Tintenbar-East Ballina Cricket Club | |
Nickname: | The Bar |
Sport: | Cricket |
League: | LJ Hooker League |
Ground: | Kingsford Smith Park |
Season: | 2017/18 |
The Tintenbar-East Ballina Cricket Club is a club based in the Ballina district.
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.[1] The first-grade side also plays annually against the Ballina Bears for the "David Dawson Shield"—named in honour of David Dawson, a regular and popular 1st grade player, who died in July 1994.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The Bar have won the LJ Hooker League on 3 occasions: 2000/01, 2002/03 and 2005/06.[6]
The following club players have been "LJ Hooker League Player of the Year": Brett Crawford (1997/98, 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2007/08) Phil Alley (2002/03) and Abe Crawford (2015/16).[7]