Overview

Halifax's Thrum Hall ground was acquired by the town's cricket and rugby club's in 1885 for a cost of £3000 and leveled as well as having a pavilion constructed in the immediate aftermath.

The venue was opened in 1886 when Yorkshire played 18 of Halifax, and the county continued to play fairly regularly until 1898, although only four of the matches were deemed first-class. The ground, which sits some 800 feet above sea level, is often a bleak place in cold weather, and the county gave the "chill air of the neighbourhood" as the reason for them ceasing to play games there.

Yorkshire's 2nd XI continued to play a few Minor County games at Halifax until the 1930s, by which time the ground was ringed by a running track. The ground was acquired by Asda supermarkets with money going to the local Halifax rugby league side with a promise that income from schemes they had planned would fund a new ground for Halifax CC. Although the cricket club continued to play there, it folded in 1998 and the buildings were demolished in 2002. A delightfully tasteless supermarket now sits on the site.
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