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Woodhouse Hill was an enclosure adjacent to the Cemetery Tavern (now The Parnaby Tavern). Sometime later Evening Star changed its name to Hunslet C.C. It became an important Yorkshire club, and Australian teams played at Woodhouse Hill in 1868, 1878 and 1880.
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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
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A special general meeting of the Hunslet Cricket Club was held on 21 May 1883, the committee resolved to grant two local teams: Albion and Excelsior the sum of £30 to form the rugby club
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team named "Evening Star" used to play on Hunslet Moor. Later it moved to Woodhouse Hill, the home of another cricket club, "The Peep of Day C.C.".
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The last cricket on the ground was played in 1888 and Woodhouse Hill was later lost to building development, part is now under the M621.
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based at Woodhouse Hill. The name of the cricket club was also changed to 'Hunslet Cricket and Football Club'.
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played Cambridgeshire while a United North of England Eleven took on a United South of England Eleven in 1872.
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Hunslet announced their arrival the following season by beating Leeds St John's (later to become
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In 1884, Hunslet built a stand. It was re-erected in Parkside when the club moved.
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M621 motorway across the area of the former Woodhouse Hill cricket ground
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and had to shift 2,000 tons of rubbish to create what would become
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Cricket and rugby football stadium in the Hunslet district of Leeds
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scored a century in the county match but the match winner was
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