The Recreation Ground,
Holbeck
Holbeck is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It begins on the southern edge of Leeds city centre and mainly lies in the LS11 postcode district. The M1 and M621 motorways used to end/begin in Holbeck. Now the M621 is the o ...
held eight first class cricket matche
Yorkshire CCC played 3 county championship games at the site, including a Roses Match in 1868 and the touring Australians twice played there. The
Roses Match, the first first class game on the ground, was remarkable in that Lancashire were bowled out for just 30 and 34 and lost the match by an innings and 186 runs, one of the most comprehensive defeats in the long history of the fixtur
George Freeman (cricketer), George Freeman took 12 for 23 in the match while
Tom Emmett bagged 8 for 24. Only two centuries were scored on the ground in first class matches,
Irwin Grimshaw scoring an unbeaten 122 in Yorkshire's first innings against
Derbyshire CCC in 1886 and
Billy Bates making 106 in the second. The ground has been lost to development and is currently covered by housing.
Cricket grounds in West Yorkshire
Defunct cricket grounds in England
Defunct sports venues in West Yorkshire
Sports venues in Leeds
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