Fartown Rugby and Cricket Grounds, Huddersfield.

Fartown originally opened as St. John's Ground, hosting cricket matches in 1868. In 1875, Huddersfield St. John's Cricket Club merged with Huddersfield Athletic Club, which had featured a rugby club since 1866. On November 2, 1878, the rugby ground had been developed enough to host the first game of rugby against the Manchester Rangers Rugby Club.

 

In 1895, rugby was split, and the Huddersfield club joined the Northern Union, which went on to become the game now known as rugby league. Fartown was their home ground until they moved to Leeds Road Stadium in 1992. The stadium had declined rapidly during the 1980's, and after Huddersfield R.L.F.C. moved out, the stadium was demolished, leaving only the floodlights, perimeter fencing, and pitch as a lasting legacy to a stadium that once held over 35,000 spectators for the 1947 Challenge Cup Semi Final. This information was taken from my previous blog, Photographs by Colin.

 

These pictures were taken on June 18, 2015, with my Polaroid iS2132 digital camera.

The Cricket Memorial, i think it used to feature a clock but if it did it has been removed.

The former cricket ground, now playing host to amateur Rugby League.

Taken from the Scoreboard terrace at the ground.

The very overgrown northern terrace.

The rather sad looking former cricket pavilion.

The scoreboard end, the stadiums metal fencing still in place.

The following pictures show the grounds at other times in there history. These pictures are not owned by me so I will removed them if the owners request it. I wanted to show what the ground looked like in it's better days.

The cricket and football ground pictured in 1934. This image can be purchased at Britain from Above.

 The side terrace and looking across to the end terrace.

 The main stand.

 The side terrace.

The main stand and cricket pavilion.

These four pictures were taken from the Huddersfield Heritage website. You can view and support their website at Huddersfield Heritage. Please take some time to view their website. If you are interested and they would like me to remove the link and pictures, please contact me and I will do so.

 

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