Hyde Park (cricket ground)
Ground information | |||
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Location | Sheffield, Yorkshire | ||
Establishment | 1826 (opening date) | ||
Capacity | 16,000 | ||
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As of 23 August 2010 Source: Ground profile |
Hyde Park was a
Cricket ground
The first recorded match on the ground took place from 30 August to 1 September 1830 between Sheffield and Nottingham, Sheffield winning by 41 runs.[1] Sheffield used the ground several times for important matches, their last one there being against Manchester on 26 and 27 July 1852, Sheffield winning by an innings and 22 runs.[2]
Most of Sheffield's matches were against other town clubs, notably Manchester and Nottingham, but from 1833 they began to take on teams that represented counties and, for these matches, Sheffield called themselves
Afterwards
Soon afterwards, Hyde Park was acquired by the Hallamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps as their drill ground.[7] W. G. Grace played in the Colts v. AEE match as a guest player and captained the Colts XVIII. He recalled Hyde Park in his Recollections (published in 1899), saying: "The ground stood on the top of a high hill, and I began to despair of the cab ever getting to the top".[8]
In its heyday, Hyde Park covered five and a half acres and so could stage several matches concurrently. Situated on high ground, as Grace said, it was known for "its splendid views and rapid draining and drying".[7] Its ability to stage "massed cricket" emulated Parker's Piece and the Bombay Maidan as up to 200 cricketers could be playing there at any one time.[7]
The site was later converted to the Hyde Park Greyhound Stadium in 1933 until 1980.[9]
References
- ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, p. 133.
- ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 4, p. 397.
- ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 2, pp. 240–241.
- ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 4, p. 55.
- ^ Haygarth, S&B volume 4, p. 461.
- ^ "Nottingham and Sheffield Colts v All-England Eleven". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Hodgson, p. 12.
- ^ Grace, p. 30.
- ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-9506882-0-7.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 4 (1849–1854). Lillywhite.
- Hodgson, Derek (1989). The Official History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-85223-274-9.
External links
- "Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield". CricketArchive.
- "Hyde Park Ground". ESPNcricinfo.