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Swinton 111 Mexborough 115 for 6 – Prices Innings

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 June 1928 Mexborough v, Swinton. If it had not been for their captain, George Price, Swinton would have fared very...

Swinton 116  Wath 118 for 8  – Keen Contest at Swinton- Wath’s Worthy Win

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1928 Keen Contest at Swinton Wath’s Worthy Win Swinton 116  Wath 118 for 8   Wath won a keenly contested game, and...

Thorncliffe 35 Swinton 36 for1 – Swinton’s Big Win at Thorncliffe.

June 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 19 June 1928 Swinton’s Big Win at Thorncliffe. Swinton beat Thorncliffe nine wickets at Thorncliffe yesterday. The home side were...

Swinton Boys’ Great Year

June 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1928 Swinton Boys' Great Year. The Swinton Bridge Schoolboys' football team, which won last season the the Mexborough Association Shield,...

Dog Rescues Child – A Quick-Witted Playmate

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 20, 1928 Dog Rescues Child. A Quick-Witted Playmate A dog's sagacity was the means of saving an eight-year-old girl from drowning on...

Wedding – Birks and Gavin

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1928 Miss Edna Birks and Mr Leslie A Gavin at Swinton Parish Church

Wedding – Robinson & Turner

July 1928
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 30 July 1928 Mr. Eric Turner, of Swinton, Rotherham, with his bride. Miss Rita  Robinson, daughter of the late Captain...

Youth Killed – Unexplained Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Derailed Tubs.

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 27, 1928 Swinton Youth Killed. Unexplained Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery Derailed Tubs. No evidence to show how the two tubs that killed...

Flooding at Swinton Bridge

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 6, 1928 Flooding at Swinton Bridge

Bullcroft  155 Swinton 163 for 5 – Another Century – Swinton’s Notable Success

July 1928
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 20, 1928 Another Century Swinton’s Notable Success Bullcroft  155 Swinton 163 for 5 Swinton considerably revived their fortunes and improved their standing in...