Alstonville and District Cricket Club
NicknameRed Soilers
SportCricket
Founded1876
LeagueLJ Hooker League
Home groundHill Park, Wollongbar
Colours 

The Alstonville Cricket Club was founded in 1876.[1][2]

With the establishment of the LJ Hooker League in 1994/95 the first-grade side now competes at a regional level, with the lower grades still playing in Ballina competition.[3]

Alstonville have won the L J Hooker League on two occasions: 2001/02[4] and 2016/17.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ensbey
  2. ↑ "Cricket Club's 140 and not out". The Northern Star. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Attewell, Paul (12 March 2005). "20 years of Far North Coast LJ Hooker League". The Northern Star. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Craig, Mitchell (10 October 2015). "New cricket captains will be keen to make their mark". The Northern Star. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Craig, Mitchell (27 February 2018). "Season sinks for Soilers in Hooker League cricket". The Northern Star. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

Sources

  • Ensbey, Garry (2016). 140 years not out: history of cricket in Alstonville 1876-2016. Alstonville Plateau Historical Society. ISBN 9780987290496.


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