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Sport, 1912

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Katoomba Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

On Boxing Day, the School of Arts Cricket Club tried conclusions with the City Banks, whom they defeated by 92 runs. The home team, thanks to J…

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Tennis at Medlow Bath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

It is the custom to play a mixed double tennis tournament at the Hydro Majestic on Boxing Day. This year, there were nine entries and some good…

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Lawn Tennis Tournament. Skipper Wins the Championship

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

On Saturday last, the Seventh Annual Championship Tournament, held under the auspices of the local Club, was commenced on the Katoomba tennis courts. The weather…

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Sporting Sparklets. Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 6

On Wednesday, 31st instant, the Katoomba golfers will play their first inter-twon match, their opponents being the Randwick Bowling Club. A special…

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Items of Interest. Anniversary Day Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

A match is to be played on Anniversary Day, when the St James' team, Sydney, will visit and oppose the Katoomba, School of Arts XI. The following local…

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At the Golf Links. New Putting Green

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

The new putting green in front of the Club House has been completed and, given the right sort of weather, will be available for practice in the course of a…

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Waratah Football Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 5

The annual meeting of the above Club was held in Ryan's Hotel on Monday evening when about 35 ball booters put in an attendance Mr. H. J. O'Brion…

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Rugby Football. WARATAHS v. ROVERS

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 8

At Glenbrook, on Saturday last, a return match was played between the Katoomba Waratahs and Glenbrook Rovers A week previous, on King's Birthday…

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Local and General. Tennis Club Social

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 6

On Wednesday evening, the members of the Leura Tennis Club, with friends to the number of about 50, turned up at the Leura hall on the occasion of the…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 5

Blackheath has formed a football team and on Saturday last they journeyed to Katoomba to try conclusions with the local Waratahs. It was not a strong…

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At the Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 6

The new "fourth green" will be ready for turfing by the end of the week. During the making, a large amount of soak-age water was met with, which delayed…

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Local and General. Novice Boxing Tournament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

Elsewhere, Mr. W.H. Dixon, the "MacIntouch" of the Mountains, announces that he is promoting two boxing tournaments for local lads scaling 8.7 and 9.7…

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 6

The bourn Tennis Club is now in full swing again, and the drawings for the first round of the singles tournament will be made known in a few days…

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Katoomba Racing Co., Ltd. Statutory Meeting of Sharkholders

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 7

The first statutory meeting of shareholdrs in the above Company was held in the registered office, Katoomba Street, on Monday evening, when 38…

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At the Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 6

With the advent, of the season, attendances on the Links is improving daily, Mr and Mrs E. P. Andreas are constant visitors, and both residents of Leura and…

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Sporting Sparklets. Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 3

Congratulations to Mr P. Fowles, the well-known local willow wielder on the arrival of a young cricketer. An early match between Katoomba and…

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At Leura's Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 6

There was a large number of visitors at Leura Links on Saturday, and a good filed faced the starter for the Bogey Competition, but no sensational scores…

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At Leura's Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 6

A bogey match was played last Saturday at the Leura Links, when the best pieces of pasteboard submitted recorded as follows…

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Cricket. Fixtures for November. November 2 and 9

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 6

Lawson v. Katoomba, at Lawson. Blackheath v. Wentworth Falls at Katoomba. Leura v. Woodford, at Leura…

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Katoomba Tennis Club. Katoomba Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above-named club win held on Monday last, when the Rev. J.F.S. Russell took the chair. There was a very representative…

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