#darnall

3 incidents tagged

The Roundarm Trial Matches — Sussex v England, Summer 1827

Sussex vs England

1827-07-25

To resolve the running argument over roundarm bowling, the MCC sanctioned three matches in the summer of 1827 between Sussex — whose bowlers Lillywhite and Broadbridge would deliver roundarm — and an England XI bowling only underarm. Played at Sheffield (4-6 June), Lord's (18-19 June) and Brighton (23-25 July), the series was meant to test whether roundarm should be legalised. Sussex won the first two and lost the third, the trial was declared inconclusive, and the law was nudged a step further the following year.

#roundarm-bowling#1827#sussex

⭐Mild

Sheffield Cricket Club Formed at Darnall — 1822

n/a

1822-05-04

In May 1822 a group of Sheffield merchants and industrialists formed the Sheffield Cricket Club at Darnall, on the eastern edge of the town. The club leased a strip from a local landowner and laid out the Darnall ground that would, within five years, host major matches against MCC and Sussex. Sheffield CC is the earliest constituted Yorkshire cricket club of major-match standing.

#roundarm-era#sheffield#yorkshire

🔥Serious

Darnall Stand Collapse — Two Dozen Hurt at Sheffield's New Ground, 1822

Sheffield vs Nottingham

1822-08-12

The first major match at Sheffield's Darnall ground in 1822, a 15 of Sheffield v 11 of Nottingham fixture, was marred when a temporary spectators' stand collapsed under the weight of the crowd, injuring nearly two dozen people. The incident was the first known crowd-safety disaster in English cricket and a foretaste of Lord's-era complaints about hastily built spectator scaffolding.

#darnall#sheffield#1822