We are Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club, established in 1869, when nearly 40 clubs played cricket in South Leeds. 149 years later, we are the only cricket club providing the sport in the South of the city boundary, based on Gypsy Lane near the White Rose Centre. We run five junior teams for ages 6 to 17, two senior teams in the Bradford Premier League plus a senior Sunday League XI and a Twenty20 team
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club was formerly called the Albion which dates from circa 1810. The Albion changed its name in 1869 to Hunslet Nelson and played at the same ground at Low Road, Hunslet.
Like all clubs in the mid nineteenth century, Hunslet Nelson didn’t play organized league cricket. Cricket clubs at this time informally invited other clubs to arrange friendly matches via the local daily newspapers.
Hunslet Nelson was no exception, and was one of over thirty cricket clubs in the South Leeds area playing friendly cricket. Amazingly it’s now the last remaining cricket club in the area of South Leeds!
