Packing them in at Headingley

YORKSHIRE’S continued success on the field brought the crowds flocking to Headingley and Scarborough this summer with Championship attendances up by almost 50 per cent.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Oct 2015, 10:31 BST
The England v Australia one-day international attracted a sellout crowd to HeadingleyThe England v Australia one-day international attracted a sellout crowd to Headingley
The England v Australia one-day international attracted a sellout crowd to Headingley

Headingley opened the gates to 59,000 supporters for Yorkshire’s back-to-back Championship success – an increase of 19,099 compared to 2014.

The erection of floodlights and later start times for the NatWest T20 Blast competition brought in an all-time high of 55,655, a 19 per cent increase on the previous year. Including a sell-out for the Roses T20, the seven home matches staged at Headingley saw average attendances increase from 6,664 in 2014 – though the Roses game then was washed out – to 8,417.

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Royal London One-Day Cup attendances also rose from 11,473 to 21,436 and the Leeds Test in May, when England hosted New Zealand, saw an aggregate total of 44,522 – an increase of 8,223 on the previous year when England entertained Sri Lanka.

Headingley’s one-day international, this time between England nd Australia, witnessed a full-house of 16,500 to match that for the game against India 12 months earlier.

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