<P> Cricket was first played under floodlights on Monday, August 11, 1952 in England which was watched by several million people on their television sets . Since then every test playing country has installed floodlights in their stadiums . Traditional Cricket floodlights have a long pole on which lights are fixed . This is done because many times the ball travels too high when a batsman hits it and high lights are needed to keep the ball in sight . But many cricket stadiums have different types of floodlights like ANZ Stadium in Australia, stadiums in New Zealand etc . The DSC Cricket Stadium in Dubai recently installed Ring of Fire system of floodlights which is latest and smartest system of floodlight in the world . </P> <P> The term has also been adopted by other outdoor stadium sports such as American football and Canadian football . The first night football game was played in Mansfield, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1892 between Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary . It ended bitterly at halftime in a 0--0 tie . In 1893 at the Chicago's World Fair, the Chicago A.A. played a night football game against West Point . Chicago won the 40 - minute game 14--0 . On November 21, 1902, the Philadelphia Athletics of the first National Football League defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club, 39--0, at Maple Avenue Driving Park in the first professional football night game . The first night football game west of the Mississippi River was played in Wichita, Kansas in 1905 between Cooper College (now Sterling College of Sterling, Kansas) and Fairmount College (now Wichita State University). </P> <P> The first NFL game played at night was in 1929 when the Chicago Cardinals played the Providence Steam Roller . </P> <P> Automobile races at night can take on two different forms . Sports car races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and rally races such as Monte Carlo Rally manage to continue running through the night by having the competing cars utilize headlights . </P>

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