The Hylton Colliery Clubs

Hylton Colliery at Castletown closed in 1979, but the cricket club its miners founded in 1906 is still playing; the colliery's welfare football club played in the Wearside League and sent players into the professional game, two of them to Sunderland and West Ham United.

The mining history in this record

Hylton Colliery was sunk from 1897 and opened in 1900 at Castletown on the north bank of the Wear, and by the 1920s employed nearly two thousand people — the spine of employment for the district.

The miners ran a cricket club, founded in 1906 as Hylton Colliery Cricket Club. The colliery welfare football club, Hylton Colliery Welfare, played in the Wearside League. Among its players were Augie Scott and Ernie Taylor, and its junior side produced Harry Hooper and Bill Robinson, both of whom went on to play for Sunderland and West Ham United.

People

Augie Scott and Ernie Taylor, who played for Hylton Colliery Welfare in the Wearside League. Harry Hooper and Bill Robinson, who came through the club's junior side and went on to Sunderland and West Ham United.

Legacy today

The colliery was cleared after closing on 13 July 1979 and nothing of it survives on the ground. The cricket club does: more than a hundred years old, it still plays at Castletown as Hylton Colliery Cricket Club, in the Durham and North East Cricket League.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• The miners at Hylton Colliery ran a cricket club, founded in 1906 as Hylton Colliery Cricket Club and now playing as Hylton Cricket Club in the Durham and North East Cricket League. (documented fact) ¹
• Hylton Colliery Welfare, the colliery's welfare football club, played in the Wearside League. (documented fact) ¹
• Augie Scott and Ernie Taylor played for the club, and its junior team produced Harry Hooper and Bill Robinson, who went on to Sunderland and West Ham United. (documented fact) ¹
• The colliery closed on 13 July 1979 and its site was cleared; the cricket club still plays. (documented fact) ^1,2
• Hylton Colliery Cricket Club, based at Castletown in Sunderland, is more than a hundred years old. (documented fact) ³

Mines

• Hylton Colliery — Tyne and Wear
  Both clubs were founded and run by this colliery's workforce; the cricket club dates from 1906, six years after the pit opened, and both still carry the colliery's name.

Real-world mining concepts used here

Colliery

Sources

1. (secondary) Hylton Colliery — Wikipedia
2. (secondary) Hylton Colliery (1900–1979) — Co-Curate, Newcastle University
3. (secondary) Hylton Colliery Cricket Club (club website) — Hylton CCC / Play-Cricket
4. (primary) Hylton Colliery (Castletown Colliery), Tyne and Wear Historic Environment Record — Tyne and Wear Sitelines

Record created: 3 September 2026 · Last researched: 3 September 2026