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Shortage of First-Rate Wicketkeepers

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1933 Shortage of First-Rate Wicketkeepers There is a shortage of first-rate wicketkeepers in the district this season. Many of the local...

Swinton 131  Mexborough 132 for 1

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1933 Percy Holmes's Finale Swinton 131  Mexborough 132 for 1 Saturday’s cricket brought some more towering totals, but most of the...

Mexboro’ Rider’s Haul

August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 4th 1933 Mexboro' Rider's Haul Further honours came the way of Mexboro’ Wheelers at the Balby Sports. when E. Smith, one of...

Mexborough 253 for 6 Rawmarsh 161 for 5

11 August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 11th 1933 Yorkshire Council Saturday’s Games Shock For Denaby Wath  282 for 7   Rockingham  135 for 7 For the second Saturday in succession Wath made...

An “All-Star” Cast for Swinton

18 August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th 1933 An “All-Star” Cast for Swinton The cream of local cricket in the match at Swinton on Tuesday arranged by Mr....

Mexborough 97 for 2  Rockingham 96 – Remarkable Cricket At Mexboro’

18 August 1933
South Yorkshire Times, August 18th 1933 Remarkable Cricket At Mexboro’ Some Busy B’s Mexborough 97 for 2  Rockingham 96 It was a day of remarkable cricket at...

Wedding – Rose & Bedford

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 8th, 1933 Wedding: Bedford & Rose The Rev. George Henry Bedford, formerly curate at Mexborough, and now priest-in-charge of St. Hilda’s, Shiregreen,...

Notable figures

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, July 7th 1933   Notable figures – and a characteristic episode – during the  annual “Rag” on behalf of the Montagu Hospital on...

The Drought

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 8th, 1933 The Drought An unfamiliar view of the usually flooded Harlington Ings, Mexborough.  

A Tactical Triumph

September 1933
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933 Crossleys Title Fight Bid A Tactical Triumph Smith Beaten At His Own Game Harry Crossley Harry Crossley the Mexborough boxer and former Cruiserweight...