Photographs and information related to cricket in Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
Taken at Castle Eden probably before 1956, this picture shows the cricket team that was started by Mr. G.E.Coulson after his retirement from serious League cricket and which was a notable institution in the 1950s. Fixtures were arranged with School staffs and lesser teams of local clubs. Fixtures on evenings or Saturdays took place with Blackhall, Park Drive, Castle Eden, Greatham (Cerebos), Wynyard, Barnard Castle, Richmond and Helmsley.
More detail »The School 1st X! of 1975/76
More detail »West Hartlepool C.C. Clarence Cricket Ground in 1902. The Cricket Club moved to Park Drive in 1912. Christ Church can be seen in the background. Part of 'The Willows', Sir William Gray's House is also visible. The photo has been taken from a glass plate negative.
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More detail »Brougham School Football and Cricket champions around 1909-10.
More detail »The West Hartlepool Secondary School (Lauder Street), First XI cricket team in 1913. David Watson is not wearing 'whites' as he was the scorer.
More detail »West Hartlepool Grammar School Cricket Second Eleven, 1948.
Bloomfield: middle of back row
Derek Mylroy (captain): middle of front row
More detail »The image was taken at Grayfields in the late 1940s.
Known on the photo are: Back row ?, L Streeting, Tom Parker, R Woodward, Rev. Reg Brown(curate) H Etherington, Eddy Yuill, J Calvert.
Front row, ? , Arthur Parker, D Thompson, Albert Agar, S Streeting, R Higgs
More detail »Durham County School's Cricket Association. Flyer advertising Durham County Boys v Cumberland Boys at Park Drive 1n 1959. Tickets 1 shilling (5p).
More detail »A team photograph of the Elwick Road 1st Cricket team, in 1913. Harold Lumsden Watson is in the middle row, far left (holding a cricket bat).
More detail »Teachers from Elwick Road Senior Boys School making up a team in 1940.
More detail »Billy Henderson and his older brother Harry fielding at a cricket match at West Park Cricket Ground in the early 1950s.
More detail »Gray's cricket team in front of a pavillion. Year and players not known.
More detail »Sir William Gray centre right front row.
More detail »Gray's cricket team coming onto the pitch from the Oval Pavillion at Grayfields Sports Ground. Sir William Gray in front using a tie as a belt.
More detail »Thw William Gray Joiner's Team entered in the departmental cricket competition in 1958.
More detail »The Greatham Cricket Team from the 1930s.
More detail »An early photograph of a Greatham Cricket team - date and names unknown.
More detail »Can anyone supply the names of the Staff and Players please!
More detail »A photograph of Hart Road School Cricket team from 1959/60 kindly shared by Alan Grange who notes - " I am in the centre of the back row in the cricket team - it looks like I didn't have a proper white shirt like everybody else. It would be great to put names to the rest of the faces."
More detail »Can any one identify the Eleven and Staff please!
More detail »A picture of a Hnery Smith Eleven from 1953, can any one name the players and staff and any particular exploits that marked the Queens Coronatin year!
More detail »Henry Smith School Cricket XI in 1953.
More detail »Can anyone identify the players and staff on this 1960 shot of the Cricket team
More detail »The staff and players from 1953, no other details avaiable
More detail »School Team Sheet listing the names of the team to play the next match at the Recreation Ground versing Rift House on Wednesday 30th. Stumps pitched at 4.30 p.m, Stumps 20 overs. Under Remarks they are to see Mr. Guerin in the playground at 1.30 p.m.
More detail »Team Sheet listing team to play in next match on Thursday 7th June, Sacred Heart versus Hart Road. Stumps are to be pitched at 4.30 p.m., Stumps 20 overs. Notice in the Remarks that the Captain is to see all of the team are in the yard ( outside Miss Bolton's Room ) on Thursday morning playtime.
More detail »School Team sheet issued by The News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch listing the names of the team to play the next match at Grayfields versus Golden Flatts on Monday 11th June.
More detail »Issued by the News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch notice of the cricket game between Sacred Heart Junior X1 versus Lynnfield at Grayfields on Friday 6th July. Stumps pitched at 4.15, Stumps 20 overs. The team names are listed with a notice in the remarks to see Mr. Guerin on Friday morning at playtime.
More detail »Issued by the News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch, notice of the cricket game versing St. Cuthberts at the Recreation ground on Monday 16th July 1956. Stumps pitched at 4.25, stumps 20 overs. The team names are listed.
More detail »Issued by News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch announcing the last match against Elwick Road at Grayfields on the 20th July 1956. Stumps pitched 4.25, Stumps 20 overs. Names of the team are listed and comments under remarks are - Playtime this afternoon- team meet.
More detail »Young men's cricket team in 1888
More detail »The man at the end with the beard is George Burlinson & the man in the back row with the dark jacket is Bowser Simms.
More detail »A wide variety of headwear here!
More detail »Seaton Carew cricket team at Forcett Park in Darlington in 1888.
More detail »Can anyone name the players and staf for the X!?
More detail »St. Teresa's Boys Cricket team, 1969.
More detail »Thomas Dowsing on Greatham Cricket Field in the 1920s.
More detail »Three unknown cricketers.
Only two of the cricketers are now unknown as we have been informed that the gentleman on the right is Robert Stonehouse.
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More detail »West Hartlepool "A" Team. Champions N.Y. & S.D. League (Div 11) 1937. Taken at Park Drive outside the pavilion. Some of the names are on the mount at the bottom of the image.
More detail »The winning West Hartlepool School's Athletic Association cricket team, 1946.
More detail »Cricketers from the West Hartlepool Schools' Athletics Association are proud winners of the North Yorkshire and South Durham Shield in 1934. George Rouse is second left in the back row, he is wearing glasses. Alan Proud is fourth from the left in the top row.
More detail »One of a number of Banner posters frm the Robert Wood collectiion, for games between West Cricket and Tyneside Wanderers, played in the 1880s and 1890s at Clarence Road. This one records a postponement, some of the match reports of the day do mention games takimg place in indifferent weather.
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