JUST NOT CRICKET

Yes, this is Bramall Lane when it was being converted into a full time football ground and car park for Sheffield United FC.
This is Bramall Lane in its pomp! It staged an FA Cup semi-final on March 28th 1889 between Preston and WBA with nearly 22,700 in the crowd. Preston won 1-0 and went on to win the Final against Wolves 3-0 which was held at the biggest cricket ground of all...The Oval!
The money raised from the semi-final venture was a princely £600, so this persuaded the cricket club to continue with football at their ground, thus raising money for their coffers. As time went on it was clear that the two could not mix and the introduction of football at Bramall Lane was clearly very successful. So much so that Yorkshire CC played their final game at Bramall Lane in 1973, drawing with Leicestershire and the cricket club was "evicted", leaving the Blades in full control of the ground.
A new South Stand was built enclosing the football pitch on four sides, cutting the cricket field considerably.

339 county cricket matches were held at Bramall Lane and it is the only current Football League stadium to host a Test Match. England lost to Australia in July 1902. The state of the local light conditions became an issue with the smoke pollution coming out of the local factory chimneys, so eventually first class cricket died.
Perhaps we should have played the Aussies at football?

Some other football grounds that hosted cricket included at Northampton Town from 1897 through to 1994.The football pitch was used as a cricket spectator area and car park in the summer, hence the poor playing surface. The last football match played at the County Ground was a defeat 0-1 by Mansfield Town on October 11th in Division 3.
FOUR days later the Cobblers drew 1-1 with Barnet at their next stadium, Sixfields, which has hosted and Independent Schools' FA Cup Final.

Darlington shared games at Feethams and AC Milan hosted cricket at their early ground when the English migrants set up a Sports' Club there in 1899.