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Sport, 1902

16 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Cricket. Blackheath V Katoomba

The Mountaineer · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 3

A match was played on Saturday last at Blackheath between the above clubs, and resulted in a draw. Katoomba put up 139 and Blackheath had lost four wickets for 56…

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Cricket. Katoomba v Glen Wood C.C.

The Mountaineer · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 3

This match between the above teams will be played to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. Katoomba team will be picked from the following:…

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A Cricket Story

The Mountaineer · Friday 30 May 1902 · page 5

When Surrey and Yorkshire act, some years ago, at Braldford, the wet condition of the ground prevented a start being made at the proper tone, and it was decided to…

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Football

The Mountaineer · Thursday 26 June 1902 · page 4

A team of footballere from Emu Plains visited Katoomba on Saturday and played a match against the local team, and the fun was certainly fast…

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Katoomba Cricket Club. Annual Meeting

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above club was held in the Council Chambers on Friday night. Mr. James occupied the chair and there was a very fair…

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Katoomba Tennis Club

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

The annual meeting of the above club was held in the Council Chambers on Friday night last and there was a fair attendance. The president,…

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Opening of the Lawson Tennis Courts

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 3

For the past couple of yours the Trustees of the Queen's Oak Park have been considering the matter of laying down a tennis court on the…

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Cricket. Katoomba v. PENRITH

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 3

Another match in connection with the. T. R. Smith competition was played on Saturday last between the above teams on the latter's ground…

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Katoomba Swimming Baths

The Mountaineer · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

The bathe constructed at the corner of Waratah and Hope streets, Katoomba, by a company were opened on Monday last by His Worship, the…

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Golf at Leura

The Mountaineer · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 4

The opening of the golf club took place on Saturday the 6th, on the Leura Park Estate. About 100 ladies and gentlemen interested were…

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Blue Mountain Golf Club. to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 3

A meeting to form a Blue Mountain Golf Club is advertised to take place on Thursday night next, and I write to call attention to the great importance of this matter to…

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Blue Mountain Golf Club

The Mountaineer · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 3

The above club was inaugurated at a meeting field in the Katoomba Council Chambers last night, and as we intimated last week promises to be the greatest factor in…

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Golf

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 3

The golf links at the Gladstone Estate, Leura, which promises to be by far the finest in the Southern Hemisphere, and which if well…

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Blue Mountain Golf Club

The Mountaineer · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 3

This club made a splendid beginning on Saturday last, and has in it the elements of success. City visitors came up on Saturday in spite of the…

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Blue Mountain Golf

The Mountaineer · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 3

Notwithstanding the wet weather on Saturday last, about 25 players and visitors turned up at the Blue Mountain Golf Club's links on…

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Blue Mountain Golf

The Mountaineer · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 3

The usual play took place at the links on Saturday afternoon. About 30 players and visitors turned out, and among the players Brisbane,…

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