Leeds/Bradford MCC University

Leeds/Bradford MCC University
Leeds/Bradford UCCE beating Surrey at the Oval, 2005
Team information
Founded2005
Home groundWeetwood Playing Fields, Leeds
History
First-class debutSurrey
in 2012
at The Oval

Leeds/Bradford MCC University, formerly Leeds/Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, commonly abbreviated to Leeds/Bradford MCCU, is one of six University Centres of Cricketing Excellence supported by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Leeds/Bradford MCCU play three matches a year against first-class counties. For the first time, in 2012 two of these three matches were given first-class status.[1] In the first of these, their first ever first-class fixture, they lost to Surrey by only two runs.[2] They had previously beaten the same opposition in a non first-class fixture in 2005.[3]

The former Bradford/Leeds University Centre of Cricketing Excellence team did not play first-class cricket. As Leeds/Bradford Marylebone Cricket Club University, the team has played eight first-class matches from 2012 to 2015 (i.e., two per season in early April).

  1. ^ ""First-Class for Cardiff & Leeds"". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ Scorecard of Surrey CCC vs Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2012 Retrieved 2 April 2012
  3. ^ Scorecard of Surrey CCC vs Leeds/Bradford UCCE in 2005 Retrieved 2 April 2012