Leicester Super was a motorcycle speedway team based at the Leicester Super Speedway near Melton Road.
60-524: Promotion company Speedways and Sports Ltd initially approached Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1929 with a proposal to construct Leicester's second speedway track (after Leicester Stadium ) around the edge of the pitch on Aylestone Road, but when this was rejected an alternative site near the tram terminus on Melton Road was used, the Syston Sports Stadium was built in just five weeks. The new Leicester Super Speedway was, at 586 yards in length
120-755: A community-based radio station which broadcast from the town on 103 FM. The Melton Times is the town's weekly local newspaper. Two main roads intersecting at Melton Mowbray are the A606 between Nottingham and Oakham and the A607 between Leicester and Grantham . Other roads include the A6006 from Asfordby , the second section of the B676 road to Colsterworth, and the B6047 road to Market Harborough , which starts in Melton. A bypass relief road,
180-464: A day, though this is less than earlier. Masterfoods now has its UK headquarters close to Melton at Waltham-on-the-Wolds . St Mary's Church dates mainly from the 13th–15th centuries. It has been described as "one of the finest parish churches in Leicestershire". The Melton Carnegie Museum was refurbished in 2010 to cover the history of the town. Included are sounds from the ages, a history of
240-869: A designated zone round Melton using uncured pork may bear the Melton Mowbray name. The pork was originally a by-product of cheese making as the whey was fed to pigs. Melton Mowbray is home to Melton cloth, a tightly woven fabric first mentioned in 1823, heavily milled with a nap raised to a short, dense non-lustrous pile . Sailors' pea coats are traditionally made of it, as are the commonly worn workmen's donkey jackets of Britain and Ireland, and loggers' "cruising jackets" and Mackinaws in North America. There are two tiers of local government covering Melton Mowbray, at district and county level: Melton Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council . The borough council has its offices at Parkside on Burton Street in
300-427: A fire station, a police station, and a hospital that includes St Mary's Maternity Centre. The War Memorial Hospital off Ankle Hill, originally Wyndham Lodge, was donated to the town in 1920 by Colonel Richard Dalgliesh. It was sold in 2010 to help fund St Mary's Hospital. Melton Country Park provides green space. The town's secondary schools are Long Field Academy and John Ferneley College for pupils aged 11–16 and
360-466: A flight of three nuclear missiles from the base. Stilton cheese originated as a commercial venture developed to manufacture cheese for sale at the village of Stilton in Cambridgeshire , which has led to claims that the cheese itself originated outside that village. Historical evidence suggests an evolution of the cheese over many years, with some sourced from Melton Mowbray or surroundings. Stilton
420-468: A gym and fitness suite, as well as swimming. The library in Wilton Road is close to the town centre. Adjacent is Melton Theatre, part of Brooksby Melton College , on the junction with Asfordby Road. The theatre, first opened in 1976, was recently refurbished. In the past few years, it has produced ballet, opera and stage plays and provided a venue for bands and acts, pantomime and art shows. Melton has
480-614: A mediaeval market which survived until 1921, and an annual fair of horses and cattle. Many buildings in Melton Market Place, Nottingham Street, Church Lane, King Street and Sherrard Street have ancient foundations. Alterations to No. 16 Church Street revealed a medieval circular stone wall subjected to considerable heat. This is probably the Manor Oven mentioned in 13th-century documents. Surveys of 5 King Street show it belonged to an early medieval open-halled house. It may have been part of
540-568: A need to source more cheese from further afield, including the Melton region, and over time the modern blue cheese developed. Melton Mowbray pork pies are made by a specific "hand-raising" process and recipe. On 4 April 2008 the European Union awarded the Melton Mowbray pork pie Protected Geographical Indication status, after a long-standing application made by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association . Only pies made in
600-842: A single Championship win, the first team to achieve this unwanted feat in back to back seasons since Northamptonshire just before World War II . Recent years have seen an improvement in first-class results, and in 2023 they won their first trophy for 12 years, beating Hampshire at Trent Bridge to lift the One Day Cup. England Australia Bangladesh India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Most first-class runs for Leicestershire Qualification – 17,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Leicestershire Qualification – 600 wickets Most first-team winners medals for Leicestershire Best partnership for each wicket (county championship) The Leicestershire Sub Academy
660-758: Is designed for young cricketers who have potential to play at the highest level. It is also called the EPP (Emerging Player Programme). Many players who are involved in this set up move on to the LCCC academy, where they will play matches against academies from other counties. Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray ( / ˈ m ɛ l t ən ˈ m oʊ b r i / ) is a market town in the Melton district in Leicestershire , England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Nottingham . It lies on
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#1732858847640720-414: Is managed by East Midlands Railway , but most services are run by CrossCountry , which intends to enhance its service gradually to half-hourly on this route. Since early 2009, East Midlands Trains has offered a single daily journey from Melton Mowbray to London St Pancras and return. This is notable for being the first regular passenger service to cross the historic Welland Viaduct since 1966. In 2010,
780-661: Is now a public house owned by Everards , a Leicester brewery. On 6 April 1837, the 3rd Marquess of Waterford and a hunting party went on a spree through Melton streets causing much damage, according to the London Examiner . Henry Alken 's pictures A Spree at Melton Mowbray and Larking at the Grantham Tollgate are said to illustrate this. They featured also in a play, The Meltonians , at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1838. The Corn Exchange in Nottingham Street
840-636: Is still made in the town at the Tuxford & Tebbutt creamery, one of only six dairies licensed to do so. Makers in Cambridgeshire cannot call their cheese Stilton, even if it is made there. The earliest reference cited is Daniel Defoe , who in 1724 called the cheese he ate at Stilton "the English Parmesan ". Growth of business from travellers on the Great North Road and from sales to London led to
900-698: Is the Norman family name of early Lords of the Manor – namely Robert de Mowbray . In and around Melton, there are 28 scheduled ancient monuments, some 705 buildings of special architectural or historical interest, 16 sites of special scientific interest, and several deserted village sites. Its industrial archaeology includes the Grantham Canal and remains of the Melton Mowbray Navigation . Windmill sites and signs of ironstone working and smelting suggest that
960-420: Is the only player to have played League Football and first-class cricket on the same day. He then returned to Chesterfield to complete a century the following morning and take three wickets to wrap up the title. To add to that season's success for Leicestershire was a second Benson & Hedges victory. A runners-up spot in the 1982 County Championship brought some respectability, but the decade's only silverware
1020-580: Is titular, as the public face of the Town Estate on civic or ceremonial occasions. Melton Mowbray was a part of the Rutland and Melton seat until the dissolution of Parliament for the 2024 general election, at which Melton Borough became the largest component of the new Melton and Syston constituency. Melton Mowbray's 1,766 inhabitants in 1801 rose by 1831 to 3,327, by 1841 to 3,740, by 1851 to 4,434, and by 1861 to 4,436. Melton Mowbray's official web site listed
1080-531: The ACU ) and Wilf Plant . Speedway was never revived again at the Super track, and the stadium was demolished. Leicestershire County Cricket Club First-class One-day T20 Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire . It has also been representative of
1140-527: The County Championship was restructured into a 14-team competition with the introduction of Essex, Leicestershire and Warwickshire CCC . Leicestershire's first 70 years were largely spent in lower table mediocrity, with few notable exceptions. In 1953, the motivation of secretary-captain Charles Palmer lifted the side fleetingly to third place, but most of the rest of the 1950s was spent propping up
1200-523: The Melton Vale Post 16 Centre (MV16) for sixth-formers. Its primary schools are Brownlow, Grove, St Francis RC, St Mary's C of E, Sherard and Swallowdale. Birchwood Special School caters for pupils of primary and secondary-school age. Melton's largest school was the King Edward VII , which at one time had some 2,000 pupils aged 11–19. It was founded as a grammar school in 1910, became comprehensive in
1260-523: The Norman Conquest of 1066, shown by stone crosses at Asfordby and Sproxton and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Goadby Marwood, Sysonby and Stapleford. Melton Mowbray had six recorded crosses from several centuries: (i) Kettleby Cross near today's filling station near the junction of Dalby Road and Leicester Road, (ii) Sheep Cross at Spital End, now Nottingham Street/Park Road junction, (iii) Corn Cross at Swine Lane/Spittle End junction, remade and re-erected at
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#17328588476401320-590: The River Eye , known below Melton as the Wreake . The town had a population of 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promoted as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food"; it is the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and is the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese . The name comes from the early English word Medeltone – meaning 'Middletown surrounded by small hamlets' (as do Milton and Middleton). Mowbray
1380-782: The United Counties League Premier Division North, step five in the English Football Pyramid . Known as the Pork Pie Army, they play their home games at Melton Sports Village on a recently installed FIFA Pro Quality 3G pitch. The ground is currently sponsored by local firm Sign Right Creative and the club are coached by Player/Manager Tom Manship. Melton Rugby club competes in Counties 2 Midlands East(North) . The town has its own Sunday Football League, in which some 15 teams compete every Sunday. Asfordby Hill
1440-675: The 14th-century castle or fortified manor of the Mowbrays. King Richard I and King John visited the town and may have stayed at an earlier castle. In 1549, after the Dissolution of chantries, monasteries and religious guilds, church plate was sold and land bought for the town. Resulting rents were used to maintain Melton School , first recorded in 1347, making it one of the oldest in Britain. Funds were also used to maintain roads and bridges and repair
1500-644: The 18th century, are remembered in the names of Beckmill Court and Mill Street. Melton has thus been a market town for over 1,000 years. Recorded as Leicestershire's only market in the 1086 Domesday Survey , it is the third oldest market in England. Tuesday has been market day since royal approval was given in 1324. The market was founded with tolls before 1077. Legacies from the Middle Ages include consolidation of village and market-town patterns – in Melton Mowbray, Bottesford, Wymondham and Waltham-on-the-Wolds. The last had
1560-970: The 2009 population of the town as 25,276 and that of Melton Borough as 46,861. Before 1960, the Production Engineering Research Association of Great Britain came to Nottingham Road and employed about 400 people in supporting research and development in industry. It is also houses the East Midlands Manufacturing Advisory Service. The former East Midlands Regional Assembly was also based in Nottingham Road. Petfoods arrived in 1951 as Chappie Ltd, employing at its peak over 2,000. It still employs about 1,000. The firm changed its name to Petfoods in 1957, to Pedigree Petfoods in 1972, and to Masterfoods in January 2002. At Melton, it makes four million items of pet food
1620-506: The Maison Dieu almshouses opposite the Church in 1640, complementing the stone Anne of Cleves House opposite. This was built in 1384 and housed chantry priests until the Dissolution. It was then included in the estates of Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII , as a divorce settlement in the 16th century, although there is local debate about whether she ever stayed there. A Grade II* listed building, it
1680-623: The North & East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road, connecting the A606 and A607 with the aim of alleviating congestion in the town centre, began construction in spring 2023 and is expected to be completed by summer 2025. Melton Mowbray railway station , on the Birmingham to Stansted Airport line, also serves Leicester , Peterborough and Cambridge . Trains run hourly. The station offers peak-hour trains to and from Nottingham , Norwich and Sleaford . It
1740-790: The Northern League in 1931, team manager Alec Jackson signing England international Arthur Jervis as the new captain, also signing Australian international Bruce McCullum , Tommy Price , Cliff Watson, and Alf Summersby. Falling attendances led to Super's withdrawal from the league in August. Racing continued at the Super Speedway in 1932 in the form of 'pirate' meetings, with the last meeting held on 9 July. Racing returned to Melton Road in 1936, with speedway and sidecar races in unsanctioned meetings, including appearances from Paddy Mills (riding under his real name, Horace Burke, to avoid being fined by
1800-763: The Nottingham St/High St junction in 1996 as a memorial to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps , (iv) Butter Cross or High Cross at the west end of Beast Market, again rebuilt from remains of an original Saxon cross in 1986–1987 in the Market Place, (v) Sage Cross at the East end of the Beast Market close to Saltgate, in Sherrard Street opposite Sage Cross Street, and (vi) Thorpe Cross at the end of Saltgate, near
1860-565: The T20 Cup three times in eight years between 2004-11, and the One Day Cup in 2023. + 1 Bain Hogg Trophy – second XI one-day competition – 1996 Cricket may not have reached Leicestershire until well into the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the county. Soon afterwards, a Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club
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1920-569: The Vale of Belvoir and parts of Rushcliffe Borough. It can also be heard on the internet. When launched in 2005, it was the first in the UK to go on the air under the new tier of community radio, licensed by the broadcasting regulator OFCOM. The station has since won awards for its work. It is named after the local River Eye. The Stapleford Miniature Railway , built in 1958, is a private, steam-hauled passenger railway at Stapleford Park about 3 miles (5 km) to
1980-417: The best out of a group of players who were either discarded from other counties or brought through the Leicestershire ranks. This team did not have many stars, but Aftab Habib , Darren Maddy , Vince Wells , Jimmy Ormond , Alan Mullally and Chris Lewis all had chances for England . West Indian all-rounder Phil Simmons was also named as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the year in 1997 while playing for
2040-454: The borough of Melton. No successor parish was created for the former urban district. Melton Mowbray contains a rare example of early town government. The Melton Mowbray Town Estate was founded in 1549, during the Reformation, when two townsfolk sold silver and plate sequestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants. It provided early forms of education and
2100-701: The building was passed after the Dissolution to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce settlement. The town cinema, The Regal in King Street, occupies a purpose-built theatre complete with period interior design, sumptuous colours, winding staircases and fancy plasterwork. It re-opened in 2013 after refurbishment. Concerts have been held at the Carousel Bandstand in Melton Mowbray Park since August 1909. They take place on summer Sundays. Melton's radio station, 103 FM The Eye, broadcasts to Melton Borough and
2160-643: The church clock. During the English Civil War , Melton was a Roundhead garrison commanded by a Colonel Rossiter. Two battles were fought: in November 1643, Royalists caught the garrison unaware and carried away prisoners and booty; in February 1645, Sir Marmaduke Langdale , commanding a Royalist force of 1,500 men, inflicted severe losses on the Roundheads. Some 300 men were said to have been killed. Legend has it that
2220-403: The club. The advent of Twenty20 cricket saw Leicestershire find a new source of success, winning the domestic T20 competition in 2004, 2006 and 2011. However, in the era of two-division County Championship cricket they have found success more difficult to come by, having not played in the top division since 2003 and been regular " wooden spoon " contenders. In 2013 and 2014 they finished without
2280-454: The company introduced a single daily return journey to Derby . Arriva Midlands provide frequent buses to Leicester on service 5A. Centrebus are the main operator of bus services around the town, with some longer-distance routes operating to Syston , Grantham , Loughborough , and Oakham . The service to Nottingham was withdrawn in April 2022. Greyhound racing was held at a stadium on
2340-820: The county of Rutland . The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes . Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894, when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club is based at Grace Road in Leicester , known as The Uptonsteel County Ground for sponsorship reasons, and has also played home games at Aylestone Road in Leicester, at Hinckley , Loughborough , Melton Mowbray, Ashby-de-la-Zouch , Coalville and most recently Kibworth inside
2400-591: The east of Melton Mowbray. Famous for a fleet of steam locos and its scenic location, it attracts visitors and tourists for two public charity events each year. It has the same 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge as the Town Estates railway around Play Close Park in Melton. Also 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) to the north-east of Melton is the Twinlakes Theme Park , with a range of family attractions and rides. The Waterfield Leisure Pools include
2460-539: The first of five trophies in five years and included Leicestershire's first ever County Championship title in 1975. A couple of runners up spots were also thrown in. The game when Leicestershire won their first ever County Championship, on 15 September 1975, marked something of a personal triumph for Chris Balderstone. Batting on 51 not out against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, after close of play he changed into his football kit to play for Doncaster Rovers in an evening match 30 miles away (a 1–1 draw with Brentford ). Thus he
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2520-536: The first street lighting, and still owns and keeps the town's parks, sports grounds and market. From its inception, the running of the Town Estate was undertaken by Town Wardens. In 1989, a new Scheme of Arrangement drawn up by the Charity Commission after public consultation transferred management to a body of 14 Feoffees , two of whom are known as Senior and Junior Town Warden. Nowadays the Town Warden position
2580-567: The hillside where the battle was fought was ankle deep in blood, hence the name Ankle Hill . However, the name appears in documents from before the Civil War and the names of Dalby Road and Ankle Hill have been switched, so confusing the true site of the battle. Local notable families seem to have had divided loyalties, though the Civil War ended with rejoicings outside the Limes in Sherrard Street, home of Sir Henry Hudson. His father, Robert Hudson, founded
2640-440: The hunt, a preserved phone box, a buried Saxon, and shrapnel from World War II. The Melton Band, a traditional British-style brass band, can trace its directors back to 1856, and was until recently called Melton Borough Band. The colourful Melton Mowbray Toy Soldiers Marching Band was formed in 1936. Happy Jazz – a Dixieland jazz band – had its headquarters in the town in 1996–2014. The Melton Mowbray Tally Ho Band formed in 1936 and
2700-510: The junction of Thorpe Road and Saxby Road. The original crosses were removed or destroyed during the Reformation and other iconoclastic periods, or to make room for traffic or other development. The effects of the Norman Conquest recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book show that settlements at Long Clawson and Bottesford were of noteworthy size, and that Melton Mowbray a thriving market town of some 200 inhabitants, with weekly markets, two water mills and two priests. The mills, still in use up to
2760-532: The largest track used for league racing in the UK, races taking place over three laps rather than four as a consequence, and facilities included a 5,000-capacity grandstand built by local timber merchant George Walker. The track was officially opened on 18 May 1929 by the Lord Mayor of Leicester, the first meeting attracting a crowd of between 20,000 and 25,000, and featuring riders such as Lloyd "Sprouts" Elder and Stewie St. George . Riders who appeared regularly at
2820-664: The late 1960s, and closed after reaching its centenary. Brooksby Melton College provides vocational, further and higher education in a wide range of subjects at a campus in Asfordby Road and at its Brooksby campus 6 miles (10 km) out of town. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from the nearby Waltham TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leicester on 104.9 FM, Smooth East Midlands on 106.6 FM, Capital Midlands on 96.2 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Midlands on 106.0 FM, and The Eye ,
2880-692: The mixed brass and woodwind Tornado Brass in the 1980s. Some of Melton's many pubs, such as the Generous Britain or Jenny B , continue to encourage live music. The Noels Arms free house was Melton Mowbray District CAMRA Pub of the Year in 2014 and was also briefly home to Gasdog Brewery. One of Melton's oldest surviving pubs, with features from the early fourteenth century, is the Anne of Cleves in Burton Street, close to St Mary's Church; once home to chantry monks,
2940-430: The north side of Saxby Road in 1946–1969. Motorcycle speedway racing was held at the Greyhound Stadium in 1949–1950. The cinder track was laid before and lifted after each meeting. The events, staged on a Sunday, were opposed by the Lord's Day Observance Society for a short time. The stadium was also the venue for a few meetings in 1950 when the Melton Lions faced select teams. Melton Town Football Club competes in
3000-476: The scarp of the Vale of Belvoir linking Market Harborough to Belvoir, and south to Oakham and Stamford . Evidence of settlement in the Anglo-Saxon and 8th–9th-century Danelaw periods shows in place names. Along the Wreake Valley, the Danish suffix "-by" is common, e.g. in Asfordby, Dalby, Frisby, Hoby, Rearsby and Gaddesby. A cemetery of 50–60 graves of pagan Anglo-Saxon origin has been found in Melton Mowbray. Most villages and their churches had origins before
3060-440: The site was densely populated in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Many small communities existed and strategic points at Burrough Hill and Belvoir were fortified. In Roman times, Melton benefited from proximity to the Fosse Way and other major Roman roads, and to military centres at Leicester and Lincoln. Intermediate camps were established, for example, at Six Hills on the Fosse Way. Other Roman trackways passed north of Melton along
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#17328588476403120-402: The spin of John Savage . Another change was in the captaincy: Tony Lock , the former England and Surrey spinner who had galvanised Western Australia . Ray Illingworth , again from Yorkshire, instilled self-belief to the extent that the county took its first ever trophy in 1972, the Benson & Hedges Cup with Chris Balderstone man of the match. This was start of the first golden era as
3180-455: The table, or thereabouts. Change came in the late 1950s with the recruitment of the charismatic Willie Watson at the end of a distinguished career with England and Yorkshire . Watson's run gathering sparked the home-grown Maurice Hallam into becoming one of England's best opening batsmen . In bowling, Leicestershire had an erratically successful group of seamers in Terry Spencer , Brian Boshier , John Cotton and Jack van Geloven , plus
3240-404: The team. Herbert and Wilkinson were the top riders for the team in 1930. With several meetings affected by bad weather, the team failed to complete the full programme of meetings. The track had an unprecedented ban on overtaking on the inside, due to the high speeds attained on the long straights, unless there was a minimum of four feet space on the inside of the rider in front. Super remained in
3300-448: The town. Melton Mowbray was an ancient parish . The parish was made a local government district in 1860, governed by a local board. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts in 1894. In 1929 the Melton Mowbray Urban District Council bought Egerton Lodge to serve as its offices and meeting place. Melton Mowbray Urban District was abolished in 1974, merging with the surrounding Melton and Belvoir Rural District to become
3360-560: The track included Fred Wilkinson , Arthur Sherlock and Aubrey Williams . Leicester Super entered the English Knock-Out Cup in 1929, losing to Leicester Stadium in the first round in a match that was watched by 27,000 spectators. The track also staged light car racing, and later greyhound racing . Leicester Super joined the Northern League in 1930, recruiting Sherlock (who captained the team), Hal Herbert , George Marsh, and Alec Bowerman from Leicester Stadium, joining Wilkinson, Nev Wheeler, Bert Spencer, Harold Stevens, and Freddie Hore in
3420-481: The traditional county boundaries of Leicestershire, and at Oakham , in Rutland. In limited overs cricket, the kit colours are red shirt with green trousers in the One Day Cup and green shirt and green trousers in the T20 Blast. The shirt sponsors in the 2024 season were UptonSteel. Leicestershire are in the second division of the County Championship and in the north group of the T20 Blast. Their best performances in recent years have come in one day cricket, winning
3480-409: Was completed in 1854. In 1942–1964, RAF Melton Mowbray lay to the south towards Great Dalby . The Class A airfield had been intended for aircraft maintenance, but was taken over by RAF Transport Command . In 1946–1958, it was used as a displaced persons camp by the Polish Resettlement Corps . Melton Mowbray served as a Thor strategic missile site in 1958–1963, when 254(SM) Squadron operated
3540-440: Was in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup with Balderstone still on board making him the most successful trophy winner in the club's history with six. Leicestershire won the county championship in 1996, and again in 1998. This was an amazing achievement considering the resources of the club compared to other county teams. This Leicestershire side, led by Jack Birkenshaw and James Whitaker , used team spirit and togetherness to get
3600-434: Was taking part in important matches, mainly against Nottingham Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). This club was prominent from 1781 until the beginning of the 19th century. Little more is heard of Leicestershire cricket until the formation of the present club on 25 March 1879. Essex CCC versus Leicestershire CCC at Leyton on 14, 15 & 16 May 1894 was the first first-class match for both clubs. In 1895,
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