The first recorded important sports match held on this site was between Yorkshire and Sussex Cricket clubs in 1855 (Sheffield United official website). The ground appears to have been initially formed from the amalgamation of 4 enclosed fields shown on the 1855 map and approximating to the extent of the 'Cricket Ground' shown in 1891. The stadium was significantly rebuilt in the late 1960s after the last county cricket match was played here. The present stands are all late 20th century in date. The present site includes the areas between the original cricket ground and the grid pattern of roads laid out around the ground in the 1880s. Invisible legibility of earlier developments on this historic site.