Whilst looking through a old White Rose magazine , I noticed an article written by Tony Woodhouse about Sheepscar Cricket Club.
The photograph was taken on land where now stands Charles F Stead & Co Ltd Leather Manufacturers Sheepscar North Street Leeds 7.Sitting on the wall is Tony Woodhouse who is quoted as Yorkshire CCC Curator and Historian. Tony wrote two important books about the history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and was a collector of 13000 cricket books.
On the 30 April 1892 the Sheepscar Cricket Club (formally known as the Sheepscar United Leather Works ) played the first ever Leeds League cricket match. The match was against Leamington who played at Holbeck. It ended in a draw greatly to the advantage of the Leathermen for whom T.
Greenwood scored 75 , J.Hainsworth 37 and F.Sharpe 40 in a total of 205 for 4. Leamington finished on 47 for 3.
In the article it quoted the date as 23 April in error.
The next match was away to North Leeds whose opening batsman was Mark Heaton who started at Leeds Blenheim Clarence and then Burmantofts Clarence .Both clubs are no longer playing.
Sheepscar club left the Leeds League at the end of 1898 and were not heard of again. At this time they were at the bottom of the table.Ironically the last match against Wortley was rained off.
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