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Hull Coal Trade- Position Well Maintained
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 08 June 1903
The Hull Coal Trade
Position Well Maintained
The return of the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, showing the...
Marconigrams – Friday 20 March 1903
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 March 1903
Marconigrams
The Mexboro’ Town football team has been revived.
Lady Mary Cooke is enjoying a holiday tour in...
Marconigrams – November 10th, 1933
South Yorkshire Times, November 10th, 1933
Marconigrams
The next Wath Rural Deanery Choirs Festival will be held in 1935.
Get ready to join our great knitting contest....
South Yorkshire League – Results up to date
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 July 1894
South Yorkshire League – Results up to date
Team
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
Points
Kilnhurst
11
7
1
3
17
Mitchell Main
8
7
0
1
15
Rawmarsh
8
5
1
2
12
Denaby Main
10
3
4
3
9
Wath
10
1
4
5
7
Thrybergh Park
9
2
5
2
6
Greasborough
10
2
6
2
6
Hexthorpe
10
1
7
2
4
Wombwell St. John Presentations
South Yorkshire Times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Coun. B. Fellows, Chairman of Wombwell Urban Council, presents certificates and trophies at Wombwell St. John Headquarters...
Local Holiday Attractions
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 18 May 1894
Local Holiday Attractions
Little of the holiday-making of Whitsuntide has been confined to our own neighbourhood. The...
South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894
South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade
Great Increase Of Local Tonnage
100,000 Tons More Sent In...
Mitchell Main 16 Denaby Main 123 for 7
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 May 1894
South Yorkshire League
Mitchell Main v. Denaby Main
Played at Denaby. The home team...
South & West Yorkshire Coal Trade – Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer — Friday 08 January 1904
South and West Yorkshire Coal Trade
Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire colliery owners and Hull shippers...
South Yorkshire League Table
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Friday June 30th, 1893
South Yorkshire League Table
Team
P
W
L
D
Pts
Mitchell Main
6
5
1
0
10
Wath
5
4
1
0
8
Carbrook Reform
6
3
3
0
6
Greasborough
7
2
4
1
5
Rawmarsh
4
2
2
0
4
Kilnhurst
4
1
2
1
3
Denaby Main
6
2
4
0
4
Thrybergh Park
5
1
4
0
2
Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 02 June 1893
Current State of South Yorkshire Coal Industry
Whilst the pits are working very...
Wedding – Rance & Hawkins
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933
Wombwell
Wedding - Rance & Hawkins
At Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday Miss Gladys Hawkins, only daughter of Mrs. and the...
Wedding – Walker & Holroid
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Wedding - Walker & Holroid
The wedding took place at Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Marjorie Cassie Walker,...
Low Valley Winger
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Odds And Ends
Reg. Ward, Low Valley’s clever left winger, has attracted the attention of Halifax and will probably be...
Long Service
South Yorkshire Times, October 6th, 1933
Long Service
Capt. O. F. Buxton, Assistant Commissioner decorating Corps Officer J. W. Poole of Wath, with the long service...
Mexboro’ and District League – Results up to date.
Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday 29 May 1903
Mexboro’ and District League. Results up to date.
Club
P
W
L
D
Pts
Mitchell Main
5
4
0
1
9
Hoyland Silkstone
5
2
0
3
7
Tankersley
5
2
1
2
6
Mexboro’
4
2
1
1
5
Wath Lane
4
2
1
1
5
Wombwell Main
4
2
0
2
6
Conisboro’
5
1
2
2
4
Denaby and Cadeby
5
0
1
4
4
Hickleton Main
3
0
0
3
3
Swinton
7
1
5
1
3
Rawmarsh
3
0
2
1
1
Wath
4
0
3
1
1
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...
Cricket – First Division – Bowling Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
Bowling Averages
Name
Club
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Lister
Rawmarsh
89
36
117
32
3.21
Nicholson
Mexborough
99.1
43
138
33
4.6
T. Gale
Wentworth
103.1
30
167
37
4.19
Jackson
Kilnhurst
30.3
5
51
10
5.1
Kilner
Mitchell
31
11
47
9
5.2
J. Ards
Wath
24
6
48
9
5.3
Lister
Mitchell
54
19
102
19
5.7
Beckett
Mexborough
98
16
196
34
5.26
W. Oates
Elsecar
34
9
62
9
6.8
M. Hirst
Elsecar
119
50
205
28
6.9
Robinson
Mitchell
91.2
38
118
18
6.10
G. W. Platts
Rawmarsh
57
15
130
20
6.10
J. Cox
Wentworth
74.2
25
106
16
6.10
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
155
51
225
39
6.11
Rev. Sharpe
Elsecar
38
8
88
13
6.12
R. Needham
Mitchell
77.3
30
134
20
6.14
G. Gale
Wentworth
22.3
5
42
6
7.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
36
4
92
12
7.8
Taylor
Swinton
35.3
10
87
11
7.10
Wood
Swinton
75.1
23
152
20
7.12
J. Ellis
Wath
64
15
106
13
7.15
Blurton
Kilnhurst
107
40
163
21
7.16
Whittlestone
Wombwell Main
68
13
112
12
9.4
Atkey
Swinton
51.3
22
91
9
10.1
Dickinson
Swinton
24
13
31
3
10.1
Payling
Rawmarsh
36
10
73
7
10.3
Bell
Swinton
43.1
8
124
12
10.4
Jas....
Wedding – Emson & Thompson
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933
Wedding – Emson & Thompson
Miss Ivy Emson, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Emson, 12, Station...
Cricket – First Division – Batting Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
First Division – Batting Averages
Name
Club
Inns
Not Out
Total Runs
Average
J. Morton
Kilnhurst
7
1
154
24.6
A. Jepson
Rawmarsh
4
1
93
23.1
R. Oates
Elsecar
10
5
193
21.4
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
11
2
181
20.1
Trueman
Wombwell Main
7
1
141
20.1
Woodcock
Mitchell Main
7
1
118
19.4
Kemp
Swinton
5
0
74
14.8
“Middy” Bennett
Mexborough
11
1
189
18.9
P. Needham
Mitchell
8
2
90
18.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
9
2
125
17.8
Greasley
Mitchell
7
0
85
17.0
Hirst
Elsecar
11
0
175
15.9
Gillidge
Mexborough
5
2
47
15.2
Saxton
Kilnhurst
5
1
63
15.2
Lister
Rawmarsh
9
1
120
15.0
F....
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
The Hull coal return shows that during the past...
Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893
Local Collieries and the Hull Trade
Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses
Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...
Mitchell Main 117 Denaby Main 47
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 May 1893
Mitchell Main 117 for 4 Denaby Main 47
Played at Mitchell Main on Saturday. The home captain...
Dearne Trams – End Of Municipal Dream – YTC Take Over
South Yorkshire Times, September 29th, 1933
Dearne Trams
End Of A Municipal Dream
Yorkshire Traction Company Take Over
Last Tram On Saturday Night
The Substituted 'Bus...
“The King And I,”
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday, December 5th, 1970
Irene Newsome (Anna) and Stephen Mann (louis) in a scene from “The King And I,” presented this...






