Headingley Stadium
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Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie (formerly known as Leeds Tykes).
There are two separate grounds, with a two-sided stand housing common facilities. Initially, the whole complex was owned by the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company, which is the parent company of both rugby clubs. Yorkshire County Cricket Club purchased the cricket ground on 31 December 2005 and, as announced on 11 October 2006, the whole ground is managed as one jointly between Yorkshire C.C.C. and Leeds Rugby.[1]
Since 11 January 2006, the stadium has officially been 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.[2]
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[edit] Headingley Rugby Stadium
Headingley's rugby stadium is located at .
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| Location | Headingley, Leeds, UK |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Closed | Open |
| Owner | Leeds Rhinos |
| Surface | Grass |
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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. Since then the stadium has staged more than 40 international matches and countless domestic finals. The ground now has a capacity of 22,250. It is the second largest stadium in Leeds after Elland Road.
Headingly hosted the first ever Rugby League Challenge Cup final in 1897.
In the 1930s, major developments took place on two sides of the rugby ground. The South Stand was completed in 1931, with some of the work being carried out by club players, whilst the old wooden North Stand was burned down during a match against Halifax on 25th March 1931. By the end of 1932, a new North Stand had been completed.
The record attendance at Headingley was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford on 21 May 1947.
Undersoil heating was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966. New changing rooms were added in 1991.
In July 1998, Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Rugby Limited.
2006 saw the construction of the Carnegie Stand. Built to replace the old eastern terrace, it was opened on 1 September 2006 for the Super League match between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves.
[edit] Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground
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| Location | Headingley, Leeds | |||
| Establishment | 1890 | |||
| Seating capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Owner | Yorkshire County Cricket Club | |||
| End names | Kirkstall Lane End Football Stand End |
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| First Test | 29 June 1899: England v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 25 May 2007: England v West Indies | |||
| First ODI | 5 September 1973: England v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 2 September 2007: England v India | |||
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| Years | Team | |||
| 1891 – present | Yorkshire | |||
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Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground adjoins the rugby stadium through a shared main stand. It has seen Test cricket since 1899 and has a capacity of 17,000.
Headingley Carnegie cricket ground is located at .
[edit] Notable sporting moments
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 each.
Donald Bradman's innings of 334 in the 1930 Ashes Test included 309 runs on the first day, and he followed it in the Australians' next test at Headingley in 1934 with an innings of 304.
Spinner Hedley Verity took 10 wickets for 10 runs in 1932 for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, still the best bowling analysis ever in first-class cricket. Verity had also taken all ten against Warwickshire at Headingley in 1931.
In 1948, Australia scored 404 for three on the last day to beat England. Arthur Morris scored 182 and Bradman scored 173 not out.
In the 1977 Ashes test, Geoff Boycott scored his hundredth first-class hundred.
In 1981, Headingley provided the stage for perhaps the most dramatic comeback in Test cricket, when England beat Australia by 18 runs. The bookies quoted odds of 500-1 against an England victory after they followed on 227 runs behind and then collapsed to 135 for seven in their second innings. Ian Botham scored 149 not out, and then Bob Willis took eight for 43 with the ball, and England won. Two members of the Australian team had taken the 500-1 odds. [1]
In the Test of 1991, Graham Gooch scored a match-winning 154 not out, carrying his bat throughout England's second innings of 252, against the West Indies including Malcolm Marshall, Curtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh.
In a game they had to win to stay in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the eventual cup-winners Australia chased down South Africa's 271 for seven after being 48 for three. Steve Waugh, who had been dropped by Herschelle Gibbs as he attempted to throw the ball up in celebration, scored 120 not out.[3]
In 2000, England dismissed the West Indies for 61 to win by an innings, with Andrew Caddick taking four wickets in an over. This would be repeated seven years later in 2007, as Ryan Sidebottom took eight wickets for 86 in two innings as England subjected the Windies to their worst Test defeat ever, an innings and 283 runs.
In August 2001, England successfully chased 315 to beat the all-conquering Australians, with Mark Butcher scoring an unbeaten 173 as England won by six wickets.[4]
In September 2007, the national finals of the daily telegraph under 15 twenty20 cup were held at Headingley. The four teams, Clifton College, Felsted school, Loughborough GS and Sedbergh School fought bravely but Sedbergh came out on top after a classic day's cricket.
[edit] Owning the ground
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.[5] Shortly afterwards, 98.37% of members who participated in a vote backed the deal.[6] On 11 January 2006, the club announced plans to rebuild the stand next to the rugby ground with 3,000 extra seats, taking capacity to 20,000.[7] The club also announced plans to redevelop the Winter Shed (North) stand on 25 August 2006 providing a £12.5 million pavilion complex.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Joint management agreed for Headingley Stadium", YorkshireCCC.org, 2006-10-11. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
- ^ Leeds Metropolitan University - Latest News - Headingley Carnegie Stadium - 11/01/06
- ^ 9th Super Six Match: Australia v South Africa at Leeds, 13 Jun 1999
- ^ 4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds, 16-20 Aug 2001
- ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Yorkshire | Members approve Headingley buyout
- ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Yorkshire | Members approve Headingley buyout
- ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Yorkshire | New stand and name for Headingley
- ^ Come in to the new Headingley Carnegie Stadium! : News : The Yorkshire County Cricket Club
[edit] External links
- Official site of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club
- stadium improvements info @ bbc
- A rotating 360 degree view of the cricket ground from the BBC
- A rotating 360 degree view of the rugby ground from the BBC
- Stadium renamed
- stadium info @ napit
- pictures of rugby ground at a leeds tykes match
- pictures of rugby ground
- picture of leeds tykes at headingley
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