NEHL - The cricket ground has stood here since at least the 1910s, though has likely been its home ground since Ryton CC's inception circa 1887. It is likely as the field features a small building on the 1890s Ordnance Survey maps as well as a footpath to Emma Pit, making it a perfect location. Sports grounds often aren't marked this early. By the 1910s, the small building is retained alongside a new t-shaped pavilion. It is also now enclosed, with a boundary set.

Though their website dictates Ryton CC was founded in 1894, there are newspaper articles citing the club as early as 1887. The Consett Guardian reports on their first AGM in October 1887 which was held at the Cross in at Ryton. The month before, they had played a match at Medomsley.

The ground is still retained, though an expanded pavilion has been constructed in the south east corner of the ground.