Sheffield Cricket Club
Sheffield Cricket Club Team information Established soon after 1751 Last match 1862 Home venue Darnall cricket ground Bramall Lane History Notable players Tom Marsden The Sheffield Cricket Club was founded in the 18th century and soon became important to the development of cricket in northern England. It was the direct forerunner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and some of the teams fielded by Sheffield were styled Yorkshire. Sheffield generally held important match status, depending on the quality of their opponents, from 1771 to 1863. [1] [2] Contents 1 Earliest cricket in Yorkshire 2 Sheffield cricket 3 Sheffield v Leeds 4 Sheffield v Nottingham 5 19th century 6 Sheffield CC records (important matches only) 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External links Earliest cricket in Yorkshire The earliest known references to cricket in Yorkshire are in 1751. [3] These relate to local matches in Sheffield and to a game on or soon after Monday, 5 August at Stanwick, near Richmond, bet