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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3396

Northing:
6716

Grid Reference:
NZ33966716

Lats/Lons:

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