The Circle, Kingston upon Hull
| Location | Kingston upon Hull, England |
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| Coordinates | 53°44′45.44″N 0°22′01.71″W / 53.7459556°N 0.3671417°WCoordinates: 53°44′45.44″N 0°22′01.71″W / 53.7459556°N 0.3671417°W |
| Surface | Grass |
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Yorkshire CCC Hull Cricket Club Hull and East Riding RUFC Hull City A.F.C. |
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The Circle was a cricket ground on Anlaby Road in Kingston upon Hull, which hosted 89 first-class matches from 1899 to 1974. Two other matches were rained off without a ball being bowled. Most of the matches were County Championship games featuring Yorkshire County Cricket Club, but matches against touring teams from India, Australia, South Africa and University games were also played there. 19 List A one day games were also played at the venue from 1969 to 1990.
The ground was also used by Hull City A.F.C. and Hull and East Riding RUFC.
Three batsmen scored double centuries at the ground, Maurice Leyland scoring 263 for Yorkshire against Essex in 1936, Herbert Sutcliffe posting an unbeaten 234 against Leicestershire in 1939 and Basil D'Oliveira making 227 for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in 1974; while Percy Holmes was out for 199 against Somerset County Cricket Club in 1923. Barry Richards scored 155 not out against Yorkshire in a John Player League match in 1970.
Johnny Wardle took 9 for 48 at the Circle against Sussex in 1954, whilst seven bowlers took eight wickets in an innings, including Yorkshire players such as Wilfred Rhodes (8–23 v Hampshire in 1900), George Hirst (8–25 v Leicestershire in 1907), George Macaulay (8–37 v Derbyshire in 1927) and Hedley Verity (8–38 v Leicestershire in 1939).
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