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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1911

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Katoomba Tennis Tournament. Sixth Annual Championship

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

The above tournament started last Saturday under very favorable auspices, and would have been completed on Monday evening had not the weather turned…

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Tennis Rivalry

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 8

This (Friday) afternoon there will be tennis match on the Katoomba Club courts between the ladies of Katoomba and the ladies of Leura. Play will…

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School of Arts Cricket Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 6

A meeting of all cricketers and supporters of the game, called for the purpose of forming a School of Arts Cricket Club, was held in the library of the…

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Blackheath Golf Links. Opening Ceremony

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 9

The Blackheath Golf Links were very successfully opened last Saturday week by Councillor G. J. Waterhouse (President of the Blue Mountains Shire Council), in the presence of a large audience, including scores of visitors from Sydney, Katoomba, and other Mountain centres. The guests included…

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School of Arts Cricket Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 10

The adjourned meeting of members of the above club was held in the library on Friday evening, when there was a big attendance, the chair being occupied…

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Blackheath Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 10

A grand fair, in aid of the above recently opened Golf Links, was held in the Public Hall, Blackheanth, on Thursday last. The Fair was opened by Mrs Wood (introduced…

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Cricket Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

Whilst some boys were, playing an heterodox form of cricket in the vicinity of Katoomba Park on Tuesday afternoon, a cricket ball struck one of…

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Ego Et Meus.—Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

I think it is one of the characters of Sheridan's plays that bugs of those for whom he once did a good action not [?] it, as he lived by his bad character, and if he were…

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Lawn Tennis Tournament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

The sixth annual Championship Lawn Tennis Tournament, which was started' on December 31st last, will be concluded on the Club courts on Saturday, March…

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Leura Tennis Social

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

The newly-formed Tennis Club, at Leura has become so popular that it has been found necessary to lay down a second court in order to cope with the…

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Katoomba Tennis Tournament. Final Day—saturday, March 25Th

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 2

The Katoomba Lawn Tennis Courts (next the Police Station) on Saturday will be the scene of Home exciting finishes of the four events left unfinished…

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Local Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

Next Wednesday afternoon, an eleven representative of the cricketing talent of Mullany & Co.'s establishment, will play the School of Arts team on the…

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Katoomba Tennis Tournament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

Another wet day on Saturday. last greeted the Committee of the Katoombs Lawn Tennis Club. It was hoped that the four events which had not been…

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Cricket at Hartley Vale

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 5

A cricket match, arousing considerable interest locally, was played on the Hartley Vale Oval on Saturday last between a team from Hartley-Little…

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The Cricket Match

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 5

Mullany's opened first in the memorable-match against the School of Arts, compiling 108 runs. Of the total, Anderson made31, Fowles 16, Collett and…

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Athletic Sports

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

In order to improve the pace and stamina of local followers of football in particular, and the rising youth of the Mountains generally, the Waratah…

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Football. Opening of the Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The toeballer rejoiced greatly as, with the dawn of Saturday morn, the time of bumping, bruising Rugby came round. The opening game between the Waratahs of Katoomba and…

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Good Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 5

A most interesting foursome was played on the Leura Golf Links on Monday afternoon between C. Campbell (the Club's pro.) and A. T. Jones v. A…

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Athletic Sports. Tabrett Wins the Double

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 5

"A day stolen away from Paradise" scarcely describes the beauty of Wednesday's weather conditions. Bright sunshine and a clear blue sky, together with a remarkably…

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Boxing

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

It is on the cards that George Unheltz will challenge the winner of the Fairley-King contest next Wednesday evening…

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