Bramall Lane - Cricket Pavilion

[Sothall_Blade]

Taken from this article about "Football's Golden Years". QI:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...lls-golden-years-From-Hampden-The-Dell--.html

 

[alcoblade]

Did the clock survive and get used for the away end, or is it a different one?

UTB

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

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Taken from this article about "Football's Golden Years". QI:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...lls-golden-years-From-Hampden-The-Dell--.html

Cracking link and how some stadia have changed even in 30 years - Stamford Bridge for example

 

[FleaPitBlade]

The clock is on the south stand, over the hall of fame entrance. (bottom left of image)

 

[Foxy]

The clock is on the south stand, over the hall of fame entrance. (bottom left of image)

Tis indeed , beat me to it.

 

[South London Blade]

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Taken from this article about "Football's Golden Years". QI:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...lls-golden-years-From-Hampden-The-Dell--.html

Great link - kudos to the mail for once

 

[blade too long]

met my wife in the beer keller that used to be in the pavillion,
the day they started demolition that was me cheering and celebrating in the car park

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Wonderful photograph which brings back some great memories of my younger days at The Lane watching both football and cricket. Another thing that is noticeable, is how well that pitch looks.

 

[blade too long]

from a health and safety aspect having metal posts surrounding the cricket square would be frowned upon now

sorry been on a risk assessment course

Remember seeing Yorkshire win the title, boiks and brian close, and fred trueman waft a six over john street stand , backwards, sithee

 

[Sothall_Blade]

So for the benefit of us young pups, what was the view of the football pitch like from the pavilion?
It looks like there's quite a few in there.
Why would they choose to watch the match from 50 metres away rather than from one of the other stands?

I've read stories of people being allowed to crowd along the Pavilion side touchline to watch the match.
When did they stop that happening?

 

[georgebernardshaw]

from a health and safety aspect having metal posts surrounding the cricket square would be frowned upon now

sorry been on a risk assessment course

Remember seeing Yorkshire win the title, boiks and brian close, and fred trueman waft a six over john street stand , backwards, sithee

So for the benefit of us young pups, what was the view of the football pitch like from the pavilion?
It looks like there's quite a few in there.
Why would they choose to watch the match from 50 metres away rather than from one of the other stands?

I've read stories of people being allowed to crowd along the Pavilion side touchline to watch the match.
When did they stop that happening?

Terrible view from the pavilion, but nearer the bus stop if United were losing - you could walk round to the Bramall Lane End at halftime if we'd lost the toss.

In 1962, they erected a temporary stand on the cricket pitch because Spurs (having just won the double the previous season) were the visitors. A 3-3 draw in front of 37,000, United 3-1 down came back to draw and almost nicked it in the last minute. Another 3-3 draw at White Hart Lane for the return match.

Spurs had Greaves, Jones, Blanchflower, Smith, Dyson et al - best of all was my only sight of the incomparable John White, what a player. The pavilion was a piece of United and Yorkshire history.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Sorry about that, bit of a balls-up

 

[Trigger Blade]

Did the clock survive and get used for the away end, or is it a different one?

UTB

My Dad, no longer around to ask, told me that Yorkshire played Australia at Bramall Lane and Don Bradman hit the clock. He also maintains that he went a few years later, with Bradman still playing and as he faced up, a wag in the crowd urged him to hit the clock again and Bradman was clean bowled for a duck.

As an impressionable 10 year old, those stories were gospel to me, today they seem less likely to have any basis in truth

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Photo taken before a match, no scores on the old scoreboard. In those days Piggies would be one of the "A" scores (red or white indicator) and a murmur of anticipation would start every time the fella walked towards the board. Mind you he could milk it by dallying at the grunts one. Happy days!

 

[Revolution]

My Dad, no longer around to ask, told me that Yorkshire played Australia at Bramall Lane and Don Bradman hit the clock. He also maintains that he went a few years later, with Bradman still playing and as he faced up, a wag in the crowd urged him to hit the clock again and Bradman was clean bowled for a duck.

As an impressionable 10 year old, those stories were gospel to me, today they seem less likely to have any basis in truth

The latter part of story is not true. Bradman never got a duck at Bramall Lane in his 4 appearances there. His lowest score was 42. he also got 1 ton, and at least 50 the other times he batted.

As to whether he hit the clock - doesn't sound like a Bradman thing to do, as he rarely hit the ball in the air, but you never know...

 

[alcoblade]

As an impressionable 10 year old, those stories were gospel to me, today they seem less likely to have any basis in truth

Who cares? We know it's true.

UTB

 

[georgebernardshaw]

The latter part of story is not true. Bradman never got a duck at Bramall Lane in his 4 appearances there. His lowest score was 42. he also got 1 ton, and at least 50 the other times he batted.

As to whether he hit the clock - doesn't sound like a Bradman thing to do, as he rarely hit the ball in the air, but you never know...

I went to a Roses match at the Lane, must have been in the 60s, and saw Brian Statham try and bounce Boycs - he hit it onto the roof of the Kop.

There was a moment of stunned silence, and then the whole place went mental.

 

[Grecian2000]

As to whether he hit the clock - doesn't sound like a Bradman thing to do, as he rarely hit the ball in the air, but you never know...

Certainly doesn't sound like his sort of shot. He only hit 6 sixes in his 50 odd tests.

I saw Freddie Truman hit the clock (60's) and Bluey Bairstow waft one out onto Shoreham Street (70's vs Worcestershire featuring Ted Hemsley) and they were the biggest sixes I saw at the ground.
Once spent the whole afternoon session in the John Street stand peering out over the sight screen as Lance Gibbs twirled away from that end for Warwickshire. We weren't supposed to be there but when the steward showed up to move us on he let us stay until Tea as we were "scoring". Now those were the days . . . . .

 

[raul]

I assume that's the Shed end in the Chelsea shot??

 

[JJ Sefton]

In 1962, they erected a temporary stand on the cricket pitch because Spurs (having just won the double the previous season) were the visitors. A 3-3 draw in front of 37,000, United 3-1 down came back to draw and almost nicked it in the last minute. Another 3-3 draw at White Hart Lane for the return match.

Spurs had Greaves, Jones, Blanchflower, Smith, Dyson et al - best of all was my only sight of the incomparable John White, what a player. The pavilion was a piece of United and Yorkshire history.

My dad reckons they put temporary stands on the cricket pitch a few times, like when we played Wednesday in the Cup in 1960.

http://triumphanddisastersufc.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/1959-1960-my-dad-remembers.html

 

[Blackheath Blade]

I remember as a schoolboy during the summer holidays one year,(late 60's perhaps) sitting in the pavillion during a dramatic last day of a Roses County Championship match which I seem to think ended in a draw and where Yorkshire messed up big time. Yorkshire were batting in the final innings and needed a few runs to win with a couple of wickets in hand.

The game looked to be all over but I remember a quickie called Ken Higgs coming on to bowl for Lancashire and basically, he took two or three wickets in the space of an over or two and the game (I think anyway) ended drawn. I'd be grateful if someone could clarify this please.

This match alone got me hooked on the game and I went to a couple more games at the Lane before cricket ended there in 1973. I've also been to quite a few games at Abbeydale to watch Yorkshire but it wasn't the same.

Looking back, I was struck by the contrast between the two sporting atmospheres at The Lane. The football was a noisy, mental, intimidating affair when Currie, Woody and all were in full cry, yet when a cricket game was being played, there was a calmness and serenity about the place, occasionally broken by the rounds of applause for a wicket or a boundary.

Great days

 

[Mad Mick]

Remember watching the cricket from the end of the Kop in the 60's but cant remember which game it was.
Those days though Yorkshire were the Man-ure of cricket. We seemed to win everything.
We always waited in anticipation for Fiery to bat as you could guarantee he would hit the ball miles, or get a duck.