Dean Road, Wood Terrace Sports Ground

HER Number

11831

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Dean Road, Wood Terrace Sports Ground

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Sports Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

South Shields Cricket Club is the third oldest surviving sporting club in Tyne and Wear. Formed in 1850. They play at Dean Road. The cricket ground is shown on the OS second edition map of 1890. The ground was laid out in 1868. South Shields Cricket Club was joined in 1875 by Westoe Rugby Football Club. In 1880 the Westoe Tennis Club formed on the site. The brick pavilion was designed by FW Newby and opened in October 1934. On 24 April 2010 South Shields Cricket Club and Westoe Rugby Football Club played at the ground on the same day, for the first time.

Easting

436910

Northing

565790

Grid Reference

NZ436910565790

Sources

North East Civic Trust & South Tyneside Council, 2002, Westoe Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, Westoe Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 10; A. Flagg, date unknown, 'Westoe Village', unpublished text held by South Shields Local Studies Library; G. Hodgson, 1924, History of South Shields; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 8, 101, 108