Etherstone Avenue, Cochrane Park

HER Number

16931

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Etherstone Avenue, Cochrane Park

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Rugby Football Ground

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Cochrane Park was Armstrong College's sports ground. It is now the home of Newcastle University Rugby Football Club. It also has facilities for football, cricket, lacrosse and tennis. The pavilion was built in 1922. The datestone has the initials GEH - George Henderson funded its construction. His initials are also on the balcony along with those of Cecil Cochrane who gifted the ground. The Armstrong College crest is on the centre of the balcony.

Easting

427330

Northing

567240

Grid Reference

NZ427330567240

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 100