Wigginton Road Cricket Ground

Wigginton Road Cricket Ground in York is a former cricket ground. Its one and only first-class match was held in June 1890 between Yorkshire and Kent.

The ground was then known as the Yorkshire Gentlemen Cricket Club Ground, having been used by the Yorkshire Gentlemen from its inception in 1864 to 1931. Its name was changed in 1933 to Wigginton Road and was used from 1932 to 1966 by York Cricket Club. It had also been known as Clarence Street.

Wigginton Road Cricket Ground is now covered by York Hospital.

Cricket

Yorkshire won the solitary first class match by 8 wickets after bowling Kent out for 46 in their first innings with three Kent players, somewhat bizarrely as it was the first innings of the game, denoted as "absent injured" when they failed to turn up for the game. Prince Albert Victor, Queen Victoria's grandson, attended the match. The ground was used for Yorkshire Second XI matches until the late 1950s but in 1966 the hospital authorities which owned the site announced that it would be redeveloped. The final game took place on 3 September 1966.

Rugby Union and League

Financial problems in the early 1880s forced York Wasps out of the Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground. The Wasps would use Wigginton Road as one of their home grounds until 1989.

The stadium, in its time, played host to many Australian and New Zealand national rugby league teams who played tour games against York, the Yorkshire representative team or an English League XIII.[1]

gameDateResultAttendanceNotes
129 January 1908 York def. New Zealand 5–31907–08 All Golds tour
214 October 1908 York drew with Australia 5–51,7811908–09 Kangaroo Tour
313 December 1911 Australasia def. York 16–81,5001911–12 Kangaroo Tour
42 November 1921 York def. Australasia 9–35,0001921–22 Kangaroo Tour
55 October 1926 New Zealand def. York 19–113,0991926–27 New Zealand Kiwis tour
611 September 1929Australasia def. York 32–114,7291929–30 Kangaroo Tour
71 November 1933 English League XIII def. Australia 16–93,1581933–34 Kangaroo Tour
823 December 1933 Australia def. York 15–76,500
922 September 1937 Australia def. York 15–65,0001937–38 Kangaroo Tour
103 November 1956 Australia def. York 20–186,8421956–57 Kangaroo Tour
1128 September 1959Yorkshire Yorkshire def. Australia 47–157,3381959–60 Kangaroo Tour
129 November 1975 Australia def. York 45–184,0821975 Australian Rugby League World Cup tour
1314 November 1978 Australia def. York 29–25,1551978 Kangaroo Tour

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Coordinates: 53°57′57.07″N 1°04′57.33″W / 53.9658528°N 1.0825917°W / 53.9658528; -1.0825917


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