- Abbeydale Park
Abbeydale Park is a
sports venue inDore ,Sheffield ,England . It is unusual in having hosted home games for two differentcounty cricket teams.The Park first opened for
cricket in 1921, with the first pavilion being completed the following year. Its first tenant was theSheffield Collegiate Cricket Club . [http://www.sheffield-collegiate-cc.org.uk/node/6] The ground was inDerbyshire until 1934, andDerbyshire County Cricket Club played twofirst-class match es at it in 1946 and 1947.With the closure of
Bramall Lane to cricket,Yorkshire County Cricket Club began playing at the venue in 1974, and continued regular matches until 1996. [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/SOCIETIES/ENG/ACS/FC_MATCH_LIST/ENG/BYPLACE/SHEFFIELD_ABBEYDALE_PARK.html] In 2007, the club returned to the ground for some second team games. [http://www.cricketworld.com/england/county/yorkshire/article/?aid=9472]Sheffield F.C. , recognised byFIFA as the oldest football club in the world, played at Abbeydale Park for many years. [http://sheffieldfc.tripod.com/history.html]The Park is now home to a variety of sports, including squash,
hockey ,badminton ,table tennis ,racketball ,bowls , rugby, andlacrosse in addition to cricket. [http://www.abbeydalesportsclub.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=33]
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