was founded on 8 January 1863 in the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield and was initially based at Bramall Lane . Yorkshire first played at North Marine Road, Scarborough in the 1878 season . This remains the venue for the annual Scarborough Festival matches. Headingley was first established in 1888 and Test cricket was first played there in 1899, eight years later than it hosted its inaugural first-class match when Yorkshire played Kent in 1891,
10692-399: Was given as 300. An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In
10800-467: Was in 2015. The club's limited overs team is called the Yorkshire Vikings and their kit colours are Cambridge blue, Oxford blue, and yellow. Yorkshire teams formed by earlier organisations, essentially the old Sheffield Cricket Club , played top-class cricket from the 18th century and the county club has always held first-class status. Yorkshire have competed in the County Championship since
10908-455: Was reflected by reduced income and changes were made with several good new players being introduced. These included Jack Brown , David Hunter and Stanley Jackson , while Bobby Peel was becoming increasingly effective as a bowling all-rounder. They were followed by John Tunnicliffe , David Denton , Ted Wainwright and George Hirst . Hawke worked on fielding practice and the players became specialised and efficient as fielders. In 1893,
11016-453: Was regarded as one of the leading players in the country in the 1820s. Cricket increased in popularity after one of the 1827 roundarm trial matches was played at the purpose-built Darnall New Ground in Sheffield to evaluate the new style of roundarm bowling . After this match, many new cricket clubs were formed in the county. In 1833, "Yorkshire" was first used as the name of the team, although it contained eleven Sheffield players, for
11124-433: Was sadness too in 1973 when Bramall Lane, the club's first ever home, was finally closed to cricket after over 400 first-class matches and was converted into a specialist football stadium. Geoff Boycott captained Yorkshire for most of the 1970s, but competitive success eluded the team even when Boycott left Test cricket for three years to concentrate on the county game. He was sacked as captain amid much internal furore after
11232-403: Was slow to develop. Yorkshire cricket became centred around Sheffield , where it was more organised than in the rest of the county. From 1771, Sheffield played semi-regular matches against Nottingham Cricket Club . Nottingham was generally the better side and Sheffield sometimes played with more players to give them a greater chance of victory. Nevertheless, the Sheffield player Tom Marsden
11340-638: Was the centre of the Skyrack wapentake or Siaraches , the " Shire oak ". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak , stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack. During the 13th century, William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to Kirkstall Abbey . In 1341,
11448-560: Was the club's original home; Horton Park Avenue , Bradford ; St George's Road Cricket Ground, Harrogate ; The Circle, Kingston upon Hull ; and Acklam Park , Middlesbrough . The earliest certain reference to cricket in Yorkshire dates from 1751 when local matches were held in Sheffield and a game took place on or soon after Monday, 5 August at Stanwick, near Richmond , between the Duke of Cleveland 's XI and Earl of Northumberland 's XI;
11556-432: Was the first Asian player to represent Yorkshire, but he was an overseas player. It was not until 2003 that Dewsbury's Ismail Dawood became the first British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire. He was followed by Ajmal Shahzad and Adil Rashid who have both represented England. In 2007, Azeem Rafiq as a member of Yorkshire's academy team became the first player of an Asian background to captain England at any level when he
11664-497: Was the first club Treasurer and at some point early in Yorkshire's history, he assumed the Presidency . Most official accounts record Ellison as Yorkshire's first President. Joseph ("J. B.") Wostinholm became the first of four long-serving club Secretaries in 1864. The first team captain was Roger Iddison , a professional cricketer. The objective of the club was to play matches "either in Sheffield or in any other towns of
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