Westoe Rugby Football Club

HER Number:
15791

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe Rugby Football Club

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Rugby Football Ground

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Formed in 1875 at South Shields Cricket Club's grounds. Cricket was the first game to adopt and develop its own private grounds and so it was at cricket grounds that many rugby and football clubs formed. Groundsharing was common. The cricket and rugby clubs still share today. The Durham County Rugby Football Union was founded in 1876.

Easting:
3754

Northing:
6601

Grid Reference:
NZ37546601

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 16