Chester-le-Street: Ropery Lane Cricket Ground
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Chester-le-Street: Ropery Lane Cricket Ground
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 12 Apr 2012
A view along the boundary towards the scoreboard, with the bellcote of St Cuthbert's RC Church above it and Lumley Castle on the skyline to the left. Chester-le-Street CC plays in the North Eastern Premier League. One County Championship match was played here, in 1993, Durham's second season as a first-class county: Durham (308 and 164) lost to Nottinghamshire (629) by an innings and 157 runs.
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