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Description: 24th August 1947 Headingley Cricket Ground is in the centre with the oblong Rugby Ground below it. Kirkstall Lane runs above the cricket pitch, St Michaels Lane is below, passing the Rugby Ground. User Comments: Name: michael mcguinness Comment: In my youth I went to the Yorkshire cricket ground, I saw Len Hutton, Freddy Truman, Willy Watson and many more. I also went to the rugby football ground for many years. Now I support rugby union. Email: Not displayed ________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Pat Burns Comment: My sister had a flat in Cardigan Road overlooking cricket ground and she used to sit on the roof just outside her window and watch the cricket in the 1970's but couldnt see all the ground! Email: npburns@btinternet.com ________________________________________________________________________________ Name: brian thomas Comment: A year after this pic was taken I saw my first Test Match at Headingley and witnessed the greatest test batsman ever-Sir Don Bradman crucify the English attack. I have remained a fervent Cricket lover ever since. Four Years later I saw Lewis Jones Leeds' best ever, play his first game for Leeds at the Rugby Stadium. Date: 20-Aug-2009 Email: helensdad@mac.com ________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Mary Southwell Comment: There is a great deal of building going on round the curved northern edge of the Cricket Ground at the Kirkstall Road End. We stayed in Sept 2009 in a hotel, Headingley Lodge, built next to the score board stand. Watch cricket in the evening from your bed! Awesome. Date: 11-May-2010 Email: southwell75@bigpond.com ________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Les Billingham Comment: This photo was taken three days before the first home match of Leeds' 1947/48 season. The result was Leeds 8 v Bradford Northern 20. However, just a few months before on 21st May 1947 Leeds had their record home crowd of 40,175 for a league match, also vs Bradford Northern and it was a 2-2 draw. Usually the season would have been finished by end of May but 1947 was a year of huge snowfalls, so the season was extended. Date: 18-Jul-2010 Email: ann-les-taz2@tiscali.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________________
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