West Riding Sports Ground Meanwood Road

tackler7 · Post by **tackler7** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:04 pm

Hi, I am trying to identify where on Meanwood Road the West Riding Sports Ground was.It was at its peak in the late 1890's and hosted an England rugby union international.Can anyone help?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:39 pm

Do you know who against? They played a home international at dewsbury that year and headingley in 1893. I can't find the ground on the 1906 map.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:44 pm

I can only find mention of this place being a rugby ground on Meanwood Road going back in time.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... LAY=FULLNo mention of international matches though. How many rugby grounds would there be along that road? There can't have been too many?

tackler7 · Post by **tackler7** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:46 pm

Ireland. http://www.rugbydata.com/england/irelan ... 96/02/01/I know a little about the ground as a rugby ground but I understand that athletics and cycling also took place there....maybe Cricket too.

tackler7 · Post by **tackler7** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 9:48 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: I can only find mention of this place being a rugby ground on Meanwood Road going back in time.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... LAY=FULLNo mention of international matches though. How many rugby grounds would there be along that road? There can't have been too many? I've seen that photo - I am not convinced that it is the same ground. It certainly isn't the same team - West Riding F.C (but a rugby club) were defunct by the turn of the century.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 10:42 pm

My initial thought was Bus Vale, but the rugby ground didn't exist until after 1916. It was established on the site of an old quarry that closed in that year. Bus Vale RL club transferred there in 1920. Which begs the question, what ground were they using before that? Perhaps that's the one we need.Interesting factoid: My Dad played for Bus Vale in his teens. But not that far back! Leodis reference:http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 109_174080

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 11:03 pm

tackler7 wrote: Hi, I am trying to identify where on Meanwood Road the West Riding Sports Ground was.It was at its peak in the late 1890's and hosted an England rugby union international.Can anyone help? It wasn't up as far as Bus Vale's amateur ground, more down near Buslingthorpe Lane.It's on one of the OS maps and IIRC it was typically a cricket ground in the summer with a rugby section in the winter.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 11:07 pm

'Behind Meanwood Road baths' ???http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/1776613196/

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 11:08 pm

tackler7 wrote: Hi, I am trying to identify where on Meanwood Road the West Riding Sports Ground was.It was at its peak in the late 1890's and hosted an England rugby union international.Can anyone help? Got it, it's at the end of Education Road and it was essentially a cricket ground.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Tue 04 Mar, 2014 11:15 pm

Yes, that would be behind the baths. Any link parksider?