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.
The League was established in 1994/95 and superseded the top-grade of the Ballina, Casino and Lismore District Competitions.
After 13 seasons, in 2007 the Tweed District Cricket Association asked to join the league to form a larger 16-team competition. 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.
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 1994/95: Northern Districts 1995/96: Ballina Bears 1996/97: Marist Brothers 1997/98: Southern Districts 1998/99: Casino Cavaliers 1999/00: Casino Cavaliers 2000/01: Tintenbar-East Ballina 2001/02: Alstonville 2002/03: Tintenbar-East Ballina 2003/04: Southern Districts 2004/05: Southern Districts 2005/06: Tintenbar-East Ballina 2006/07: Southern Districts 2007/08: Casino Cavaliers 2008/09: Ballina Bears 2009/10: Casino Cavaliers 2010/11: Casino Cavaliers 2011/12: Ballina Bears and Casino Cavaliers (joint premiers as final washed-out) 2012/13: Cudgen 2013/14: Ballina Bears 2014/15: Cudgen 2015/16: Cudgen 2016/17: Alstonville 2017/18: Cudgen 2018/19: Cudgen 2019/20: Cudgen 2020/21: Cudgen 2021/22: Cudgen 2022/23: Goonellabah Workers 2023/24: Marist Brothers
Player of the Year
The following players have been named as Player of the Year:
1994/95: Stuart Fielder (Marist Brothers) 1995/96: Bruce Jobson (Eastern Districts) 1996/97: Chris Matthews (Marist Brothers) and Shane Jacobs (Ballina Bears) 1997/98: Robert Parks (Brunswick-Byron), Stephen Ryan (Brunswick Byron) and Brett Crawford (Tintenbar-East Ballina) 1998/99: Steve Lockhart (Casino Cavaliers) 1999/00: Neil Hancock (Casino Cavaliers), Michael Holt(Northern Districts), Al Nowlan (Casino Cavaliers) and Scott Thompson (Brunswick Byron) 2000/01: Mark Bratti (Casino Cavaliers) 2001/02: Al Nowlan (Eastern Districts) 2002/03: Phil Alley (Tintenbar-East Ballina), Michael Nind (Southern Districts) 2003/04: Brett Crawford (Tintenbar-East Ballina) 2004/05: Bruce Jobson (Eastern Districts), Paul McLean (Southern Districts) 2005/06: Brett Crawford (Tintenbar-East Ballina) 2006/07: Paul McLean (Southern Districts) 2007/08: Brett Crawford (Tintenbar-East Ballina) 2008/09: Jason Caught (Lismore Workers) 2009/10: Jack Boote (South Tweed) 2010/11: Sam Adams (Ballina Bears) 2011/12: Sam Adams (Ballina Bears) 2012/13: Sam Adams (Ballina Bears) 2013/14: Greg Potter Alstonville 2014/15: Caleb Ziebell (Cudgen) 2015/16: Abe Crawford (Tintenbar-East Ballina) 2016/17: Caleb Ziebell (Cudgen) 2017/18: Caleb Ziebell (Cudgen) 2018/19: Caleb Ziebell (Cudgen) and Will Chapples (Murwillumbah) 2019/20: Jason Caught (Lismore Workers) 2023/24: Kaleb Auld (Marist Brothers) References