Percy Main, Cricket Club

HER Number

15699

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Percy Main, Cricket Club

Place

Percy Main

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Cricket Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Formed in 1860. At that time there were four balls per over and they could be delivered underarm (unlike village cricket as played today). They play on St. John's Green.

Easting

433960

Northing

567160

Grid Reference

NZ433960567160

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 8