‘On Wednesday an interesting game was played in Mr Tyler’s meadow, near the railway, between eleven of the Loughborough’s Gentlemen’s Club, and the Borough-hill Club. At the close of the game, which was played first-rate, the number of runs stood as follows: Loughborough 192, Borough Hill 92, majority, 100.‘ The Era (London, England), Sunday, August 13, 1843; Issue 255
Loughborough has a long cricket history. Tyler’s meadow is believed to be a ground near Allsops Lane, where Loughborough played an annual match against the All England Eleven and the United England Eleven from 1856 – 1871.
Loughborough has had, over time, up to 12 cricket grounds, such as the Park Road ground which was first used in 1913, and the College Ground, where Leicestershire came to play Galmorgan in 1929. The first ever County Cricket match between Leicester and Nottingham was played in Loughborough in 1781, although the location of this early pitch is unknown.
Loughborough University Library has over 200 books on cricket, ranging from historic works such as W.G. Grace’s Cricket, published in 1891 and housed in the Special Collections alongside books on cricket by Douglas Jardine, C.B. Fry, Walter Hammond, Pelham Warner, Neville Cardus and Donald Bradman, to modern coaching and training manuals.
You can also find out more about cricket via sports databases available on through MetaLib, such as SPORTDiscus which can be searched for full-text articles on physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training etc.
If you would like to find out more about modern cricket at Loughborough, please see the links below.
Loughborough UCCE (University Cricket Centre of Excellence)
National Cricket Performance Centre
Loughborough School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Loughborough School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Loughborough Outwoods Cricket Club
Loughborough Greenfields Cricket Club
