Woodhouse Hill Ground, Leeds

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Woodhouse Hill was a stadium in the Hunslet district of Leeds which was used for cricket and rugby football. Woodhouse Hill Cricket Ground held two first class cricket matches . In July 1869 Yorkshire CCC played Cambridgeshire while a United North of England Eleven took on a United South of England Eleven in 1872. Roger Iddison scored a century in the county match but the match winner was Tom Emmett who took 9-23 and 7 for 15 for Yorkshire. His match figures of 16 for 38 in 35.2 overs in Yorkshire's innings victory are remarkable and he also scored an unbeaten 47 at number 11 in a partnership of 72 for the last wicket . Emmett's 9 for 23 were his best innings figures in a career which saw him take 1572 first class wickets at just 13.55.