NEHL - The ground at Greenside has been open since 1906, though cricket in the village existed for 50 years prior at least. On both the 1860s and 1890s maps this site is shown as naked land between quarries and cottages and Greenside High Street. The first inkling of the cricket ground comes in the 1910s, when a circular enclosure was created for the cricket ground as well as a very small clubhouse/pavilion on the western end. A new pavilion, as well as 2 tennis grounds, were constructed in the 20s or 30s. This showed the club were in a pretty health state, and claimed much of the land next to Woodside Lane. The same boundary can be seen today, though the tennis grounds have been cleared replaced with what looks like nets.

Greenside CC are well documented through the decades. The first mention of the club was in the 1860s when Greenside and Towneley competed at Ryton Willows. References do dry up until the 1880s, when the club was revitalised and likely the founding of the organisation we know. The village played Bywell in July 1887 with Bywell coming victorious, and played Prudhoe Castle a month later at Ryton Willows and Quayside Wanderers from Newcastle at Greenside (Wanderers' home ground appears to be the Constabulary Ground at Jesmond, now Osborne Avenue). The AGM of 1895 highlights the healthiness of the club both on the field and financially. In 19 matches they won 9, and had a balance of £10 with no debt.

The provision of this ground came around 1906, when a concert was held in the church hall to fund it. It was with the aim of having a "ground worthy of the village", and the concert was one of the most successful ever held in the village. There is no definitive opening announcement, but by June they had been playing regional matches against teams at Wallsend and Seghill.

Though the tennis ground has disappeared, the club has continued and is still operating today. A newer pavilion had since been constructed on the north east corner around the 70s.