Weetwood Playing Fields Explained

Ground Name:	Weetwood Playing Fields
Country:	England
Location:	Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Establishment:	1934
Coord:	53.8369°N -1.589°W
Club1:	Leeds/Bradford MCCU
Year1:	2019
Date:	12 August
Year:	2020
Source:	https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/2876.html Ground profile

Weetwood Playing Fields is a sports facility of the University of Leeds located in the Leeds suburb of Weetwood, West Yorkshire, England.

Cricket

Among the facilities are a cricket ground, which is used by Leeds/Bradford MCCU. The team played a first-class match at the ground against Yorkshire in 2019,^[1] which resulted in a Yorkshire victory by an innings and 151 runs.^[2] The ground was scheduled to host a further first-class match between Leeds/Bradford MCCU and Warwickshire in 2020,^[1] however this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. With the loss of first-class status for MCC University matches from the 2021 season onward, first-class cricket at the Playing Fields has ended for the foreseeable future.^[3]

Records

First-class

Highest team total: 489 for 8 declared by Yorkshire v Leeds/Bradford MCCU, 2019^[2]
Lowest team total: 119 all out by Leeds/Bradford MCCU v Yorkshire, as above^[2]
Highest individual innings: 176 by Tom Kohler-Cadmore for Yorkshire v Leeds/Bradford MCCU, as above^[4]
Best innings bowling figures: 5 for 16 by Matthew Waite, as above^[2]

External links

ESPNcricinfo

53.8369°N -1.589°W

Notes and References

Web site: First-Class Matches played on Weetwood Playing Fields, Leeds . CricketArchive . 2020-08-12 . subscription.
Web site: Leeds/Bradford MCCU v Yorkshire, 2019 . CricketArchive . 2020-08-12 . subscription.
Ammon, Elizabeth (2019) End is near for first-class universities, The Times, 16 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
Web site: Weetwood Playing Fields, Leeds - Centuries in first-class cricket . CricketArchive . 2020-08-12 . subscription.