Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Leeds Rhinos RLFC and Leeds Carnegie RUFC (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]. Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Hyde Park Corner, Leeds Headingley is a suburb of the English city of Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... Official website www. ... A rugby union scrum. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ...

Since 11 January 2006 the stadium has officially been known as the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University (their sports faculty being known as the Carnegie School of Sport Exercise and Physical Education). [1] January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Metropolitan University is a university with campuses in Leeds and Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. ...

Headingley Rugby Stadium

The new Carnegie Stand at the rugby ground

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. Image File history File linksMetadata Headingley_Carnegie. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Headingley_Carnegie. ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Undersoil heating was installed in 1963, and floodlights in 1966. New changing rooms were added in 1991. Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Modern stage lighting is a flexible tool in the production of theatre, dance, opera and other performance arts. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

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. The ground now has a capacity of 22,250. Super League (Europe) began in March 1996 and is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. ... Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club who are based in Headingley in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league team in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. ...

The record attendance at Headingley was 40,175 for the rugby league match between Leeds and Bradford on the 21st May, 1947. Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... The larger City of Bradford Metropolitan District includes other settlements in the surrounding area. ... (Redirected from 21st May) May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

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Headingley's rugby stadium is located at 53°48′58.87″N, 1°34′55.82″W.

Headingley Cricket Ground

England v Australia 4th Test 2001

Headingley 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A Test match in progress. ...

Headingley's cricket ground is located at 53°49′3.58″N, 1°34′55.12″W.

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. George Herbert Hirst (born in Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire on 7 September 1871 - 10 May 1954), often known as George Herbert, was a professional cricketer for Yorkshire and England. ... The Right Honourable Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (21 November 1870-9 March 1947), better known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson, was an English cricketer, soldier and politician. ...

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. Sir Donald George Bradman AC (August 27, 1908 — February 25, 2001), often called The Don, was an Australian cricketer who is universally acknowledged to be the greatest batsman of all time. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international crickets most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. ...

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. Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 - 31 July 1943) was an England cricketer. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire. ...

In 1948, Australia scored 404 for three on the last day to beat England. Arthur Morris scored 182 and Bradman scored 173 not out. Arthur Robert Morris (born January 19, 1922 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches and was a member of Don Bradmans Iinvincibles of 1948. ...

In the 1977 Ashes test (against Australia), Geoff Boycott scored his hundredth first-class hundred. The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international crickets most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. ... Geoffrey Boycott (born October 21, 1940) is a former England cricketer. ...

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. [2] The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Follow-on is a term (noun and verb) used in the sport of cricket. ... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Both, Beefy, Beef or Guy the Gorilla) is a retired England Test cricketer. ... Not out is a term used on cricket scorecards to signify that a batsman has not been dismissed when the innings is finished. ... Robert (Bob) George Dylan Willis (born in Sunderland 30 May 1949) is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England. ...

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. Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... Malcolm Denzil Marshall (April 18, 1958 - November 4, 1999) was a West Indian cricketer, regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever to have played Test cricket; some have suggested he was the finest of all. ... Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. ... Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. ...

Yorkshire v Surrey 2005

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] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 581 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Headingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds, England Photo taken by Joe p15, 13 July 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 581 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Headingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds, England Photo taken by Joe p15, 13 July 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this... Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. ... Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ...

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. Andrew (Andy) Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968) is an England cricketer. ... Ryan Jay Sidebottom (born January 15, 1978 in Huddersfield) is an English cricketer. ...

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] Mark Alan Butcher (born Croydon, Surrey, 23 August 1972) is an English cricketer. ...

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 The 11th 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 25th August 2006 providing a £12.5 million pavillion complex [8]. Leeds City Council is the city council for the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... (Redirected from 11 January) January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... (Redirected from 25 August) August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

See also

Cricket Portal

• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

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Notes

For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ...

External links

• stadium improvements info @ bbc
• A rotating 360 degree view of the cricket 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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