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

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

437540

Northing

566010

Grid Reference

NZ437540566010

Sources

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