Sunderland, Cricket Club

HER Number

15701

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Cricket Club

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Sunderland Cricket Club is the oldest survivng sporting club in Tyne and Wear. Formed in 1808 (Lynn Pearson says 1834). The club moved to the West Lawn Clubhouse and Grounds in Ashbrooke (nicknamed “The Lords of the North”) in 1887 following stints at the old Town Moor, Hendon and Holmeside. A founder member of the Durham Senior League North Section in 1890, Sunderland went on to win the breakaway Durham Senior Cricket League Championship on no less than eighteen occassions. The club at Ashbrooke has just celebrated its 125th anniversary.

Easting

439410

Northing

555570

Grid Reference

NZ439410555570

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 8 and chapter 6; http://sunderland.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp; http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sunderlandcricketclub/