LJ Hooker League

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The LJ Hooker League is a cricket competition on the NSW Far North Coast comprising teams from the Ballina, Casino, Lismore and Tweed District Cricket Associations.

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The League was established in 1994/95 and superseded the top-grade of the Ballina, Casino and Lismore District Competitions. [1]

After 13 seasons, in 2007 the Tweed District Cricket Association asked to join the league to form a larger 16-team competition. [2] The Ballina clubs voted unanimously to join with the Tweed based clubs, but this was rejected by some Lismore-based teams. The league now comprises teams from Ballina, Casino, Lismore and Tweed districts since 2007/08. [3]

Through the Far North Coast Cricket Council (region) and North Coastal Zone (zone), the LJ Hooker League feeds into Country Cricket New South Wales.

Premiers

Player of the Year

The following players have been named as Player of the Year: [31] [32]

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References

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  2. ↑ Miller, Adrian (29 March 2007). "Tweed set to join cricket?s Hooker League". The Northern Star . Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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  10. ↑ Attewell, Paul (7 February 2014). "Batsman's Ballina century show's a ton of tenacity". The Northern Star . Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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