1928
Bravo Roy ! (video)
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Bravo Roy! Roy Kilner's homecoming from Australian Tour at Wombwell
Roy Kilner – 1. His Death
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Roy Kilner.
Sad Loss to South Yorkshire.
Great Cricketer.
Fatal Attack of Enteric Fever.
Roy Kilner, the famous Yorkshire and England cricketer,...
Roy Kilner – 2. His Career
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Kilner’s Career
Great though Yorkshire has always been in a cricketing sense (wrote "Old Ebor "), the county...
Roy Kilner – 3. Leeds Mercury – A Happy Man
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
A Happy Man
In the "Leeds Mercury,” Mr Hugh Whitfield writes: "The sadness of Roy Kilner’s death will be...
Roy Kilner – 4. Local Tributes
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Local Tributes
The following local tributes have been paid to Roy Kilner:
Mr John Belshaw (chairman of the Wombwell Urban...
Roy Kilner – 5. Roy’s Beginning
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Roy's Beginning.
Roy was the second son of Mr and Mrs. Seth Kilner, of the Half Way House, Wombwell....
Roy Kilner – 6. Cricketing Family
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Cricketing Family.
Heredity seem to have been a big factor in Kiiner's cricket, for all this brothers have gained...
Roy Kilner – Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 April 1928
Roy Kilner.
It seems hard to believe, despite the grievous assurance given by the news, that Roy...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 1. Crowds and Cricketers
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Two photographs taken at the funeral of Roy Kilner, the famous cricketer, at Wombwell, on Tuesday.
The upper...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 2. Funeral Procession – Remarkable Scenes
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Remarkable Scenes at Wombwell.
Massed Tributes,
Famous Cricketers As Pallbearers.
As an expression of public regard and sympathy, the funeral of...