Though a Bedlington Cricket Club has been operational since 1897, it has only been possible to confirm use of the Hirst Head ground from the 1910s, when such name is first mentioned. As their formation came about just after the 1890s Ordnance Survey maps were completed it proves a tricky business to ascertain the exact field, though newspaper reports an expansion in the 1900s to feature two tennis courts and a bowling green. It doesn't appear this ever saw the light of day.

The first mention of Hirst Head is in 1918, when a grand cricket match was held between the ladies and gents of the village for the National War Bonds & Savings Campaign. In 1919, it was again mooted to feature a bowling green at the ground which, again, does not take place. On the first maps of this site in the early 1920s, the ground featured a pavilion in the north east corner with the boundary backing onto the rear gardens of Beech Grove. In later decades, a new pavilion was constructed in the south west corner, with access to the ground reached via Hirst Head Cottages.

The club were fairly successful in the first half of the 20th century. They had won the Alnwick and District League Challenge Cup in 1933, runners up in 1931, the Knight Memorial Hospital Cup in 1931 and were runners up for the Mortimer Cup in the same year. Such success did continue into later decades, including promotions to the B1 division of the Northumberland League - the same year they purchased this ground at Hirst Head from the National Coal Board.