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Since 11 January 2006 the stadium has officially been known as the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University . HEADINGLEY RUGBY STADIUM Leeds St. Johns, who were later to become Leeds rugby league football club then in turn to became Leeds Rhinos , moved to Headingley in 1889 and built Headingley stadium. Since then the stadium has staged more than 40 international matches and countless domestic finals. Undersoil heating was installed in 1963 , and Floodlight ing put in 1966 . New changing rooms were added in 1991 . The capacity of the ground is now 23,000, of which the Seating Capacity is 5,300. The record attendance at Headingley was 36,529 for the Rugby League Ashes Test match between Great Britain and Australia on the 9th October , 1948 . Leeds RUFC, later to become Leeds Tykes, was formed in June 1991 after the amalgamation of two clubs, Roundhay and Headingley . In July 1998 Leeds RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, ''Leeds Rugby Limited''. HEADINGLEY CRICKET GROUND 2001]] Headingley cricket ground adjoins the rugby stadium via a shared main stand. It has seen Test cricket since 1899 and can hold a capacity of 14000. Headingley spectators have been lucky enough to witness some of the greatest moments in cricket. Spinner Hedley Verity took 10 wickets for 10 runs in 1932 for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire . A world record that still lasts today. The most memorable innings probably being Geoff Boycott 's hundredth hundred, made against Australia in 1977. Headingley also provided the stage for the most dramatic comeback in Test cricket in 1981, when England beat Australia by 18 runs. The bookies had England at 500-1 after being 227 runs behind and they were 135-7 in their second innings. Ian Botham with the bat and Bob Willis with the ball worked miracles and claimed victory for England. In December 2005 Yorkshire County Cricket Club obtained a loan of £9 million from Leeds City Council towards the cost of purchasing the cricket ground for £12 million. Shortly afterwards 98.37% of members who participated in a vote backed the deal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/yorkshire/4484044.stm The following month the club announced plans to rebuild the stand next to the rugby ground with 3,000 extra seats, taking capacity to 20,000. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/yorkshire/4602134.stm] SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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