The majority were minor matches played against odds while the last of the season, against Richard Daft's XI at Holbeck was a first-class match.
A male human figure standing over 100 feet (30 m) high, it would have stood on a triangle of land bounded by railway lines in the Holbeck area of the city, greeting travellers arriving at Leeds railway station.
Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
It should not be confused with the still existing Leeds Building Society (formerly Leeds and Holbeck Building Society)
The areas decline began in the early 20th century when Leeds' industry moved away from the centre out towards Hunslet, Holbeck, Armley and Kirkstall.