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Cricket
Wackerfield, Cricket Ground
54.596947, -1.762915
Wackerfield
Opened:
c1860s
Closed:
c1880s
Unknown
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
27 Feb 2024
Wackerfield CC
HER Description
NEHL - Wackerfield had its own cricket ground from at least the 1860s, though the exact location is not known. The first reference to the ground and club is in 1869, when the village hosted a match against Cliffe at "the Wackerfield cricket ground", which resulted in favour of the later by five wickets to fall. The club were still operating in the 1870s with a match against High Coniscliffe at the ground. Again there is no real indicator of the ground.
My best assumption for the site of the ground would be one of the fields immediately south of the buildings still visible. They are convenient, of equal shape and easily connected to the village. There is however a field to the north west which features a small rectangular building which may have hosted a small pavilion.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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