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Old Craven Park was a stadium in Hull, England. Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was the home of Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Club between 1922–1989. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games

Hull KR moved to Craven Park from their cramped Craven Street Ground in 1922. The club purchased and developed a site behind the tram and bus depot on the eastern end of Holderness Road and it hosted its first game on 2 September 1922. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The ground staged its only test match in 1929 as Australia beat Great Britain. Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league.

Craven Park also hosted greyhound racing. Greyhound racing is the Sport of Racing Greyhounds The Dogs chase a lure (traditionally an artificial Hare or Rabbit Hull KR sold the ground to the Greyhound Racing Company in 1930s due to financial difficulties, securing a long term lease to continue playing there. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National

In the early 1970s Hull KR purchased a site at Winchester Avenue with the aim of building a new stadium there. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National These plans never came to fruition and the site was later sold to a private developer. The profit made from this land was used to buy back Craven Park with greyhound racing continuing as a subsidiary concern.

Following the Bradford fire, capacity was restricted and costs of safety work spiraled. With the club in debt the ground was sold to developers and the final game was played there on 9 April 1989. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

The ground was demolished and a supermarket was built on the land originally belonging to Co-op, it is now occupied by Morrisons. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ( is the fourth largest chain of Supermarkets in the United Kingdom.

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