I previously wrote a blog post about the history of the Fartown Grounds at Huddersfield in January 2017, recently I started to sort through all the pictures I have taken over the years with the intention of sharing them here and on Clickasnap, this due to my decision to no longer use Flickr as a source of sharing my images. Todays set I have reworked is from the number I took at Fartown in June 2015. They can all be seen below or on Clickasnap where they are full size and Un-watermarked. To learn more about the history of the Fartown grounds please take a moment to view my previous post.
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| Taken from behind the post looking towards the scoreboard end - eastern terrace. |
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| Originally a clock tower until vandalism called for a change, the cricket memorial tower celebrates the Yorkshire cricketers George Herbert Hirst 1871-1954, Wilfred Rhodes 1877-1973 and Schofield Haigh 1871-1921. All 3 were born within the modern day area of Huddersfield (Kirklees). |
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| The former cricket ground was one of the homes for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. They played the first game against Nottinghamshire CCC on the 28 August 1873, playing a total of 76 first class county cricket matches, the last beating Gloucestershire CCC by 67 runs on the 17 August 1955. The ground also hosted Yorkshire for 9 one day fixtures the first being against Sussex CCC on 1 June 1969 and the last on May 9 1982 against Worcestershire CCC. |
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| The rugby ground viewed from the scoreboard end. |
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| The overgrown high sided former northern terrace. |
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| The ground viewed from the corner of the scoreboard ens and northern terrace. The main stand would have stood opposite. |
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| The former cricket pavilion, lying overgrown and seemingly unloved. |
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| The overgrown scoreboard end. |
Despite its historical significance to rugby league and cricket the grounds seem to be a shadow of their former selves, feeling a little unloved and neglected on the whole, the main playing surface looked like a fantastic spot to play the greatest game.
Thanks for looking and fell free to share, all the pictures remain the copyright of Colin Green.
