NEHL - Etherley CC was established in 1850, with contemporary sources suggesting this has been used as their home ground since at least the 1890s. The site is now labelled as such until the 1930s, however a photograph shows the cricket ground used as pasture land in 1905 with what appears to be the Etherley Literary Institute behind.

By the 1940s the ground featured its own pavilion, and is noted as being part of a wider welfare ground. The welfare association had taken it over in the 1930s to install a football pitch and two tennis courts also. The football pitch is still in situ.