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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