The Melton Mowbray Athletic Sports were held at the ground from 1876, there were pony races, foot races and two bicycle races were advertised, but there were insufficient entries to run the bicycle events.
Melton Mowbray Cycling Club was formed in 1884, but it was not until the mid-1890s that they participated in racing on the road and the Earl of Lonsdale donated a silver Challenge Cup to the club. Eight members of Melton Mowbray CC were summoned for furious riding after their club race on the road in 1898. The club then moved their racing on to the path and promoted their first track meeting in 1899 at Egerton Park.
Melton Mowbray bicycle polo team was formed in 1900 after an American team toured the UK, the sport gained some popularity and became established at Sheen House. The Melton bicycle polo team, captained by FW Timms, played a series of games at the ground in 1900 and they were runners up in the 1901 British Championships. The bicycle polo craze lasted only a few years.
Melton Mowbray Cycling Club starting holding a sports meeting on August Bank Holiday 1905 at the ground and attracted a crowd of 2,500 people. A track of five laps to the mile was marked out. There were eighteen events at the meeting of which seven were bicycle races. W Goodburn won the half and one mile handicap races and there were bicycle handicap races for novices, boys and veterans. The principal event was the two miles bicycle handicap race for the Lonsdale Challenge Cup**, which was won by JT Rance from W Goodburn and A Coleman. The Melton Town band played at the event.
The Melton Mowbray CC August Bank Holiday sports were held again several times until 1909, with meetings alternating between the cricket ground and Egerton Park.
The last Melton Mowbray CC sports meeting at the ground was held on Bank Holiday August 2nd 1909, all the events were local, limited to people living within 7 miles of Melton. The cycle races were a half mile handicap, a one mile scratch, a zig-zag cycle race, a tradesman's race for boys and a two miles handicap for members of Melton Mowbray CC for the Lonsdale Challenge Cup. The weather was ‘cold and cheerless' but the attendance was better than expected at one thousand. The Melton Mowbray Town Band provided the music and there was dancing into the evening.
The ground is now called the All England Sports Ground and is the home of Melton Mowbray Cricket Club and Melton Foxes Football Club.
** The original Lonsdale Challenge cup, valued at ten guineas, was won outright in 1904 by A Lunn, but the Earl of Lonsdale, a sports lover, generously donated a massive silver bowl as the new trophy in 1905.