Durham County Cricket Club

Safety We continue our educational and training sessions for our staff on all safety procedures on and off the water. Over the past two months we have hosted regular first aid and CPR training. As the venue grows the need for in house security has became a priority. Over the past two years we have outsourced security. Beginning this month we will have one full time and one part time officer on staff. We are estimating to have a budget saving with in house security. Operations Flood Recovery

During the early part of the 18th century there is substantial evidence to suggest that cricket attracted widespread gambling. At the time it was commonplace for press reports to lay more emphasis on betting than that of most forms of sport. Indeed a newspaper report published in 1697 gave an account of an important match played in Sussex in which the substantial sum of 50 guineas a side was the stake. And since one of the principal attractions of sport was the potential for gambling, it was not