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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1921

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League Football Western District Association Formation Agreed Upon

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

Mountain footballers and sports generally will be pleased to hear that the inauguration of the greater district scheme has been agreed…

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Football Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 4

Emu Plains beat Springwood on Saturday last by 23 points to 9 after a fast, clean match, but the Springboks have considerably…

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School Tennis Court

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 3

Sir,—A paragraph in last week's "Echo" re the High School tennis court, recently erected by the department at considerably more expense…

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High School Tennis Court

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

Sir,—Whilst refusing to enter into any controversy with Mr. Moore, it is only fair to the school that the public should be acquainted with the…

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Football Notes (Continued from page 3) Win for the Emus

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

Away at the East End, Emu Plains and Leura fought out the first fixture of the competition, and the Emus won in decisive manner by…

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The Tennis Court

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 6

Sir,—Your correspondent on the above subject, states facts,a nd I thank him for the fact that he did no say anything about huge…

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Slush and Sludge Football Under Difficulties Close Contests a Narrow Margin

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

Katoomba Reserve was practically under water. Wherever there was a hollow there was a pool, and as the ground is mostly hollows there were…

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Western Football Important Advance Made

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. Muir, the delegate selected to represent the B. M. District Football League at the Bathurst. conference early in the week, him brought…

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Saturday's Football Soldiers down Blackheath Federals go under to Emu Diggers Down Heath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 2

Some of the wise 'uns were scratching their heads as to which team would put the come hither on the other when Soldiers and…

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Inter-Club Tennis Katoomba Wins

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 6

Over the week-end a tennis team from Marrickville, consisting of six gents and three indies, visiting Katoomba to try conclusion with the…

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No Tennis Courts In Blackheath's Parks Cheap Cinema Stunt

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 3

There was a full Council on Tuesday night, Mayor Neate being in the chair. Jeffery and Bruce, cinematograph…

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Football Protest

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 5

Soldiers' protest against Federals playing Hannabus, on the ground that he had not fulfilled the requisite residential conditions, was…

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Holiday Football Probables beat Possibles Leura's Good Account

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 3

Two matchers of more than usual interest were played on the Katoomba Reserve on the holiday (Monday) when the Diggers player the Postal…

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Saturday's Football Wet Day Spoils Play Lithgow Match Off

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

Rain upset calculation in competition matches on Saturday. All grounds were more or less unfit, for play, yet two out of the three senior…

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Woodford Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 4

Woodford Tennis Club defeated Hazelbrook on Wednesday last by 8 sets 48 games to 30 games. Messrs. Brown and Fleming and the Misses…

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To-morrrow's Football the Matches

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 4

To-morrow's matches will be particularly interesting, owing to the fact that three teams competing are within a point of each other. The…

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Football Notes Finishing the Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 4

The 1921 season is rapidly drawing to a close. Commencing with six clubs, competition prospects for an interesting and more than usually…

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Late Football Protest Undecided

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 4

In the absence of word from headquarters relative to the Soldiers-Federal protest, it has been decided to ask clubs to get themselves…

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Cricket As a "Sport."

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 7

A good deal of poppycock nonsense is solemnly ladled out to us concerning British sport, and the sporismanlike characteristics of the…

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Katoomba Golf Links an Unknown Quantity

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

It is quite safe to state that the majority of Katoombans are ignorant of the fact that the town possesses golf links. Yet it does. They…

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