Halifax Speedway

The Thrum Hall cricket ground had a dirt track constructed around the cricket pitch in 1928 by the Halifax District Cycle and Light Car Club.^[3] The first dirt track event (speedway) held at the track was on 2 May 1928.^[4]

The speedway team arrived and competed in the inaugural 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League, with the first home league fixture being held at the track on 27 April 1929 against White City Speedway (Manchester), in front of 6,000 spectators.^[5] The team finished the season in third place.^[6][1][7]

Halifax decided not to enter a team for the 1930 season and the following year the track was demolished to make way for a greyhound track that became the Halifax Greyhound Stadium.^[8]