South Hylton Cricket Club was there long before any of those houses. They knew they were buying a house next to a cricket club.Pre match team talks were always amusing because in the South Hylton dressing rooms the dividing wall didn't go right up to the roof, so you could hear every word of the game plan .
I have to say though, it was a dump whenever I visited there (81-88 ish) and I don't think the local householders were too enamoured with the short boundaries - hence the vandalism.