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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1905

38 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2

Football Anecdotes. Why He Knew

The Mountaineer · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

Binks: What makes you so certain the other team are going to win, old man? Jinks: I ough to know! I'm the referee!…

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Football

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Katoomba Football Club was held on Friday evening last, 10th inst., at the Railway Hotel. Mr D. Brown occupied the…

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Football

The Mountaineer · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 4

The following team have been chosen to represent Katoomba in a match Against Ashfield Waratahs on Easter Monday:--Back, Purtell;…

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Tennis Katoomba v LAWSON

The Mountaineer · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 4

The following team will represent Katoomba in a match against Lawson at Lawson on Saturday. J. R. Nash, V. Paull, Crawford, Hogben and Rev…

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Tennis

The Mountaineer · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Katoomba Tennis club was held on Saturday last to consider the advisability of holding as open tournament on the local court on…

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The World of Sport. Football Katoomba Juniors v Rockdale College

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 6

The following have been chosen to represent Katoomba Juniors in a match against the Rockdale College on the Katoomba Falls reserve. Play to…

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Tennis Katoomba v PENRITH

The Mountaineer · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 3

Katoomba Tennis Club will meet Penrith on the local courts on Monday next. The team to re-present Katoomba will be chosen from the following…

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Football Katoomba Juniors v Rockdale College

The Mountaineer · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 3

The above match took place on the local ground on Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for the visitors by ten points to nil. Dudley, for the…

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Tennis Katoomba v. PENRITH

The Mountaineer · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 6

Teams representing Katoomba and Penrithclubs met on thelocal courts on Monday last. The weather was perfect and a most enjoyable afternoon…

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Football Katoomba Juniors v Penrith College

The Mountaineer · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 6

This match took place on the Katoomba South reserve, under very favorable weather conditions, on Saturday afternoon last. A large crowd…

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Social Tea on the Golf Links

The Mountaineer · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 3

A pleasant afternoon was spent on the links on Wednesday last, when the committee of the Golf Club dispensed afternoon tea to about 50 or 60 ladies…

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Football Katoomba Juniors v PENRITH

The Mountaineer · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 6

A match between Katoomba Juniors and combined Federal and Penrith College took place on the Penrith Show Ground on Wednesday 21st inst. The…

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International Cricket. the Australians in England

The Mountaineer · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 7

The following is the list of fixtures (36) before the Australian team now in England in addition to which there is a provisional engagement with Northamptonshire, a…

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Football

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 3

Football has been very quiet of late the only match being between the Katoomba juniors and the "National' juniors. Both teams claim a win…

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Football

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 6

The following will represent Katoomba Juniors in a match against Gipps Juniors on Saturdays, 19th inst. at 3 p. m. Full back, Dynes; three- quarters…

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FOOTBALL Katoomba Juniors v. Gipps Juniors

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 6

An interesting match was played at Katoomba on Saturday afternoon last between the above teams. Play was very brisk throughout, both sides doing…

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Kaiser Races a Train. at Sixty Miles an Hour

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 5

The Kaiser's recent journey from Hanover to Hamburg, a distance of about 120 miles, was accomplished in about three and a half hours…

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Tennis

The Mountaineer · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 6

The following games have been played off on the Katoomba Tennis Courts in connection with the donation by Mr Knight of three years…

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The Princes' Match Birthday Cricket at Windsor. the King and the Besses O' Th' Barn Band

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 5

Prince Edward made a very successful debut as a cricketer on the afternoon of June 23, on the pretty Royal Household ground at Windsor…

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Katoomba Tennis Club

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 3

A special general meeting of the Katoomba Tennis Club held in the rectory on Thursday afternoon of last week. The work done by the sub-committee in the in cr[?]is of the…

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